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Dallas-Based Gigabit Fiber Picks Nokia, LightRiver for ‘Future-Ready’ Network Buildout in Texas, Arizona
by Lance Murray | Nov 3, 2025
Backed by funds managed by New York–based Blue Owl Capital, the Dallas company is expanding its high-capacity fiber network with Nokia’s optical technology and LightRiver’s deployment expertise to meet rising AI and cloud demand.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 15, 2025
Mod Op—which has a Dallas office and locations across North America—said the deal completes its end-to-end B2B marketing framework. Ascend founder Rich Herbst is now EVP, Client Solutions at the Florida-based firm.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 26, 2024
Some things are better faster—like sports cars, dentist visits, and especially home broadband speeds. This week, Dallas-based Frontier Communications announced it had raised the bar for the latter by becoming the first company in North America to demonstrate 100G broadband network speeds using Nokia's Lightspan MF Fiber PON platform.
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AT&T, Verizon To Lead New Open RAN Consortium with $42M in Fed Funding and an R&D Facility in Dallas
by David Seeley |
Feb 13, 2024
The Open RAN Testing, Evaluation and R&D Center will be located in the Dallas area with a satellite location near Washington, D.C. The center will test and evaluate Open RAN hardware and software—which could help lead to the adoption of a more flexible, interoperable wireless infrastructure.
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Digital Infrastructures Firm Extenet Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer
by Lance Murray | Jan 23, 2023
Extenet, the Frisco-based privately held provider of network infrastructure solutions, has appointed Scott Pomykalski to the role of chief revenue officer, a position in which he will be responsible for leading Extenet’s customer acquisition, outreach, and relations efforts.
The company, which announced its relocation from Illinois to North Texas last summer and rebranded in December, has new headquarters at Frisco Station....
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Dec 17, 2020
Mavenir—an early advocate for OpenRAN—wants to drive open innovation and security in 5G. The expansion will energize the Remote Radio Unit ecosystem, it says.
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by Chantal Canales |
Jul 14, 2020
Representatives from AT&T, Axxess, Ericsson, Nokia, among other tech companies will be the judges for the 5G Grand Challenge. Awardees will receive $5,000, mentoring, and introductions to funding resources.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 26, 2019
At its annual awards gala, Tech Titans honored 14 North Texas companies, organizations, and individuals for outstanding industry contributions. See who made it out on top.
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The New Frontiers:
DFW Companies Leading the Charge
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Jan 26, 2018
Gartner has announced the top tech trends for 2018. Here’s a quick glance at the Dallas-Fort Worth companies leading the charge in each arena.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Nov 13, 2017
American Airlines, AT&T, and Texas Instruments were among the DFW-area corporations noted for their LGBTQ workplace equality.
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by Heather Noel |
Aug 22, 2016
Kirk Ballou talks about Tesla pitch videos, Dallas startup community, and founding Touch Titans.
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by Walter Bialas |
Feb 29, 2016
PricewaterhouseCoopers recently released its MoneyTree report detailing US venture capital (VC) funding for 2015.
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