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AT&T surpasses 30 million premises with fibre across US

by Harry Baldock | Jun 13, 2025

A major milestoe is being celebrated by AT&T after the company passed the halfway mark to their goal of reaching 60 million fiber passings across the United States.

AT&T agrees $5.75 billion deal for Lumen’s consumer fibre assets

by Harry Baldock | May 22, 2025

AT&T has reportedly reached a $5.75 billion deal to acquire fiber assets from Lumen Mass Markets

Colt offloads eight data centres in strategic refocus

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 17, 2025

News Colt Technology Services has agreed to sell eight of its European data centres to NorthC and...

California’s aggressive approach to the digital divide

by Harry Baldock | Oct 29, 2024

California is aggressively attacking the digital divide with investment and a belief in broadband. Here’s why that matters.

US telcos targeted by Chinese hackers in national security breach

by Georgia Sweeting | Oct 7, 2024

A Chinese hacking group, reportedly connected to the country’s government, has breached several US telcos in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing sources familiar with the matter.

Lumen lights up as AI boom delivers $5bn uplift

by Harry Baldock | Aug 6, 2024

The network operator says it has secured $5 billion-worth of deals from cloud and tech companies seeking connectivity for their AI data centres

Microsoft partners with Lumen to revamp data centres as AI demand soars

by Harry Baldock | Jul 26, 2024

Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced a partnership that will use the Microsoft Cloud to further drive Lumen’s digital transformation.

Colt acquires Lumen EMEA for $1.8 billion

by Georgia Sweeting | Nov 2, 2023

Digital infrastructure company Colt Technology services (Colt) has announced that is has completed the acquisition of Lumen Technologies’ Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business for $2.8 billion.

The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, encompasses Lumen’s terrestrial and subsea networks, data centres and other network equipment in the EMEA region.

More than two-thirds of U.S. commercial sites have no optical fibre access

by Rob Chambers | Jun 2, 2023

New research from consultancy Vertical Systems Group shows that small commercial buildings (less than 20 employees) have seen most of the growth in lit fibre in the U.S. during 2022, but that over 3.8 million commercial sites have no optical fibre access to network services.