Dell’Oro Group Names Vecima Global Market Share Leader in Fiber-to-the-Home PON Remote OLTs for Fifth Consecutive Year

VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2026--

Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) today announced that Dell’Oro Group has ranked the company #1 globally for PON Remote Optical Line Terminals (R-OLTs), for both XGS-PON & 10G EPON, in its 2025 Broadband Access & Home Networking market share report, marking the fifth consecutive year Vecima has led in the Fiber R-OLT segment.

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Broadband Service Providers deliver fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services using centralized equipment (OLTs) located in a data center or central office to manage data flow between the network and customers’ homes. A Remote OLT extends this capability closer to end users’ homes by placing that same intelligence deeper in the network, allowing operators to expand coverage more efficiently, reduce infrastructure costs, and deliver high-speed services to more locations with greater flexibility.

According to the March 5, 2026 Dell’Oro Group report, Vecima is the global revenue leader in Remote OLT devices, which enable Broadband Service Providers to deliver 10G fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services:

At SCTE TechExpo 2025, Vecima showcased the industry’s first 50G-PON migration path, supporting simultaneous operation of 10G PON and 50G ITU PON on the same optical port. With the SF-4X, Broadband Service Providers can deploy 50G-PON as needed, while preserving their investment and continuing to scale today’s 10G PON subscribers into the next decade.

Vecima recently announced a strategic, multi-year agreement with Spectrum, deepening its partnership and empowering Spectrum to evolve its fiber-powered connectivity network through multiple approaches. Further, Spectrum will continue its nationwide deployment of Vecima’s Entra PON Platforms, including the SF-4X Remote OLT.

To address the complexities of deploying and managing ITU PON networks at scale, Vecima’s Entra vPON Manager™ provides the provisioning, configuration, fault management, and analytics that form the cornerstone of modern PON access networks, within a unified, cloud-native management environment. The Entra vPON Manager integrates seamlessly with back-office management tools and employs a cloud-native microservices architecture that spans both integrated and disaggregated Vecima PON solutions.

Recognized by the 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews with a 4.0, the Entra vPON Manager “stands out for its innovative, cloud-native architecture that simplifies the management of PON deployments at scale,” according to Lightwave.

“Vecima’s continued leadership in Remote OLTs reflects the growing momentum behind Distributed Access Architectures as operators evolve their networks for higher capacity and greater operational flexibility,” said Jeff Heynen, Vice President, Broadband Access and Home Networking at Dell’Oro Group. “Their consistent market leadership highlights the strength of their portfolio, and the role DAA continues to play in enabling the industry’s transition to multi-gigabit broadband.”

“Maintaining global leadership in Remote OLTs for five consecutive years reflects the trust operators place in Vecima as they extend and modernize their broadband networks,” said Clay McCreery, Chief Operating Officer at Vecima. “With fiber access revenue expected to grow year-over-year through 2030, we are still in the early stages of this transition. Our focus on growing the fiber access business within our DAA portfolio will diversify revenue and contribute to durable, long-term earnings growth.”

“Our reliable, flexible, and simplified approach, combined with the Entra vPON Manager, enables operators to scale fiber deployments efficiently, building a modernized, AI-enabling network,” McCreery added. “As demand for multi-gig broadband and AI use-cases accelerates, we remain focused on helping operators capture this growth with confidence.”

About Vecima Networks

Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) is leading the global evolution to the multi-gigabit, content-rich networks of the future. Our talented people deliver future-ready software, services, and integrated platforms that power broadband and video streaming networks, monitor and manage transportation, and transform experiences in homes, businesses, and everywhere people connect. We help our customers evolve their networks with cloud-based solutions that deliver ground-breaking speed, superior video quality, and exciting new services to their subscribers. There is power in connectivity – it enables people, businesses, and communities to grow and thrive. Learn more at vecima.com.

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Vecima Networks - Market Share Leader - 5th Consecutive Year!

BERLIN (AP) — Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea, racing against time in an effort to save its life.

Experts gathered Tuesday morning on the Timmendorfer Strand beach to find a way to get the 10-meter-long (30-feet-long) mammal off the ground after the high tide around midnight was not sufficient for the animal to swim free, German news agency dpa reported.

Earlier rescue efforts on Monday afternoon with police boats, inflatable boats and the help of firefighter drones guiding the rescue efforts were also unsuccessful.

The animal is still alive, breathing, making sounds and occasionally lifting its head, Carsten Mannheimer of the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd told dpa.

So far, all rescue efforts have proven difficult.

Rescuers initially managed to turn the whale so its head was pointing toward deeper water, hoping it could find its own way back there, but the animal then turned back to its previous position. Boats from the coast guard and the fire department passed by, creating large waves in the hope of freeing the animal — but also without success, German public broadcaster NDR reported.

The animal, which weighs several tons, cannot actively be pulled back into deeper water because it could be seriously injured in the process, experts said.

“If the whale can’t get off the beach, it’s a death sentence for the animal,” Sven Biertümpfel of Sea Shepherd told NDR, adding that the whale’s condition is deteriorating by the hour.

Experts assume that the whale is a young male, as males, unlike females, tend to migrate. It also seems to be the same whale that has been spotted several times in the port of Wismar in eastern Germany in recent weeks.

It was not immediately clear why the whale got stranded, but rescuers found parts of a fishing net wrapped around the body of the whale, which they managed to cut off.

In the meantime, police cordoned off the beach area with construction fences to keep a large crowd of onlookers at bay.

"It is very important that the animal does not become even more stressed,” police spokesperson Ulli Fritz Gerlach said.

Standing at a distance from the scene, strollers were out and about on the beach, moved by the struggle of the whale.

“Poor thing. I hope he can still be saved,” said Stefan Stauch, who had come with his wife from the nearby village of Scharbeutz. He said they had heard the whale's sounds during the night.

“We had hoped that the rising tide during the night would free him, but that didn’t work out.”

A cost guard boat patrols near a whale which washed up on the beach on the Baltic coast near Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Ulrich Perrey/dpa via AP)

People from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research observe a whale washed up on the beach on the Baltic coast near Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Ulrich Perrey/dpa via AP)

Rescue workers try to bring a whale stranded on the Baltic Sea coast back into deep water, near Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Jens Büttner/dpa via AP)

People from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research and firefighters attempt to free a whale washed up on the beach on the Baltic coast near Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Ulrich Perrey/dpa via AP)