Virtualized broadband equipment supplier Harmonic said today that Charter will use the Harmonic virtualized cable modem termination system (vCMTS) to support the cable company’s DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0 and distributed access architecture (DAA) plans – which are all part of…
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Chattanooga utility company EPB may be the highest-profile network operator exploring the quantum internet. But it’s not the only one doing so. Verizon has been exploring quantum networking for several years. Telecompetitor spoke recently with Venkata Josyula, a director in…
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States have the opportunity to correct some of the deficiencies of the FCC National Broadband Map, according to comments made by Evan Feinman, director of the NTIA’s $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program on a webinar last…
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Virtualized broadband equipment supplier Harmonic said today that Charter will use the Harmonic virtualized cable modem termination system (vCMTS) to support the cable company’s DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0 and distributed access architecture (DAA) plans – which are all part of…
Altafiber, the company formerly known as Cincinnati Bell, has reached a public-private partnership agreement with Warren County, Ohio that will bring fiber-based gigabit access to about 52,000 addresses in the county. The addresses include 50,000 single family units and 2,000…
Strong cybersecurity is good for a company’s business and revenues, according to a survey conducted by Sapio Research for security vendor Trend Micro. But not all businesses recognize that, the researchers said. Over 70% of decision makers surveyed (71%) said…
Nearly 9-in-10 households (86%) have at least one streaming video service from one of the top 15 subscription video on-demand (SVOD) or direct-to-consumer (DTC) services, according to a new study about sharing video streaming from Leichtman Research Group. Half of…
Bluepeak has reached a franchise agreement with the city of Norman, Okla., to build a high-speed fiber network, the carrier announced today. The nearly $55 million expansion effort, the largest the company has made outside of South Dakota, will bring…
Cable companies’ wireless offerings are a bigger threat to telco wireless providers than telco wireless providers’ broadband offerings are to cable companies, according to a new research note from telecom industry financial analysts at SVB MoffettNathanson. It’s a contrarian view…
Verizon today announced expansions of its 5G Ultra Wideband fixed wireless service in the Northeast and its 5G Ultra Wideband wireless service in Iowa. Ultra Wideband is the brand name that Verizon uses for its fastest 5G service, which uses…
Two things are clear in an internet satisfaction report commissioned by Amdocs and conducted by researchers at Dynata: Broadband generally is working well and many see it as a necessity. The survey found that 89% of respondents said they have…
States are making plans for awarding funding in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which has a total budget of $42.5 billion to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband in unserved rural areas. A key issue…
The FCC has taken two steps against unscrupulous abuse: It adopted a Report and Order aimed at confronting scam text messaging and broadened provider obligations to implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework in the battle against illegal robocalls. The…
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to create a framework under which wireless and satellite companies can cooperate to provide satellite to smartphone connectivity when subscribers are in remote, unserved or underserved areas. The FCC says…
Chattanooga utility company EPB may be the highest-profile network operator exploring the quantum internet. But it’s not the only one doing so. Verizon has been exploring quantum networking for several years. Telecompetitor spoke recently with Venkata Josyula, a director in…
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