NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 5, 2025. – Celerity is grateful to reflect on an innovative and impactful week at Fiber Connect 2025, hosted by the Fiber Broadband Association in Nashville, TN. The event brought together leaders across the fiber optics industry to explore innovations and collaborations that shape the future of fiber.  

Throughout the week, Celerity engaged with peers, attended panels, and discussed real-world fiber applications that are changing the industry. Topics spanned from rural broadband expansion to the use of fiber in healthcare, agriculture, and the development of new deployment strategies.  

A panel that stood out was the presentation on Fiber Broadband and the Future of Precision Agriculture. This panel was moderated by Jim Carroll of Converge! Digest, the discussion featured insights from:  

• Jimmy Todd – Nex-Tech 

• John E. Green, Jr. – Mytra Consulting  

• Darren Siekman – Valley Integration – A Valmont Company  

• Lee Rutherford – connectSCP by South Central Power 

This session discussed the best practices, opportunities, and challenges associated with High-Cost Threshold deployments, and where fiber is best suited for residential, agricultural, and commercial expansions. 

Celerity extends a huge thank you to the Fiber Broadband Association for hosting another successful Fiber Connect Event.  

Celerity will be attending the 122nd Annual PTA Convention from July 7th to 9th, 2025. The convention will be held at The Hotel Hershey, which is an award-winning hotel.  

As a member, Celerity supports the PTA’s mission of supporting members movement into fiber optics and offering connectivity to all Pennsylvanians. We are also looking forward to meeting current and potential new customers at this event.  

Celerity will be actively involved at this event:  

• Sponsoring a hole in the golf outing 

• Hosting a blackjack table during the evening event 

• Exhibiting during Desserts on the Mezzanine

We appreciate the opportunity to attend and look forward to gaining valuable insights from this experience.  

We are just a few days away from the Fiber Connect 2025 Trade Show which is being held in Nashville, TN, from June 1st – 4th. This is an event where over 5,000 professionals will network, educate, and develop industry connections.  

Fiber Connect, a leading event for the fiber optic industry, will include insightful presentations, panels, and smaller breakout sessions for specific interests. Attendees get the chance to learn about the latest tools and services that include hands-on demonstrations and experiences. 

If you are interested in learning more about Celerity and our fiber optic solutions, reach out to Jared Millard, Celerity’s Sales and Marketing Manager.  

Email: jmillard@nextmiletech.com to schedule a meeting. 

Celerity Discusses Safety Measures with Staff, What Was Said? 

QUAKERTOWN, Pennsylvania, May 19, 2025 – Celerity conducted a mandatory all staff meeting on May 19, 2025 led by Daryl Zaremba, Safety and Training Manager, in support by JR Leight, Vice President and Dave Giannini, Safety Technician. This brought together team members across all departments to reinforce Celerity’s commitment to a safe work environment.  

Meeting Focus

The meeting focused on a range of safety-related topics, the first one being the benefits of teamwork in safety. Teamwork plays an important role in creating a safer work environment. It improves communication, collaboration, and shared responsibility. It allows better communication about jobsite hazards, quicker identification of risks, and more informed decision-making through many perspectives. When team members support one another, hold each other accountable, and contribute to safety measures, it creates a culture of continuous improvement. A sense of ownership, clear communication and shared commitments to safety reinforces positive behavior and ensures everyone plays a role in making a safe workplace.  

The next topic was our commitment to behavior-based safety. Behavior-based safety is an approach to workplace safety that focuses on observing, analyzing, and modifying the behaviors of employees to prevent accidents and improve overall safety performance​.  

Grounding was another crucial topic discussed because its importance promotes personal safety, reduces fire hazards, equipment damage and service interruptions. Grounding must be done on any conductive cable, the trucks must be grounded, and an equipotential zone must be created.  

With summer coming around the corner, the importance of heat stress was highlighted. The first tip Celerity gave out was to get acclimated to work. Building a heat tolerance is important during the hot summer months. Drinking plenty of fluids before, during, and after each shift can help fight heat stress. Celerity also recommended a buddy system and rotating jobs and to keep an eye out for heat stress symptoms like pale skin and dizziness can decrease the risk of heat stroke. 

Celerity remains committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety across all job sites and operations.   

BIRDSBORO, Pennsylvania - on April 11, 2025, Celerity participated in the Blazer Internship & Career Fair at Daniel Boone Area High School in Birdsboro, PA.  

This event was a great opportunity to discuss Celerity’s role in the community through splicing, underground construction, fiber auditing, and engineering. We value having the opportunity to grow the industry by educating future workers.  

Celerity was proud to educate graduating students at DBAHS about fiber optics through demonstrations and discussions. Helping students explore career pathways, build connections, and discover their interests is an important part of preparing them for the future, and we are always grateful for the chance to be involved.  

Celerity representatives attended this event and gave students a demo of fiber optic equipment. 

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania. March 25, 2025. – Celerity attended the Regional Fiber Connect in Philadelphia. This event was hosted on March 25, 2025, by the Fiber Broadband Association and the goal was to underline the role of the broadband industry in bridging the gap of digital opportunity. 

We were proud to be the breakfast sponsor of this event and thank everybody for their attendance. Jared Millard shared insights regarding our impact on the telecommunications industry. 

The event explored various strategies and technologies that drove accessibility for underserved and unserved communities. Industry leaders highlighted the importance of equitable broadband deployment in enhancing education, economic development, and quality of life.

Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. February 26, 2025.  Celerity representatives participated in a job fair at the Upper Perkiomen YMCA, sponsored by the Upper Perkiomen Chamber of Commerce. Human Resources Representative, Bill Wehbe, and Senior Operations Manager, Glen Esenwein, engaged with attendees, while our Splicing Department conducted splicing demonstrations.

Celerity educated graduating students on possible careers in the telecommunications industry through discussions, promotion of our Apprenticeship Program, and through a live demonstration highlighting our craft.

Thank you to the staff at Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce, The Open Link and the Upper Perkiomen Valley YMCA for arranging the Upper Perkiomen Valley Job Fair.

Check out the photos below from the event!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 15, 2024. Celerity hosted a family game day at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA to watch the Phillies take on the New York Mets.

Phillies won with a final score of 2-1 on a walk off single by JT Realmuto.

All Celerity employees and their families were invited to join us in the stands, enjoy our catered tailgating before the game, and take advantage of transportation to and from the stadium.

We would like to extend a thank you to the Phillies and the Celerity attendees!

Please enjoy pictures from the event below.

Our first annual Food Truck event took place on Thursday, June 13^th and was hosted on-site for all employees and their families to enjoy.

Food was served by the 2023 Food Truck Warz champions Blue Haze BBQ, offering their barbecued meats and homemade sides, surpassing their mouthwatering reputation. We had outstanding desserts from Dough and Co., serving ice cream and cookie dough.

Celerity had an excellent turnout with employees from all departments along with their families enjoying good food, raffled gift baskets, and fun lawn games.

We are grateful to everyone who came out to the event. We want to give a huge shoutout to Blue Haze BBQ and Dough and Co. for serving amazing food and desserts!

Blue Haze BBQ and Dough and Co.

While rewarding employee achievements is important to us, we take a larger responsibility in donating food to our community. Celerity routinely hosts Food Drives collecting both non-perishable food items, toiletries and financial donations. You can read more about our most recent donation here.