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Built with premier partners t3 Broadband, Nokia, and Midco the route links Ellendale, North Dakota to Chicago via a diverse, low-latency fiber corridor across the Midwest, strengthening the region’s role as a critical on-ramp to major data center hubs. This new route is expected to reach 100 Tb by July and is designed to scale to 400 Tb to support future AI-driven growth, with Aureon managing ongoing support and maintenance.

“This deployment required a high level of coordination across networks, vendors, and timelines,” said George O’Neal, President and CEO at Aureon. “Thanks to the expertise and ambition of our team, and the strength of our partner relationships, we were able to deliver the solution our customer needed in the timeframe requested.”

As AI workloads continue to drive unprecedented bandwidth demand, this deployment positions the Midwest as an increasingly vital connectivity hub for next-generation digital infrastructure. These collaborations highlight Aureon’s ability to deliver complex, high-capacity transport solutions at hyperscale speed, reinforcing the Midwest’s role as a key connectivity corridor for AI and cloud infrastructure.

For more information about Aureon and its extensive network reach throughout Iowa and the Midwest, visit: www.aureon.com. For more information on this partnership, please visit: https://info.aureon.com/press.

About Aureon

Aureon is a leading technology solutions provider helping organizations connect, collaborate, and grow. The company delivers connectivity, cloud, data center, managed IT, consulting, and contact center services that simplify technology and strengthen business performance. Backed by more than 40 years of experience and a dedicated Iowa-based support team, Aureon combines advanced solutions with exceptional service. From its headquarters in West Des Moines, the company empowers clients across the Midwest and nationwide through reliability, innovation, and a lasting commitment to community.

Media Contact:

iMiller Public Relations
Zack Zinser
Tel: +1.914.315.6424
Email: aureon@imillerpr.com

Premier Partners that made this Possible

“The AI supercycle is driving unprecedented demand for high-capacity optical networks, even as the industry navigates a constrained supply environment,” said Matt Young, VP North America Sales, Nokia. “By leveraging our latest generation of coherent optical technology and close collaboration with partners, we were able to deliver scalable capacity.”

“Coordinating across multiple carriers and aligning network architecture at this scale requires a high degree of technical precision,” said Chris Crowe, CEO, t3 Broadband. “Our role focused on integrating systems and ensuring the network performed seamlessly, despite the complexity of the route.”

“For this use case, a lit solution offered the optimal mix of speed, scale, and performance, so we worked closely with Aureon to deploy a solution leveraging Midco’s fiber network,” said Midco’s Vice President of Business Sales Justin Hebda. “That flexibility, combined with the depth and reach of our network, allowed us to deliver high-capacity transport quickly and reliably, using capabilities that are built into how Midco designs and operates our infrastructure.”

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Poka Lambro is a fiber broadband access and middle-mile network service provider that provides vital service to communities across 4,200 square miles in West Texas, primarily supporting the regions south of Lubbock, Texas in the lower panhandle to just north of Midland in the oil-rich Permian Basin. Poka Lambro’s reliable middle-mile network allows ISPs to offer dependable high-speed internet services that support critical applications of end customers in remote areas for both residential and business services.

By leveraging Infinera’s middle-mile solution, Poka Lambro can increase its network capacity and expand its service area, ensuring that Poka Lambro and other regional ISPs can provide vital services to support remote working, telemedicine and high-speed internet connectivity in previously unconnected rural regions, helping to close the digital divide for students and increase academic achievements in the region.

The Infinera solution was delivered in partnership with t3 Broadband, an experienced provider of rural broadband network implementation services.

“Poka Lambro’s goal is to provide the fastest and most reliable optical network in the region, which in turn will ensure vital services are available to communities in West Texas,” said Scott Fitzgerald, Vice President, Network Operations at Poka Lambro Telecommunications. “Working closely with t3 Broadband on the network design and Infinera to deliver the best-in-class solution, our network upgrade provides our neighboring co-operatives a modern middle-mile network option that can cost-effectively scale to meet the bandwidth demands of today and the future.”

“t3 worked collaboratively with both our customer Poka Lambro and our partner Infinera to bring higher-bandwidth services to both Poka Lambro and their customers,” said Chris Crowe, CEO at t3 Broadband. “The Poka Lambro solution continues to support our mission of providing competitive broadband solutions to our rural service providers and to close the digital divide for their customers.”

“The Infinera team worked closely with our partner, t3 Broadband, to provide Poka Lambro with a reliable, high-capacity, cost-effective solution that will support the expansion of social and economic opportunity across the region,” said Nick Walden, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Infinera. “This middle-mile modernization project allows Poka Lambro to stay ahead of the bandwidth curve while bringing vital connectivity to underserved rural areas in West Texas.”

Infinera technology experts will be at WISPAPALOOZA October 15-17 in Las Vegas. To schedule a meeting or to learn more about Infinera’s solutions for rural broadband networks, contact sales@infinera.com.

Contacts:

Infinera Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com

Infinera Investors:
Amitabh Passi, Head of Investor Relations
Tel. +1 (669) 295-1489
apassi@infinera.com

About Infinera
Infinera is a global supplier of innovative open optical networking solutions and advanced optical semiconductors that enable carriers, cloud operators, governments, and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate service innovation, and automate network operations. Infinera solutions deliver industry-leading economics and performance in long-haul, submarine, data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To learn more about Infinera, visit www.infinera.com, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn, and subscribe for updates.

Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of Infinera Corporation.

About t3 Broadband
Headquartered in Kansas, t3 Broadband believes broadband is the economic driver for communities. With the global economy evolving towards being always-connected, access to broadband connections is becoming an essential service. It is their mission to support service providers, utilities, and communities of all sizes by helping them bring fast, reliable and secure broadband services economically, quickly, and everywhere to their customers. t3 Broadband expertly analyzes, designs, and services economically sound broadband networks by using proven processes and technology. For more information, please visit www.t3broadband.com or mail us at sales@t3broadband.com.

