--- title: Connections | Ann Nishida Fry --- [![Hawaiian Telcom](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HAWN_TELCOM_LOGO_two-color-RGB%20(1).png?width=350&height=124&name=HAWN_TELCOM_LOGO_two-color-RGB%20(1).png "Hawaiian Telcom")](http://www.hawaiiantel.com) - [Residential](https://www.hawaiiantel.com) - [Business](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/business) - [Wholesale](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/wholesale-carrier-services) - [About US](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/about-us) ≡︎Menu ## [Connections](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections) ### The Hawaiian Telcom Blog - - [Internet / WiFi](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-internet-wifi) - [Television](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-television) - [Voice](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-voice) - [Security](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-security) - [Cloud](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-cloud) - [IT Solutions](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-it-solutions) - [Community](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-community) - [Technical Support](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/topic-technical-support) - [Visit Hawaiiantel.com](http://hawaiiantel.com) - [Home](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections) ### Filters: Customer - Large Business and Government - Residential/Consumer - Small Business Type of Content - Business Spotlight - Case Study - Community - Covid-19 Preparations - Cybersecurity - Events - Fiber Internet - Fioptics Family - Holiday - How-To Guides - Infographic - Managed IT - News - Technology - White Paper Tags - Bandwidth - Business Solutions - Business Voice - COVID-19 - Collaboration - Cybersecurity - DaaS - Data Protection - Disaster Recovery - Fiber Internet - MDU - Managed IT - Productivity - SD-WAN - Secure Network - Social Media - TV - Topic - Sustainability - What is - Working Remotely - fioptics Year All Years 2020 2019 Month All Months January February March April May June July August September October November December Apply Filters [Clear Filters](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/author/ann-nishida-fry) ## Ann Nishida Fry ### Recent Posts [![](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Blog-Featured-Image-Introducing-Secure-Network-1.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/introducing-secure-network) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) [Cybersecurity](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-cybersecurity) ## [Introducing Secure Network Solution](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/introducing-secure-network) | Hawaiian Telcomis pleased to announce the launch of [Secure Network](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/business/Business/Products-Services/Security/Secure-Network), an enterprise-grade network… | | --- | [![](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/2024%20Bell%20Charitable%20Foundation.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaii-non-profits-encouraged-to-apply-for-grants-in-april-technology-and-health-wellbeing-focus) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Hawai‘i Non-Profits Encouraged to Apply for Grants in April - Technology and Health & Wellbeing Focus](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaii-non-profits-encouraged-to-apply-for-grants-in-april-technology-and-health-wellbeing-focus) Nonprofit organizations focused on improving Hawai‘i residents’ access to technology and health & wellbeing… [![Hawaiian Telcom Invests $223M in 2023: Future-Proof Fiber Network Reaches 50% of State](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Hawaiian%20Telcom%20Invests%20$223M%20in%202023_Blog%20Featured%20Image.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-invests-223m-in-2023-future-proof-fiber-network-reaches-50-of-state) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) [Fiber Internet](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-fiber-internet) ## [Hawaiian Telcom Invests $223M in 2023: Future-Proof Fiber Network Reaches 50% of State](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-invests-223m-in-2023-future-proof-fiber-network-reaches-50-of-state) Continuing its endeavor to bridge Hawai‘i’s digital divide, [Hawaiian Telcom](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/) invested over $223 million of… [![](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Blog%20featured%20image_$140%2c000%20Gifted%20to%20Nonprofits%20Addressing%20Digital%20Equity%20in%20Hawai%CA%BBi.