Regional Roundup: LSC, SkyFiber, Nokia, Archtop, CBNG, DE-CIX

Five bits of regional news to catch up with from around North America:

Light Source Communications has kicked of another intercity dark fiber buildout. They will be connecting Amarillo, Texas with the Oklahoma cities of Tulsa, Stillwater, and Oklahoma City. With a hyperscale tenant in tow, they will be adding 400 miles of fiber backed by 7 ILA sites with additional PoPs planned. LSC is also currently building infrastructure between Tulsa and St.Louis and is building 80 miles of metro fiber within Tulsa. 

In Nevada, SkyFiber has tapped Nokia to help build out its greenfield fiber network. Nokia will be providing optical transport, routing, and fixed access solutions, with VarData handling the network integration. SkyFiber won a significant BEAD award to bring modern broadband to parts of northern Nevada, and construction is expected to start in mid-April, which is of course already here. 

Archtop Fiber is upgrading the customer experience across its last mile fiber footprint in the northeastern US. They have launched 5G and 8G residential services, boosting speeds for bandwidth-intensive households. Meanwhile they will also be supplying WiFi gear from eero at no additional cost. Archtop’s FTTx markets are centered in the state of New York, with a presence in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania as well. 

Cambridge Broadband Networks Group is making a move into the south central US. The UK-based vendor has opened a new operations hub in Richardson TX, near Dallas. From there they hope to better support fixed wireless projects across the US. The new facility will support their latest 5G- technology solution, VecaStar NR. CBNG expects to grow the new office by 20 roles over the next year or two. 

And south of the border, DE-CIX is reporting a demand surge at its DE-CIX Mexico IX. They implemented Google VPP service late last month, and are now doubling their capacity to Google in Queretaro to meet demand already. DE-CIX Mexico has seen traffic rise 30% since late February and now stands near 250Gbps. 

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