Today’s telecom news includes announcements on Boldyn Networks, Lightcurve, Meta, SUBCO, among others.
Boldyn Wins Private 4G/5G Network Contract at Ontario International Airport
Boldyn Networks has been selected to design, build and operate a private wireless network at Ontario International Airport in Southern California. The airport handles more than 7 million passengers annually and covers more than 1,700 acres. Boldyn’s architecture combines private 4G and 5G access, on-premises edge computing and centralised private-cloud management. Initial applications will focus on physical security and perimeter-intrusion detection, followed by wider camera coverage and additional airport operations. Boldyn will manage the infrastructure through its Network Operations Center and Security Operations Center. The deployment illustrates growing adoption of private cellular networks at airports, where dedicated spectrum, predictable coverage and local edge processing can support operational applications that cannot depend entirely on public mobile networks.
Lightcurve Delivers 8 Gbps Broadband Over Existing MDU Coax
Broadband operator Lightcurve is deploying Harmonic’s virtualised cOS access platform to provide multi-gigabit broadband to apartment buildings across central and western Washington without replacing existing coaxial wiring. The architecture delivers speeds of up to 8 Gbps downstream and 1 Gbps upstream using a software upgrade to the cOS Core combined with Oyster nodes and Pebble Remote PHY devices in a distributed-access architecture. Harmonic’s platform supports both DOCSIS and fiber, allowing Lightcurve to continue using existing in-building infrastructure while retaining the option to migrate to fiber later. Lightcurve is also deploying Harmonic’s AI-driven network intelligence for continuous analytics and proactive fault identification, reducing the cost and disruption associated with rewiring multi-dwelling buildings.
Meta Plans 7,000-km Petal Cable with 1 Petabit per Second Capacity
Meta is developing Petal, a roughly 7,000-km transatlantic submarine cable connecting the United States and France with a targeted design capacity of 1 petabit per second, or 1,000 Tbps. Scheduled for service in 2029, Petal will use two-core fiber across a 24-fiber-pair architecture, effectively providing the capacity equivalent of 48 conventional fiber pairs. NEC is the turnkey system supplier, Sumitomo Electric is supplying the multicore fiber and Orange will support the French landing. Meta says Petal will roughly double the capacity of its approximately 0.5-Pbps Anjana system without proportionally doubling cable size, materials or power requirements, demonstrating the potential of multicore fiber for future transoceanic networks.
SUBCO Plans Three New APAC Hypercables Spanning 24,100 km
Australian subsea developer SUBCO has announced three 24-fiber-pair submarine cable systems supporting growing AI and cloud traffic across Asia-Pacific. APX North will run 9,500 km between Sydney and Japan via Guam, with switched branching units allowing selected fiber pairs to bypass Guam. APX East-2 will extend approximately 10,000 km from Guam to Los Angeles, creating additional route diversity between the US, Japan and Australia. APX West will span 4,600 km between Perth and Singapore with branches into Jakarta and Batam. Together, the three proposed systems represent approximately 24,100 km of new subsea infrastructure and will expand high-capacity routes linking Australia, Asia and North America as hyperscale and AI workloads increase international bandwidth requirements.