The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) adopted earlier this year includes $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery funding that will go to state and local governments and can be used for broadband and other projects. The Treasury…
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Eighty-five percent of respondents to a Pew Research Center smartphone and home broadband penetration survey own smartphones and 77% have home broadband subscriptions. This compares to 81% and 73% the organization found in 2019. Ninety-one percent of adults have one…
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With the closing of its acquisition of the Indiana Fiber Network, Zayo Group Holdings has added more than 5,000 route miles of on-net connections and what it characterizes as dense fiber to almost 1,000 enterprise buildings in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne,…
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Unite Private Networks (UPN), is expanding its Little Rock, Ark., fiber network with a new 114-mile route. The company offers fiber-based connectivity to services to schools, governments, carriers, data centers, hospitals, and enterprise business customers across a 21-state service area….
DE Lightspeed, the broadband subsidiary of the Delta Electric Power Association, has successfully leveraged government funding for the fiber broadband services that the company has deployed in rural Mississippi. DE Lightspeed was created after Mississippi gave electric cooperatives the green…
AT&T and Nokia completed what the vendor calls the first call on AT&T’s network using 5G technology in C-band spectrum. The call, which was conducted early last month in Detroit, was not announced until today. AT&T expects to cover 200…
The FCC announced yesterday that it has approved eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) designation for 56 companies that had winning bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. ETC designation is a requirement for participation in the RDOF program. Among…
Verizon Business has commercialized its private 5G service. The service, known as On Site 5G, targets enterprise and public sector customers – including campuses, industrial and manufacturing facilities and warehouses. Private 5G services use cellular network equipment deployed at an…
The average U.S. household has 25 connected devices – more than double the 11 that the average household had in 2019, according to a new Deloitte report. The Deloitte report found that 66% of households have smart home devices; 39%…
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) adopted earlier this year includes $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery funding that will go to state and local governments and can be used for broadband and other projects. The Treasury…
The FCC today released rules for Auction 110 of spectrum between 3.45-3.55 GHz, also known as the 3.45 GHz band. The auction is scheduled to start October 5. The rules call for licenses to be auctioned in 10 blocks, each…
UScellular says it reached world record 5G fixed wireless coverage using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum on its commercial network in Grand Island, Neb. The company achieved gigabit speeds over a distance of more than 10 kilometers (more than six miles)….
Verizon Business today launched Advanced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), an offering that combines SD-WAN capability with hybrid network connectivity and security services. SD-WAN services have been gaining popularity, enabling customers to use multiple wide area network connections that are…
Gigabit service provider Starry Inc., working with Microsoft through the Airband Initiative, will provide broadband to underserved communities in Detroit. The agreement will bring the low-cost Starry Connect digital equity program to all serviceable addresses in zip codes in the…
As what is forecast to be an above average hurricane season gets under way, C Spire is reminding subscribers about its priority voice and priority data service for emergency first responders’ mobile communications. Both services are available for free to…
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