AT&T and a unit of investment titan BlackRock will form a joint venture to operate a commercial fiber-optic platform, with AT&T as its first wholesale tenant.  The objective is to further propel AT&T’s fiber ambitions outside of the carrier’s traditional 21-state wireline footprint and move on AT&T’s long-simmering fiber expansion plans.  The newly formed joint … Continue reading AT&T and BlackRock’s Gigapower fiber JV may alter the U.S. broadband landscape