On the regional infrastructure front, two network buildouts, an edge data center, and an equipment upgrade.
Empire Access is taking on more of northeastern Pennsylvania. The northeastern FTTH provider says it will be expanding into the Pennsylvania towns of Bloomsburg, Hazleton, and Nanticoke, communities which lie mostly along the Susquehanna River near I-80. Empire expects the buildout to be ready in the Fall of this year.
Ribbon Communications has won a network upgrade project out in South Dakota. Valley Telecommunications will be using their optical transport, IP routing, and domain orchestration technologies to boost its network capacity. With the upgrade they’ll be able to better serve businesses of all sizes in the region as well as support mobile backhaul.
