Verizon’s fiber-optic cable and internet service is part of the company’s strategy to become a “world-class communications company,” the company said Thursday, adding it is working to deploy the technology in more markets than just the U.S. and Europe.

Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam said the company has “tremendous plans” to deploy fiber-to-the-home services around the world by 2021.

The move follows the company rolling out its wireless service in Europe, the U