T-Mobile expands its Florida fiber ambitions with help from Tillman

Tillman Fiber is expanding its fiber networks in Florida, and it has confirmed that it’s “collaborating” with T-Mobile on the project. The fiber network expansion will serve four areas of the state, including the cities of St. Petersburg, Fort Myers, Naples, Pensacola, Miami, Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Kissimmee. We already knew that Tillman was working with T-Mobile in the Florida counties of Pinellas and Polk, which includes St. Petersburg and Lakeland. But today’s news shows that T-Mobile is also planning to offer fiber in counties in and around Miami and in the Florida Panhandle, among others. Tillman builds open access fiber networks, and it confirmed that this expansion will also be open access. This means that after the networks are deployed, Tillman will lease their use to T-Mobile and other service providers, who will in turn serve broadband to end customers.