The Fiber Broadband Association wishes you a safe, happy, and connected holiday season! We thank our members for another year of meaningful progress and shared success across the fiber broadband industry.
We look forward to celebrating even more milestones with our members and partners in 2026 as we continue to take fiber further, connecting communities to the reliable, high-quality broadband infrastructure that enables opportunity, innovation, and growth.
Thank you for being part of the FBA community!
- Fiber Broadband Association Team
Fiber Broadband Association Announces 2026 Board of Directors Election Results
Today FBA announced its 2026 Board of Directors, representing a diverse range of market segments from across the fiber broadband industry. The 2026 Board of Directors will support the Association in its current stage of growth as more service providers, policymakers, and communities build out our nation’s critical infrastructure for advanced communications, mobile networks, smart grid modernization, artificial intelligence, quantum networks, and more innovations of the future.
The full 2026 Board of Directors and Board Officers includes the following fiber broadband industry leaders:
Chair: Ashley Brown, Senior Director, Field and Partner Marketing, Adtran
Vice Chair: Evann Freeman, Vice President, Government & Community Relations, EPB of Chattanooga
Secretary: Rob Shema, Director of Corporate Development and Government Affairs, altafiber
Treasurer: Jimmy Todd, CEO and General Manager, Nex-Tech
Sachin Gupta, Vice President, Business and Technology Strategies, Centranet
Scott Jackson, National Market Manager – Broadband, Graybar
Brendan O’Boyle, National Sales Manager, Communications Markets, PLP
Ariane Schaffer, Head of U.S. Federal and State Policy, GFiber
Fiber Broadband Association Reports Historic Fiber Deployment Highs Annual study reveals U.S. nears 100 million FTTH passing milestone
This week, FBA also announced its annual Fiber Deployment Survey, performed by RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting, revealing that 2025 set an all-time record for fiber broadband growth. Fiber broadband deployments reached 11.8 million U.S. homes passed in 2025 alone, totaling 98.3 million FTTH passings when including homes with more than one passing. Canada hit a total of 14.5 million fiber passings – nearly 75% of Canadian households.
“This year’s survey reinforces what we’re seeing across the industry: fiber has become the clear technology of choice for both network operators and consumers. Deployment is accelerating, investment remains strong, and fiber now reaches more U.S. households than ever before,” said Deborah Kish, Vice President of Research and Workforce Development at FBA. “At the same time, new markets are expanding the role fiber plays in our digital economy. These trends point to sustained long-term growth and underscore the importance of continued fiber deployment to meet future demand.”
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Why Fiber Continues to Win
On this week’s Fiber for Breakfast episode, Gary was joined by Mike Render, President of RVA, for the 2025 annual deployment update, examining why fiber broadband continues to expand at a historic pace and what is driving its next phase of growth.
Render shared that 2025 has already set a new annual record for fiber expansion, with 11.8 million homes marketed through Q3, surpassing previous years. The growth brings the total number of unique fiber homes marketed to 84.6 million, an 11% year-over-year increase. When second and third passings are included, total U.S. fiber broadband passings now approach 100 million homes.
Report Burdensome Regulations Help Cut Red Tape for Small Businesses
If a federal regulation is unfair, outdated, or unnecessarily burdensome, you can speak up and make a difference.
The Red Tape Hotline gives small business owners a direct way to report federal regulations that hurt their ability to grow, compete, or innovate. Your feedback informs our work with Congress, federal agencies, and policymakers to shape smarter, more responsive regulation.
