by Pivot
Tag: Market Research
Telecom Industry Needs Better Cybersecurity Management: Study
The telecom industry is often viewed as belonging to the critical infrastructure sector, where cybersecurity is absolutely essential to business continuity. Yet, despite the fact that 96% of IT/telecom organizations claim to have a comprehensive…
White Paper Assesses Technologies for the Future of Broadband
A white paper written by Corning, Brightspeed, and Calix analyzed the most common broadband technologies and their strengths and weaknesses: copper, fiber, wireless, low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite, and coaxial cable. The authors of “Meeting the…
More Than 6 in 10 Seeing Higher Prices for Internet, Reliability Still an Issue: Study
Internet services are not excluded from the staggering list of rising consumer prices. A new study shows that a majority of adults in the U.S. have seen their internet bills increase over the past year,…
Broadband Grows, but the Digital Divide Remains: Study
Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence study for the second half of last year had contradictory results: While many states made “sizable gains” in broadband in 2024, there was no “sweeping improvement” in the digital divide. The reason…
Building Customer Advocates via Speed and Price: Rural Broadband Subscriber Study
For the third year in a row, internet speed and service price were the top drivers of satisfaction among rural internet customers, according to Innovative Systems’ 2025 Rural Broadband Subscriber Study. On a scale of…
Robocall Volume Surges Nearly 13% Year-Over-Year: Report
Three extra days in March were to blame for U.S. consumers receiving 7.9% more robocalls compared with the robocall volume received in February, according to a new report. Robocalls logged in March totaled just over…
One Quarter of U.S. Workers Call Slow Internet Their Top Annoyance: Report
HighSpeedInternet.com has released a report proving something that anybody reading the report or this story knows is true: Slow internet is annoying. To be fair, the organization quantified the level of annoyance by comparing it to…
Delaware the Speed King as Internet Speed Reaches 214 Mbps Nationwide: Report
The average national internet speed last year was 214 Mbps, a 9% year-over year increase from 2023, when the average was 196 Mbps, according to a report from HighSpeedInternet.com. The report split the states into five…
Spectrum Shortage Threatens U.S. GDP and Network Capacity: Study
A new study asserts that an expected deficit on the horizon of full-powered midband spectrum could have numerous negative consequences. The study, “Securing the Future of U.S. Wireless Networks: The Looming Spectrum Crisis,” suggests that…
McKinsey & Company Map Four Paths for Broadband Providers in the Age of AI
McKinsey & Company’s report on strategies for broadband providers in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) points to four ways in which the sector could benefit — but not before providing the context that these…
ASCE Gives Broadband a C+ in Infrastructure Report
The infrastructure grades from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are in, and Broadband has a lot of room for improvement. “The 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure” says that “Broadband was introduced as…
Fixed Wireless Subscribers, Speeds Continue to Grow: Report
T-Mobile and Verizon are increasing their fixed wireless access (FWA) speeds while adding subscribers to their fixed wireless services, according to a new report from Ookla. There had been concern that as FWA subscribers grew,…
