TDS Telecommunications LLC has chosen to receive Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (E-ACAM) support from the Federal Communications Commission. The federal broadband program requires the deployment of at least 100/20 Mbps internet service to consumers who currently lack that…
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Comcast said yesterday that it will begin using its own mobile network to support service beginning this month. The network will use CBRS band spectrum, and the company plans to lease, and eventually sell, spectrum in the 600 MHz band…
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The countdown will start again soon for providers to implement consumer broadband labels, sometimes known as broadband nutrition labels because of their resemblance to the labels that appear on food items. Plans were disrupted for several months as the FCC…
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The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) awarded $58.9 million in rural broadband grants this summer. The VCBB released a listing of the awards, all of which went to communications union districts (CUDs) in the state. CUDs are comprised of at…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded just over $74.4 million in grant funds to 28 Tribal entities as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). A total of 28 grants went to Tribal…
GeoLinks has a lot going on. Telecompetitor talked with GeoLinks President and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Adams about the fixed wireless provider’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) deployments, the gig+ speeds the company offers, the company’s holdings in the 28…
TDS Telecommunications LLC has chosen to receive Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (E-ACAM) support from the Federal Communications Commission. The federal broadband program requires the deployment of at least 100/20 Mbps internet service to consumers who currently lack that…
Charter Communications won close to $16 million in funding to cover some of the costs of making broadband available in seven North Carolina counties this month. The funding was part of a total of $22 million awarded through the Completing…
Chattanooga-based EPB said today that its EPB Quantum Network has become the country’s first commercially available software-configurable quantum network. The network, launched this summer, is designed to help companies, government agencies and researchers accelerate the development of quantum technology, a…
The likelihood of live TV streaming customers switching services in the next year is about 1-in-8, while the likelihood of cable and satellite customers switching is 21%, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study released…
The U.S. Treasury has approved $149 million in Capital Projects Fund money to go toward the cost of rural broadband deployments in Oregon. A U.S. Treasury press release also references a figure of $156.7 million because $7.7 million of the…
AT&T and Lawrence County, Indiana, are collaborating on a $4.3 million public–private partnership, the second such partnership in the county this year. AT&T was also selected by the county in May to build AT&T Fiber to more than 2,300 customer…
Google Fiber (GFiber) is offering 300 Mbps service for $30/month to participants in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). As part of the ACP program, the FCC provides a $30/month subsidy for ACP customers, which essentially makes…
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said today that she is circulating a proposal that would be the first step in reinstating Net Neutrality rules that were overturned under the previous presidential administration. The proposal also calls for broadband access to be…
T-Mobile has announced that its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) platform provides businesses and governmental organizations with two techniques that more thoroughly protect their increasingly remote work forces. SASE networks are key enablers of…
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