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Network Management

Juniper Networks | February 15, 2022

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, announced that the company has acquired WiteSand, a pioneer of cloud-native zero trust Network Access Control (NAC) solutions. This deal brings a highly experienced engineering team and exceptional technology to Juniper, accelerating the company’s ongoing efforts to deliver a next-generation NAC solution as a key element of their award-winning AI-driven enterprise portfolio. NAC plays a vital role in many...

Network Infrastructure

Metronet | August 02, 2022

Metronet today announced that construction of its ultra-high-speed 100 percent fiber optic network has officially begun in Colorado Springs. Metronet’s fully funded $130 million investment in Colorado Springs will provide residents and businesses throughout the city with access to Metronet’s future-proof fiber optic internet. Once the two-year construction process is complete, Colorado Springs will join the country’s internet elite as a Gigabit City. Construction...

Network Infrastructure

Segra | August 05, 2022

Segra completed the first phase of its broadband build for DISH, launching service across more than 500 towers located in critical sites in less than one year. With the help of Segra, DISH has reported it has met its 20 percent of U.S. population coverage deadline established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “Thanks to Segra and our other fiber providers, DISH's Smart 5G™ wireless network is available to over 20 percent of the U.S. population in more...

lightreading | March 12, 2020

The FCC recently signed off on a plan to allocate up to $20.4 billion for rural broadband. However, New York is the only continental US state not eligible for the bulk of this funding. Not surprisingly, this is an issue raising concerns among New Yorkers and others. At issue is the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, created by the FCC in late January to bring "digital opportunity to Americans living on the wrong side of the digital divide." It earmarks up to $20.4 billion to pay telecom c...