Fiber Optics news and trends

Verizon Acquires Frontier for $20 Billion as Connected Economy Evolves
Acquisitions // September 06, 2024

The future of connectivity is the future of commerce, as well as payments and financial services. And with the Thursday (Sept. 5) news that Verizon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Frontier,the largest pure-play fiber internet provider in the U.S., in an all-cash...

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IBM Says Optics Breakthrough Can Enhance AI Training

December 09, 2024
IBM said new optics technology research could improve how data centers train AI models. The researchers, the tech giant said Monday (Dec.9), have come up with a new process for co-packaged optics (CPO), the next generation of optics technology, to allow for connectivity within data centers “at the speed of light” through optics to complement […]