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/140000-gifted-to-nonprofits-addressing-digital-equity-in-hawaiʻi) [Community](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-community) ## [$140,000 Gifted to Nonprofits Addressing Digital Equity in Hawaiʻi](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/140000-gifted-to-nonprofits-addressing-digital-equity-in-hawaiʻi) Hawaiian Telcom presented $140,000 in grants to six local organizations. Further underscoring the company’s… [![Hawaiian Telcom Celebrates 140 Years of Building Connections - Announces Additional $140,000 in Digital Equity Grants for Local Non-Profits](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Hawaiian%20Telcom%20Celebrates%20140%20Years%20of%20Building%20Connections%20_Blog%20Featured%20Image.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-celebrates-140-years-of-building-connections) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Hawaiian Telcom Celebrates 140 Years of Building Connections](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-celebrates-140-years-of-building-connections) This year [Hawaiian Telcom](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/Fioptics) celebrates its 140th year of building connections for Hawai‘i residents and… [![ Hawaiian Telcom and Bell Charitable Foundation Award More Than $50,000 in Grants to Hawaiʻi Nonprofit Organizations](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/BellCharitable_Blog%20Featured%20Image-Recovered.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-and-bell-charitable-foundation-award-more-than-50000-in-grants-to-hawaiʻi-nonprofit-organizations) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Hawaiian Telcom and Bell Charitable Foundation Award More Than $50,000 in Grants to Hawaiʻi Nonprofit Organizations](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-and-bell-charitable-foundation-award-more-than-50000-in-grants-to-hawaiʻi-nonprofit-organizations) Honolulu (July 11, 2023) – [Hawaiian Telcom](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/Fioptics) is proud to announce awards totaling more than $50,000 to three… [![Lāna‘i: First Island to be Fully Fiber-Enabled by Hawaiian Telcom](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Lanai_Blog%20Featured%20Image.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/lānai-first-island-to-be-fully-fiber-enabled-by-hawaiian-telcom) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Lāna‘i: First Island to be Fully Fiber-Enabled by Hawaiian Telcom](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/lānai-first-island-to-be-fully-fiber-enabled-by-hawaiian-telcom) Hawaiian Telcom has taken another significant step toward closing the state’s digital divide by completing… [![](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/20230619%20HT%20Launching%20$87%20M%20Fiber%20Broadband%20Infrastructure%20Project.jpg)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-launching-87-million-fiber-broadband-infrastructure-project) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Hawaiian Telcom Launching $87 Million Fiber Broadband Infrastructure Project](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-launching-87-million-fiber-broadband-infrastructure-project) Honolulu, Hawai‘i (June 19, 2023) – Hawaiian Telcom announced an $87 million fiber broadband project to… [![TV image and text says "Public Service Announcements on Hawaiian Telcom TV", picture of people working in a loi and people holding signs that say "be the change".](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Charitable%20Giving_Blog%20Featured%20Image.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-donated-more-than-1.2-million-to-local-non-profits-in-2022-in-person-employee-volunteer-hours-tripled-over-previous-year) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Hawaiian Telcom Donated More Than $1.2 Million to Local Non-Profits in 2022 - In-Person Employee Volunteer Hours Tripled Over Previous Year](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-donated-more-than-1.2-million-to-local-non-profits-in-2022-in-person-employee-volunteer-hours-tripled-over-previous-year) [Hawaiian Telcom](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/Fioptics) and its employees donated more than $1.2 million to local non-profits and organizations, and… [![Fioptics van driving across road with remnants of a lava field in foreground and mountain the background.](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/hubfs/Hawaii%20Island%20Fiber%20Ring_Blog%20Featured%20Image-1.png)](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-invests-1.5-million-to-complete-fiber-ring-in-east-hawaii) [News](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/tag/type-news) ## [Hawaiian Telcom Invests $1.5 Million to Complete Fiber Ring in East Hawai‘i - New Infrastructure Skyrockets Network Reliability of Backbone System to 99.999%](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/hawaiian-telcom-invests-1.5-million-to-complete-fiber-ring-in-east-hawaii) [Hawaiian Telcom](https://www.hawaiiantel.com/Fioptics) recently invested $1.5 million to complete a fiber ring in East Hawai‘i that increases the… [Next Page](https://blog.hawaiiantel.com/connections/author/ann-nishida-fry/page/2#content-body) Get recent posts straight to your inbox. © 2026 Hawaiian Telcom. 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