Sparkle, a global player in the submarine cable industry with a strong presence in the Americas, will collaborate as a new partner with Liberty Networks and Gold Data on the construction and commercialization of MANTA—the new pan-regional subsea cable system.

Nokia, Windstream Wholesale, and Colt Technology Services announced the successful completion of a world-first 800 Gigabit Ethernet (800GbE) service trial connecting London, UK with Chicago, US across an 8,500km subsea and terrestrial route over the production network.

Zayo announced the expansion of its 400G wavelength network to address rapidly increasing bandwidth needs in the New York/New Jersey metro area. As one of the only providers bringing new capacity to the area, Zayo’s 400G network provides high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity to key industries in the economic epicenter of New York and offers connectivity to other key markets on Zayo’s largest independent network.

Poka Lambro Telecommunications has deployed Infinera’s XTM Series to upgrade its regional fiber broadband and middle-mile network across rural western Texas with ReConnect Program funding.

Nokia has announced that it has been selected by the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br)—the world's largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP) operator—to enhance the performance and reliability of Brazil’s internet infrastructure.

Verizon and Vertical Bridge have entered into a definitive agreement for Vertical Bridge to obtain the exclusive rights to lease, operate and manage 6,339 wireless communications towers across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. from subsidiaries of Verizon for approximately USD 3.3 billion, including certain commercial benefits.

Aqua Comms has accelerated its investment by lighting a new fiber pair on AEC-1 system, Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fiber-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin, and London.

Core-Backbone, a global network provider, deployed Infinera’s GX Series ICE6 800G coherent solution to upgrade and extend key network routes between Nuremburg and Munich, Nuremburg and Prague, and Hamburg and Düsseldorf.

DataBank announced the development of a 480MW data center campus on a 292-acre land in Red Oak, Texas, dramatically expanding its capacity and ability to meet growing demand for data center space and power being driven by AI applications.

SierraIG, a joint venture between SummitIG and Neutral Networks, is excited to establish a pure-play dark fiber infrastructure provider in Mexico that is committed to building purpose-built and underground dense fiber infrastructure in key data center markets throughout Mexico starting with the Querétaro and Monterrey markets.