AT&T announced a number of new solutions designed to meet the needs of business customers whose employees rely primarily on mobile phones for communications. The mobile-first offerings are underpinned by a new partnership with Cisco. The goal is to enable…
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The next update to the FCC National Broadband Map will be released May 30, said FCC senior officials today on a webcall with reporters. The map will reflect availability data reported by providers as of December 31, 2022, as well…
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Nearly every winning bid in the RDOF rural broadband funding program has now either been authorized or deemed to be in default. Of the $9.2 billion over 10 years tentatively won in the auction, over $2.8 billion has gone into…
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Certain claims made by Consumer Cellular should be modified or discontinued, according to the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the BBB National Programs. The organization found that other claims made by the provider were supported. The challenges were brought by…
SKT is being rebranded to Twin Valley, the brand of the company that acquired it in April 2021. The rebranding will be completed this year. Twin Valley says that at the time of the acquisition it and SKT were the…
The FCC plans to explore whether 500 MHz of millimeter wave spectrum between 42 and 42.5 GHz can be made available to wireless providers on a shared basis. The spectrum could be well suited for use by smaller wireless providers,…
West Virginia has announced preliminary approval of more than $18.5 million for broadband infrastructure projects in the state. The applications for funding were received under three related programs in the state’s plan to invest more than $1 billion for broadband…
The latest development in ongoing skirmishes over One-Touch-Make-Ready (OTMR) policies is that competitive provider GoNetspeed testified in favor of legislation that would make the approach available in Massachusetts. OTMR rules require the owners of utility poles to allow one contractor…
The Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) had reached an agreement with SpaceX to offer farm bureau members two free months of Starlink satellite broadband service. The two free months are valued at nearly $200. An NEFB spokesperson confirmed that after the…
AT&T announced a number of new solutions designed to meet the needs of business customers whose employees rely primarily on mobile phones for communications. The mobile-first offerings are underpinned by a new partnership with Cisco. The goal is to enable…
North Dakota broadband provider MLGC is making a big investment to support the Dakota Innovation Corridor Project (ICP) aimed at advancing precision agriculture. The company is working with precision ag software provider Trilogy Networks on the initiative. MLGC said it…
Flume, a service provider operating in New York City, metro Los Angeles and Connecticut, has a rather unique business model. It offers fiber broadband but has very little fiber infrastructure of its own. “In the metro core, there’s a lot…
The FCC has fined John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC $5,134,500 for making what the agency said were 1,141 unlawful robocalls. The FCC rejected the arguments asserted by the parties in their response to…
New Shoreham, RI, which is on Block Island, is the smallest town in the smallest state of the Union. It now has a wind-powered fiber broadband network that was self-financed and is available to businesses, approximately 1,000 year-round residents and…
The number of telecom service provider mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has been decreasing, but valuations are holding, according to a new report from CoBank Knowledge Exchange. That’s good news for service providers, considering that the amount that buyers have been…
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