Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company

Google Fiber, now officially called GFiber, is being sold to private equity firm Stonepeak and will be combined with ...
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Engineers merge 222 laser modes into 1 fiber with a photonic lantern

Researchers have built a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that funnels light from 37 separate multimode semiconductor lasers into a single optical fiber, merging 222 distinct spatial modes; the ...
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Hollow core fiber’s big test

EXFO’s Olivier Côté digs into testing challenges — and outlines how methods are evolving to accommodate hollow core fiber's ...

Google’s GFiber to merge with Astound Broadband, form independent provider

Google ( GOOG) ( GOOGL) on Wednesday said that its fiber internet unit, GFiber, will merge with Astound Broadband to form an independent provider, with Google retaining a minority stake.

Google sells partial stake in fiber business, becomes minority owner of new venture

The new company will be majority owned by investment firm Stonepeak and led by the existing GFiber executive team, "utilizing ...