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Featured Story T-Mobile: We'll be first with 6G, and no to SpaceX MVNO T-Mobile reports Q3 earnings and says it aims to be first with 6G in the US. It also continues to rule out an MVNO deal with SpaceX's Starlink. This week in broadband builds: Fidium grows reach throughout Maine and New Hampshire; Comcast completes build in Tulare County, California; WOW fiber network coming to East Tennessee; Syntrio brings fiber to Quanah, Texas. The Buildout is a column from Light Reading tracking broadband network deployments. This week we're tracking new construction and service launches reaching over 103,000 locations across the US. Send us your news at [email protected]. Keep up with every installment of The Buildout here and sign up for the Light Reading Broadband newsletter here to get The Buildout in your inbox every Friday. Tens of thousands more homes and businesses in Maine and New Hampshire have access to Fidium Fiber. In Sanford, Maine, Fidium has expanded its fiber network to 15,600 homes and businesses throughout the York County community. Elsewhere in Maine, Fidium is also now available for more than 6,700 homes and businesses in the Aroostook County region of Presque Isle; as well as 4,400 homes and businesses in the Cumberland County town of Bridgton; and 4,600 homes and businesses in the Washington County town of Machias. Over in New Hampshire, Fidium Fiber's network is now available to 17,000 homes and businesses in the city of Dover, located in Strafford County. Fidium Fiber also completed its expansion to the town of Milford, reaching 14,000 homes and businesses across the Hillsborough County community. Finally in New Hampshire, Fidium also completed its fiber expansion in Sanbornville, a village in the town of Wakefield, located in Carroll County, reaching 3,900 homes and businesses. Formerly known as Consolidated Communications, Fidium Fiber was acquired by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) in December 2024. Consolidated rebranded itself as Fidium in September 2025. Comcast has completed work to connect 7,000 homes and businesses to its Xfinity broadband network in Tulare County, California. The company had received grant funding of more than $26 million awarded via the California Public Utilities Commission's Federal Funding Account (FFA). According to a press release, the project "represents the largest completed project in Comcast's California Federal Funding Account portfolio." To mark the milestone, Comcast also presented a $15,000 grant to United Way of Tulare County. Comcast also announced completed builds in parts of Indiana and New Hampshire. In Indiana, Comcast's Xfinity services are available for nearly 1,100 homes and businesses in DeKalb, Whitley and Huntington counties, including communities in and around Auburn, Churubusco, Columbia City, Huntertown, Roanoke and Spencerville. In New Hampshire, Comcast is also now available for 4,300 homes and businesses in the Merrimack County city of Franklin. The company also announced it broke ground on a network buildout in the New Hampshire town of Barrington, located in Strafford County, where Comcast is working to connect 4,000 homes and businesses by the end of 2027. WideOpenWest (WOW) announced it will build out a new fiber network in the East Tennessee regions of Anderson and Roane counties. The network will ultimately connect 20,000 homes and businesses, with activations to commence in January in the city of Oak Ridge, with additional activations planned in the city of Clinton and the town of Oliver Springs later in 2027. WOW was taken private in 2025 via a $1.5 billion transaction completed by DigitalBridge Group and Crestview Partners. Syntrio announced plans to bring its fiber network to Quanah, Texas, a small city located in Hardeman County. The company, which already serves the region with wireless Internet, is now "taking the next step with fiber infrastructure," set to connect more than 800 homes and businesses. Construction is set to begin by November 2026 and "will continue in phases," according to a press release. Originally chartered in 1951 as the Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Syntrio rebranded in 2022 following years of growth and acquisitions. The company secured $60 million in debt financing in 2024, led by Third Coast Bank and Bank Street Group, to support its fiber expansion goals. Read more about: The Buildout
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