The latest telecom news includes announcements on Comcast, Syntrio, McKay Brothers, FTTH network in Quanah, and others.
Comcast Completes Fiber-Powered Broadband Expansion Covering 7,000 Virginia Locations
Comcast announced on October 28 that it had completed a broadband network expansion in Forest, Virginia, connecting nearly 7,000 homes and businesses to its infrastructure. The completed network supports multi-gigabit broadband services and introduces another major connectivity provider to the community. Comcast also highlighted its broader Virginia construction program, including more than 4,500 planned locations in Bedford, over 7,700 locations in Campbell County and approximately 2,100 additional locations in Lynchburg. The Forest project represents completed infrastructure rather than preliminary funding approval. Comcast has not disclosed its specific investment in Forest, the length of installed fiber or the number of customers activated following construction.
Syntrio Plans Fiber Broadband Construction for 800 Homes and Businesses in Texas
Syntrio has announced plans to construct an FTTH network in Quanah, Texas, targeting more than 800 homes and businesses. The October 27 announcement marks an expansion beyond the company’s existing wireless broadband services in the community. Construction is scheduled to begin by November 2026, with deployment continuing in phases. The planned network will support symmetrical multi-gigabit broadband connectivity for residential and commercial customers. Syntrio operates across North Texas and Southern Oklahoma and has been expanding its fiber infrastructure through construction and acquisitions. The Quanah project represents a planned network build, not completed service activation. The company has not disclosed project investment, construction length, contracted equipment suppliers or a final completion timetable.
McKay Brothers Launches Five Low-Latency Wireless Transport Routes Linking US Cloud Hubs
McKay Brothers announced on October 29 the introduction of new wireless transport routes connecting financial-market infrastructure in Illinois and New Jersey with cloud computing hubs in Columbus, Ohio, and Ashburn, Virginia. The company disclosed five routes, with one-way latency below 2 milliseconds between Aurora and Columbus, below 4 milliseconds between Aurora and Ashburn, and below 3 milliseconds between New Jersey and Columbus. The New Jersey–Ashburn and Columbus–Ashburn routes also target latency below 2 milliseconds. The infrastructure supports time-sensitive data transmission between trading facilities and cloud environments. McKay’s associated data distribution business is extending feeds to the same locations. Route investment, radio-site quantities and transmission capacity were not disclosed.
KSAT Expands Satellite Ground Network Using 21-Meter and 12-Meter Antennas in Kentucky
Kongsberg Satellite Services announced on October 30 a partnership with Morehead State University to expand satellite ground communications infrastructure in the United States. The agreement will integrate the university’s existing 21-meter and 12-meter-class antennas in Kentucky into the KSAT Lunar Network. The additional facilities will increase communications capacity and route diversity for spacecraft operating beyond Earth orbit. The network supports satellite tracking, telemetry and communications for lunar and deep-space missions. KSAT operates an international network of satellite ground stations, including infrastructure in Arctic and Antarctic regions. The partnership concerns ground-segment capacity rather than launching additional satellites. Financial terms, antenna upgrade expenditure, contracted bandwidth and service activation dates were not disclosed.