FTTH in the Americas

V.Tal intends to continue the expansion of its footprint in Brazil.

The acquisition is designed to bring new jobs and business opportunities to five townships across New York’s southern Columbia County.

Technicians working on the GCI Aleutian Fiber Project lit up four of 12 specialist fibre-optic strands that will soon provide 2 gigabit internet speeds to Unalaska.

The Hudson Valley-based provider will also be able to scale to 50G/100G technologies in the future.

The speed upgrade will be rolled-out in early 2023.

US rural provider, Nextlink is investing in network expansion, adding Texas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming and Louisiana to its footprint.

The company is expanding its low-latency routes into São Paulo.

The Canadian provider is investing in next-generation network infrastructure as part of the expansion, which will bring fibre connections to more than 6,500 locations.

Chattanooga, Tennessee provider EPB has launched a community-wide 25Gb/s internet service, which will be available to customers on the company’s fibre network.

Google Fiber names Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Nevada as the five states into which it will expand its FTTP network. The move marks the first major expansion announcement since 2015.