The Golden Opportunity of Fiber Broadband Expansion

The broadband industry is at a unique crossroads. Between the many federal and state broadband funding opportunities that are now in play, well over $100 billion will be made available over the next five years. This funding cycle can help fuel the dramatic expansion of fiber broadband across the entire country, helping bring the promise of broadband to the unserved and underserved. Our broadband future will be far more sustainable and future ready as a result, but communications service providers (CSPs) will have a golden opportunity to leverage that new infrastructure to fuel even future expansion and growth. The future is indeed bright. But only for those CSPs who seize it. The current broadband funding cycle creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity. By leveraging this opportunity, CSPs can lay the foundation for decades of growth and prosperity.

[Keith Russell is responsible for Nokia Fixed Networks marketing in North America]