Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy fiber provider Frontier Communications. An announcement could come as early as this week, provided discussions don’t “hit any last-minute snags.”

​American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack.

As Frontier races Altice USA and others to build out fiber, both say they are winning business as households switch from cable and copper.