AT&T Feeds Fiber Frenzy Via Prime Fiber Build

Prime Fiber has begun construction of an open-access network in Sun City (AZ) that will be used by AT&T. It’s the latest reminder of AT&T’s broad strategy to expand fiber broadband availability. AT&T is building open-access networks of its own through its Gigapower joint venture with investment firm BlackRock. AT&T is the anchor tenant on those networks, a departure from the more typical open access approach in which the open access network operator doesn’t offer service to end users. Prime Fiber is one of four open access network operators with whom AT&T inked deals in September 2024. The others are Boldyn Networks, Digital Infrastructure Group, and Ubiquity.