By 2027, 5G will be the dominant mobile access technology, according to a 5G forecast from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. At that time it will have 4.4 billion subscribers globally, according to the report. Also by 2027, 5G will…
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The Absurdity of Broadband …the Official Speed Definition That Is
It’s an exciting time in the broadband industry. If you think it’s interesting and busy now, just wait. The next five years or so will take it up a few notches, to say the least. In the midst of this…
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Ericsson Vonage Acquisition Targets Enterprise Market, Wireless APIs
Ericsson’s plan to acquire Vonage, announced today, aims to expand Ericsson’s enterprise business and also create new opportunities for Ericsson’s wireless network operator customers by facilitating the development of new 4G and 5G applications leveraging application programming interfaces (APIs). “Our…
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FCC Precision Ag Task Force Recommendations Would Expand Broadband Buildout Requirements
At the same time that the government is making unprecedented funding available for broadband, it also is considering setting more ambitious broadband goals. A new set of ambitious goals came this week from the FCC Precision Agriculture Task Force which,…
Smartphone Shipments Slower Than Expected, Forecast to Increase 5.3% for 2021
Smartphone shipments will reach 1.35 billion by the end of the year, representing a 5.3% increase over the number shipped in 2020, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). Total smartphone shipments for the year are less…
RDOF Winning Bidder Resound Networks CEO Details Gigabit Fixed Wireless Performance
Resound Networks is seeing speeds of 1 Gbps downstream per customer over distances of five miles using fixed wireless equipment in rural deployments in the 5 GHz band, said Resound Networks CEO Tyson Curtis in an interview with Telecompetitor. To…
Verizon Business Unveils SD-WAN-Based NaaS Offerings
Verizon Business says that it is extending its network-as-a-service (NaaS) capabilities by adding software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) based services from Cisco that include options for both 4G and 5G connectivity. The new offerings, which are built upon Cisco’s managed services…
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Research: Fixed Wireless Access Sees Modest Speed Gains Since 2020
The average fixed wireless downstream speed used is 5.19 Mbps, according to new research from Preseem, a company that specializes in fixed wireless analytics and that gathers anonymized data from fixed wireless subscribers located primarily in the U.S. The average…
Report Warns of “Snake Oil” Partners Pursuing Public Private Partnerships
Communities considering public private broadband partnerships should beware of “questionable proposals” from broadband providers, cautions a new report from CTC Technology & Energy published by the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. The report also offers an analysis of potentially…
Musk Hints at SpaceX Bankruptcy Possibility, Not the Best News for Starlink RDOF Vetting
SpaceX employees were recently put on notice by the company’s infamous leader Elon Musk, who informed them bankruptcy could be on the horizon for the company. It’s notable for the broadband industry, considering the company’s Starlink satellite broadband unit is…
New Technologies Enable Faster, Easier Fiber Installation into Homes and MDUs
Driven by unprecedented demand for Gigabit and fast-emerging 10 Gigabit Broadband, Fiber to the Home (FTTH) deployment is expected to reach record numbers in the coming years. In addition to homes, service providers are bringing fiber to the living unit…
Atlantic Broadband Sinks $82 Million into Fiber Expansion Across Two States
Atlantic Broadband said it will invest $82 million to expand its fiber services to nearly 70,000 additional homes and businesses in New Hampshire and West Virginia. The company is the nation’s eighth largest cable provider, according to a press release….
ALLO Communications Expands 10 Gig Reach in Nebraska
ALLO Communications will be delivering fiber-to-the-premise with 10 Gbps bandwidth to several additional Nebraska communities, with construction to begin in the spring of 2022, the company announced today. Once construction is complete, Ashland, Milford, Seward, Sidney, and York will join…
Report: 5G Forecast to be Dominant Mobile Access Technology by 2027
By 2027, 5G will be the dominant mobile access technology, according to a 5G forecast from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. At that time it will have 4.4 billion subscribers globally, according to the report. Also by 2027, 5G will…
Senate Bill Would Expand Universal Service Fund Contribution Base
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would expand the Universal Service Fund (USF) contribution base. The USF includes four programs, which fund rural broadband and telecom deployments; low-income broadband; telecom, school and library connectivity; and a rural telehealth program….
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