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Webinar Recap, Survey Results, and More!

It was great connecting with our subscribers in September. For a recap of the webinar, and survey results, read our latest blog post!

What Considerations to Make for the 5G Shift

5G networks are on the horizon, but enterprises may need to wait a little longer to take advantage of them. According to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, three limiting factors need to be addressed before all companies can leverage the full value of 5G. What Factors Are Delaying 5G? Wireless connections are too slow […]

Telecom Talk – What Is FiberLocator?

  Topic: What Is FiberLocator? Guest: Mike Murphy, CEO, FiberLocator is a web-accessible, GUI-interfaced system that enables network planners to search for fiber assets throughout the country. In this episode of Telecom Talk, we provide a quick overview of what FiberLocator is and why telecommunications carrier and providers, enterprises, and content providers turn to us for […]

Mobile Markets Look to Dark Fiber

There’s an increasingly popular trend in the small cell and wireless backhaul market, one that Zayo continues to benefit from – the use of dark fiber in macrocell deployments. In fact, dark fiber has made up most of the company’s sales in the mobile backhaul sector. Zayo isn’t the only carrier leveraging dark fiber in the […]

Could Long-Distance Fiber Become Cost-Effective?

It appears carriers and fiber providers may have the ability to lay fiber over long distances without repeaters in the future. This innovation should translate into lower implementation costs, and the savings could spill over to users. And it’s all thanks to researchers from the University of California, San Diego. Analysts from this academic think […]

What Enterprises Can Learn from the NHL Draft

The Edmonton Oilers’s selection of Connor McDavid with the number one overall pick in the NHL Draft was just bound to happen. He’s the “chosen one,” as the hockey media world proclaims. But while he’s the obvious choice, could Jack Eichel be the better selection? Eichel’s a generational talent too, but he just doesn’t get […]