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Our webinar discussed the following topics:

• Describe the BEAD program, its goals and schedules, and its requirements covering commercial and technical domains
• Describe the typical economics of a broadband construction program and how this relates to BEAD
• Demonstrate how Fixed Wireless Access can be used successfully and economically to meet BEAD requirements
• Explain how the t3leVerse portfolio from t3 Broadband supports your design and documentation efforts toward BEAD grant applications

An archive of the webinar is available below:

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• There is no need to dig trenches or provide time-consuming fiber drops to every home and business with FWA; service providers can deploy and get users operational in a fraction of the time fiber requires, reducing the time to market.
• Fixed Wireless Access can be delivered over low, mid and high frequencies, allowing service providers to craft the best blend of bands for their customers.
• FWA uses 4G and 5G with the same robust 3GPP security standards as public wireless networks.
• There is a large and growing range of options for customer premise equipment that supports FWA.
• FWA is less expensive to deploy than fiber. The GMSA performed stringent testing comparing FWA to Fiber to the Home (FTTH) in multiple regions with high and high/mid bands. For greenfield communities, in rural areas, GSMA found cost savings of 65-80%, while in suburban areas, mmWave (high band) showed savings of 45-70% over fiber. In urban areas, if there are existing poles or ducts for fiber, the cost savings would still be up to 10% in Europe and 20% in Latin America compared to FTTH.

Unlocking Greater Potential: Exploring the Advantages of Fixed Wireless Access for Broadband | Fierce Wireless

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Alpharetta, GA, June 28, 2023 – Athonet, a global leader in private network technology, approved new members to the 5G Consortium, a vendor ecosystem of companies and organizations to promote the deployment of private mobile networks.

“We launched the 5G Consortium a year ago in response to customers asking for end-to-end solutions that were already certified to work together for private networks,” said Simon O’Donnell, president of Athonet USA. “As we test new hardware and services and bring them to customers in real-world business cases, we are able to expand the offering and reach new industries and countries.”

The goal of the 5G Consortium is to mutually promote an ecosystem of products and services that support LTE, 5G and CBRS private network deployments; collaborate in marketing the consortium; and conduct testing between products to ensure solutions are interoperable with each other and within the private LTE and 5G cellular environment.

New members to the 5G Consortium bring additional global expertise as well as hardware and services capabilities.

Evan Achillopoulos, Chief Technology Officer, Acromove
“It’s interesting how easy is to deploy and work with Athonet 5G Core but mostly we loved the support level and determination they offer, to deliver high quality services to its customers.”

Mark Sunderland, Director of Business Development, DKK NA
“DKK NA is happy to announce our membership in Athonet’s 5G Consortium to ensure all DKK NA provided equipment is 5G O-RAN compatible.  DKK NA believes 5G O-RAN will be successful for consumers worldwide in providing an interoperable, low-latency network and DKK NA is excited to supply 5G Consortium verified equipment for global deployment.”

Stephen Leotis, President, MosoLabs
“MosoLabs has worked closely with Athonet over the past several years to build 4G and 5G private networks for a variety of organizations around the world. We are excited to join the 5G Consortium where we will expand our reach and develop new collaborations with 5G Consortium members to offer trusted technology and service solutions to maximize the benefits of private networks for new industries.

Christopher Gehlen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Neutroon
“We are excited to be partnering with Athonet and joining the 5G Consortium. Neutroon adds complementary elements to the Athonet solution that we believe are extremely valuable for MPN operators, which could range from a large MNO to a small enterprise IT team. We are already seeing these benefits materialize with a large customer in the U.S. and we are seeing a growing interest from small and large MPN operators in our solution.”

Chris Crowe, Chief Executive Officer, t3 Broadband
“t3 Broadband pleased to participate in the Athonet Consortium. Building upon our longstanding relationship with Athonet, as a Member we are look forward to the opportunity to collaborate with the Consortium in driving innovative network solutions for Private LTE and fixed wireless broadband networks, effectively bridging the digital divide.”

About Athonet

Athonet, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is a leader in private cellular network technology delivering a mobile core to enterprises and communication service providers to connect applications, devices and radios. With more than 10 years of experience in delivering 4G/5G mobile core solutions to customers and partners in every region of the world, Athonet supports key industries where network control, mobility, security, performance, reliability and cost are important for business outcomes. Find out more www.athonet.com.

News Contact:

Kris Kozamchak
Chanan Communications
+1 214 536 1098
kris@chanancommunication.com
marketing@athonet.com

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Samsung focuses on regional U.S. wireless carriers (fiercewireless.com)

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Mercury Broadband Case Study

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To help understand the program, the schedule, and the sub-grant requirements, as well as how you should approach the process, t3 Broadband presented a webinar on the BEAD Program. Areas covered include:

• Key goals of the BEAD Program and an overview of the application process
• Timelines for planning BEAD projects
• Aligning the economics and planning for BEAD projects

Leverage t3’s experience to guide you through the entire BEAD grant application process, from strategy and market planning through location mapping and technology and budgeting decisions to the grant application itself.

t3 is performing GIS/location mapping, technology and vendor selection, network design and RF engineering, and capital cost budgeting required for each BEAD grant application, and we can do this for you.

For a copy of the presentation and information on how t3 can help you with your BEAD strategy and application, please contact us at sales@t3broadband.com

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Broadband in the Driving Seat | Total Telecom

And come see us at Connected America, March 28-29, 2023 in Dallas, Texas.

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