WAVE7 MUNICIPAL ETTP BUILD EXEMPLIFIES A TITANIC TREND

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This week, fiber-to-the-premises equipment vendor Wave7 Optics will announce what it says is the largest fully funded FTTP deployment in North America. Jackson Energy Authority, the gas and water utility in Jackson, Tenn., will roll out fiber to 31,000 homes and businesses as part of a $15 million build early next year. Before the contract, Wave7's largest customer deployment was less than half that size. The deal is part of a trend among municipalities that are deploying ever-larger FTTP networks as cities continue to toy with the business model, according to analysts. "We're moving out of the stage where people did little trials of 1000 or 2000 homes," said Danny Briere, CEO of research firm TeleChoice. "People are talking about doing 40,000 or 50,000 lines and getting them funded all at once."