Network Infrastructure

Stamford – November 04, 2026 -- Spectrum Business has launched a fully managed Cisco Secure Networking service backed by a 100% uptime SLA, built on Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers and Talos Threat Intelligence integrations. The company describes the offering as among the first of its kind in North America.

Spectrum Business sells the service as a monthly subscription covering hardware, licensing and operations

Eligible customers pay a monthly fee that covers all hardware, software licensing, network design, installation, configuration and ongoing updates. IT departments can hand off routine support and redirect staff to strategic projects.

Spectrum Business was one of the first U.S.-based service providers to certify and bring the 8000 Series Secure Routers to market for enterprise use. It received an early adopter award at the Cisco Partner Summit.

San Francisco – October 25, 2026 -- Cloudflare will accept private network interconnect (PNI) requests only from networks that exchange more than 10 Gbps of peak traffic with it in a single location, according to its peering policy dated October 25, 2026.

Cloudflare applies an open peering policy across 335 cities

AS13335 runs a global anycast network spanning more than 335 cities in over 125 countries. Cloudflare will peer with networks that share a presence in mutual locations, and it may grant exceptions to the policy.

All peers must run 24x7 NOCs and secure BGP sessions

Every peer must keep a complete, current PeeringDB entry listing accurate peering locations, IPv4 and IPv6 prefix limits and contact details. Cloudflare uses the record for automated provisioning and network notifications. Peers must also operate a 24x7 Network Operations Center that responds to peering issues.

Dallas – – October 19, 2026 -- AT&T, the NBA and the WNBA have launched the fourth generation of the High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN), a platform designed to carry more than 118 concurrent, low-latency streams per game, and AT&T has extended its multiyear role as the leagues' Official Connectivity Partner.

Fourth-generation HSAN targets 118+ concurrent streams per game

The network is designed to move live game content, highlights, replays, in-arena programming and statistics to fans and business partners. It also carries the behind-the-scenes technology that supports game operations. The leagues expect it to support millions of hours of basketball consumption during the 2027-28 NBA season.

Tokyo – October 14, 2026 -- NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Boston-based Abside Networks, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding on October 14, 2026, to jointly study high-altitude platform station (HAPS) communications and AI-driven network control for next-generation infrastructure.

Joint studies target wide-area, high-capacity HAPS connectivity

The two companies will examine wide-area, high-capacity and massive-connectivity communications via HAPS, along with network control and data utilization. The MOU covers joint technical study toward future collaboration. It does not specify financial terms, deployment timelines or commercial commitments.

Hsinchu – October 07, 2026 -- MediaTek's new T930 modem delivers more than 70% higher uplink throughput and over 40% higher downlink throughput for fixed wireless access networks, the chipmaker announced ahead of Network X 2026 in Vienna.

MediaTek pairs T930 with Filogic 8800 to cut operator network costs

The platform combines the MediaTek T930 modem with the Filogic 8800 chip, integrating 5G-Advanced connectivity, Edge AI processing and Wi-Fi 8 technology. The companies state the solution maximizes channel utilization while allowing telecom operators to control network upgrade costs as they expand subscriber capacity.

Paris – October 05, 2026 -- TCL announced that its LINKHUB HH516 has become the world's first purpose-built 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) customer premises equipment to achieve prplWare 4.0 certification from the prpl Foundation.

Certification validates integration of authentic prplWare software across the device

The HH516 passed the required prplOS and High-Level API tests, confirming its open, modular software architecture meets prpl Foundation standards. The certification allows operators to reuse management and service capabilities across product generations, reduce repeated integration work across devices and silicon platforms, and gain flexibility in multi-vendor deployments.

Paris – September 30, 2026 -- Bluebird Fiber has signed a multi-year agreement with Ekinops to deploy carrier-grade optical networking equipment across its Midwest fiber backbone, enabling 100G to 400G wavelength services to meet rising hyperscale and wholesale data center demand.

Bluebird Fiber operates 36,000 route miles across twelve states

The infrastructure provider connects more than 450 Points-of-Presence and over 750,000 on-net and near-net buildings in the U.S. Midwest. The new agreement expands an existing relationship, making Ekinops a strategic technology partner for Bluebird's ongoing network upgrade and expansion program.

Atlanta – September 29, 2026 -- Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ: AAOI) has shipped its 1 millionth 1.8GHz amplifier, marking a manufacturing milestone unveiled this week at SCTE TechExpo 2026 in Atlanta. The company is showcasing the achievement alongside new AI-driven network management tools and the public debut of its QuantumWave tunable transport module at booth #H1448 through October 2.

AOI marks 25-plus years of HFC amplifier production with 1 millionth unit shipped

The milestone traces back to 1997, when AOI began building HFC amplifiers under the GainMaker platform as an ODM partner for industry vendors. The company consolidated that manufacturing legacy under the Quantum Bandwidth brand in 2023, pairing hardware with predictive software for autonomous network operations. A functioning golden Quantum 18 HGD amplifier is on display at the booth to mark the occasion.

Sugar Land, Texas – September 25, 2026 -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) will showcase a live 3.0GHz proof-of-concept demo at next week's SCTE TechExpo in Atlanta, pushing cable network capacity planning beyond the industry's current DOCSIS 4.0 target of 1.8GHz.

The demo, called Quantum30, runs at booth H1448 during the event from September 29 to October 2 and demonstrates live downstream operation at 3.0GHz over a coaxial plant using a concept amplifier, SC-QAMs, OFDM channels, and a 3.0GHz DOCSIS signal generator.

Shanghai – September 23, 2026 -- Huawei used a dedicated session at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 to lay out a new architecture for wide area networks (WAN) built for AI-driven traffic, unveiling its Stellar AI Integrated Data WAN Solution and a jointly published white paper with GlobalData on intelligent WAN design for the agentic AI era.

Legacy WAN architecture cannot absorb AI's unpredictable traffic spikes, GlobalData warns

Dustin Kehoe, Head of AMEA Tech Research at GlobalData, told attendees that AI workloads generate massive, real-time data flows that conventional networks were never designed to handle. He said AI requires distributed, edge-enabled frameworks that process data closer to its source to cut latency and optimize bandwidth, alongside deterministic performance guarantees at a granular level.