In Lightwave’s day three daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.

Some of the highlights of the day included:

• Frontier Communications’ Scott Mispagel Receives 2025 Connect the Unconnected Award
• FBA’s state broadband summit
• T-Mobile brings its Fiber Home Internet service
• Fiber Broadband Association previewed its ThoughtWaves Documentary
• Lightera’s new InvisiLight Home Fiber Kit

About the Podcast In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics. Visit our website at www.lightwave.com and click on our podcast site at broadbandpulse.podbean.com/.

In the second Lightwave’s daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.

Some of the highlights of the day included:

• Economic Impact Underscores Importance of NTIA BEAD Program
• Nokia's co-existence solution for 10G, 25G, and 50G PON
• The marriage of fiber and AI
• Enhancing middle mile networks
• Ting emphasizes community-centric approach to delivering broadband

About the Podcast In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics. Visit our website at www.lightwave.com and click on our podcast site at broadbandpulse.podbean.com/.

In the first episode Lightwave’s daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.

Some of the highlights of the day included:

• Keynote speeches from Sasktel, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn and Ting Internet
• Sean Buckley’s hosting of the Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations Creating the Framework for Innovation and Enhanced Connectivity panel
• MDU products: We feature new products from AirTies, Harmonic and Vecima
• BEAD—How industry groups, including the Fiber Broadband Association, are asking the Trump administration to end its delay with BEAD funding
• Funding—Ripple Fiber secured $250 million in new funding

About the Podcast In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics. Visit our website at www.lightwave.com and click on our podcast site at broadbandpulse.podbean.com/.