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Frontier tacked on a record 185,000 new fiber locations and 29,000 fiber subs in Q3. Frontier shares rose despite a revenue miss, making it clear that investors are applying more weight to the pace of Frontiers FTTP buildout.

Also in todays EMEA regional roundup: Vivendi flexes muscles at Telecom Italia; Virgin Media O2s Q3; Vodafone and Microsoft combine on cloud services.

CommScope expects chip and component shortages to impact full-year net sales by about $600 million, but the company is implementing price increases across all businesses to help offset the difference.

Seeking deeper engagement on mobile, Netflix is gradually rolling out a gaming service on its Android app, promising that support for iOS devices is on the way.

Vendor says its cable network access business has been hit the hardest by a shortage of certain components, exacerbated by a decommit by some suppliers, that has pushed lead times out to a year or more.

Supplier claims its virtual CCAP has been deployed by 68 carriers worldwide at the end of Q3 2021, up from 62 at the end of the prior period.

New multi-year deal arrives as Dish plunges deeper into mobile and wireless.

Isotropic claims its terminal, designed to support satellite services beamed from multiple orbits, recently passed a critical field test with SES, a strategic investor and key deployment partner.

HaLow, a long-range, low-power technology, operates in the sub-1GHz band.

Service provider will offer eeros whole-home Wi-Fi gear and app to new fiber broadband subs.