DAY 1 10 WISPAMERICA I MARCH 4 - 7, 2024 www.bekabusinessmedia.com FiberLight, a fiber infrastructure provider with over 20 years’ experience in designing, building and operating mission-critical, highbandwidth networks, issued a $20 million investment toward a 100-mile fiber optic infrastructure project along State Highway 130, near Austin, Texas. The investment, which occurs in collaboration with the Autonomy Institute, is designed to create the region’s first intelligent infrastructure economic zone. Delivering bandwidth to fast-growing areas adjacent to the highway is expected to help transform it into a fully autonomous corridor. As part of the project, FiberLight is providing highspeed 10GB and 100GB connectivity to the public infrastructure network nodes (PINNs), which span approximately 92 miles of SH 130 to support the development, installation and software needed to manage autonomous systems. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, the Autonomy Institute comprises a public-private partnership with members including organizations such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NVIDIA, Supermicro, Raytheon, Cisco, Terrascale, Syndeo Cities, Arnouse Digital Devices, Compass Datacenters, Ericsson, Resilient, Truweather Solutions and Above Robotics. This collective expertise in software, hardware and advanced systems and infrastructure contributes to a shared mission to accelerate a “path to commerce and productivity” for intelligent and autonomous systems. “FiberLight is very excited to be a member of the Autonomy Institute and involved in the deployment of this autonomous systems project,” said Bill Major, CEO of FiberLight. “To realize the goal for safe and reliable use of automated vehicles, fiber optic placement – delivered by PINNS – is critical. For this project, our fiber infrastructure will deliver 10GB and 100GB connectivity of capacity or more to each of the more than 240 PINNs, situated every 2,000 feet, across State Highway 130, and provide a resilient solution that will drive economic expansion and job growth for the region.” “SH130 is the modern-day equivalent of Route 66, supporting dozens of communities, and enabling 21st-century solutions,” said Jeffrey DeCoux, Chairman and Autonomy Fellow at the Autonomy Institute. “Intelligent Infrastructure touches the dayto-day life of each of our citizens and is crucial to competitiveness and prosperity. FiberLight has helped deploy critical digital infrastructure statewide, and their expertise will build a stronger and more connected Texas.” The SH 130 project advances the concept of connected smart cities, which is also being pursued by notable projects in Michigan, Colorado, North Carolina, New York City and Italy. When complete, the FiberLight network will support autonomous mobility districts, public safety and response, as well as distributed work centers. The advanced spatial computing capabilities from the endeavor will support autonomous cars, trucks and drones as well as advanced AR/VR and other edge computing applications. J Visit Fiberlight at WISPAMERICA booth #143. FiberLight Invests $20M Toward Intelligent Infrastructure to Support Autonomous Systems Over the years, Sandy Beaches has consistently recommended IPpay to clients, cementing IPpay’s status as a trusted partner renowned for its reliability and effectiveness in payment processing. This recommendation is rooted in IPpay’s ability to handle card not present (CNP) transactions, a critical element for subscriber billing in telecommunications. 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The enduring success of this partnership is a testament to our shared commitment to innovation and customer service.” In conjunction with the celebration of this partnership, IPpay is introducing its FraudDeflect product suite at WISPAmerica, including the Visa Compelling Evidence 3.0 (CE3.0) tool. This suite represents the latest advancement in combating chargebacks and fraud, providing merchants with a robust arsenal to protect their revenues and maintain strong customer relationships. J Visit Sandy Beaches and IPpay, respectively, at WISPAMERICA booth #616 and #111. Sandy Beaches Software, IPpay Celebrate Strategic Partnership at WISPAMERICA
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