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Building Broadband: BCE completes acquisition of Ziply Fiber, accelerating its fiber growth strategy; Brightspeed lights up fiber broadband in five new rural Ohio counties

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In this latest issue of Building Broadband, we’re tracking new broadband deployments from several regional and national broadband players, including:

  • Brightspeed lights up fiber broadband in five new rural Ohio counties
  • Comcast connects over 1,200 Montgomery County, Indiana locations
  • Dobson Fiber expands fiber internet to Kingston, Oklahoma
  • Greenlight Networks continues expansion across New York’s Orange County
  • Home Telecom brings 5 Gbps fiber internet to South Carolina’s Nexton community
  • IdeaTek lights gigabit fiber internet to Leoti and Tribune, Kansas
  • KKR wraps acquisition of Metronet through joint venture

    • We’re also sizing up various broadband M&A deals that took place this week, including:  

    • BCE’s Ziply Fiber acquisition accelerates its fiber growth strategy
    • Uniti wraps its Windstream merger, accelerating residential and business fiber strategy
    • FBR Solutions ramps rural capabilities with Johnson Communications acquisition
    • Amphenol deepens data center presence with $10.5 billion deal for CommScope’s CCS business

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      In the Lightwave+BTR Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics. Visit our website at www.lightwave.com and click on our podcast site at www.broadbandpulse.podbean.com/.

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