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The FCC has said that carriers applied for over $5.6 in reimbursement to replace network equipment from Chinese manufacturers ZTE and Huawei. The regulator originally estimated that it’d pay out $1.6 billion.

WideOpenWest says it will splash out at least $60 million for a fiber-to-the-premises deployment in a county near Orlando, which happens to be Charter territory.

This digest of recent optical networking news and notes covers Tongas Internet outage, Japans subsea cable plans, AT&Ts fiber growth, Charters rural plans and more.

The Finnish equipment maker looks far more profitable after turnaround efforts by its latest boss, but sales improvements remain elusive.

Cisco is selling private 5G to enterprises under a as-a-service model, allowing enterprises that purchase the offering to pay for it only as they use it.

The FAA also has yet to confirm any reports of C-band 5G interference. We are using our established safety-reporting systems to look into a handful of reports of possible 5G interference, the agency said.

Lobbying has started in the US for a fully opened X2 interface, supporting handover between basestations, to be included in mobile network products for no extra charge.

The amount of data and applications consumed by power users and tech company giants is skyrocketing, according to a Sandvine report on Internet data usage.

Verizons recent C-Band launch should help the companys competitive position, wrote the analysts at Evercore. However, some regional airlines are warning of continued disruptions.

IBM acquired Sentaca, which provides telecom consulting services and solutions. The company hopes to benefit from the relationships Sentaca has developed with service providers throughout North America.