The state of Kansas has awarded a $5 million grant to nonprofit Connected Nation to construct a carrier-neutral internet exchange point (IXP) adjacent to Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus. Construction will be done through Connected Nation IXP, a joint venture…
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The FCC today adopted rules aimed at preventing and eliminating digital discrimination, defined as limiting access to broadband services based on income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin. Not all commissioners supported the rules. The three Democratic commissioners…
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The FCC has authorized nearly $18.3 billion in enhanced A-CAM, also known as E-ACAM, rural broadband funding for 388 companies for a 15-year period. Th enhanced A-CAM program is part of the FCC Universal Service Fund (USF) program. Enhanced ACAM,…
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Verizon customers can access live TV, streaming content and other services through FiosTV+, which was introduced this week. FiosTV+, which is free for Fios video subscribers, integrates live Fios TV, DVR content, the entire Fios VOD catalog and access to…
The addition of 12 cities brings Dish’s Boost Mobile wireless network to 89 markets. The company says that its footprint now covers 140 million people. The new markets are Billings MT; Cincinnati; Columbia, SC; Denver; Philadelphia, Fayetteville, NC; Jacksonville, FL;…
As families gather for the holidays, streaming their favorite shows and movies, the last thing a subscriber wants to experience is an outage. As the broadband industry continues to grow and new competitors enter markets, reliability becomes increasingly critical. Along…
In July, AT&T and Verizon were able to begin using their C-band spectrum holdings to support 5G service at some U.S. airports. Opensignal took a look at how that impacted the providers’ 5G speeds. The answer: The providers saw significantly…
Just days after the state of Kansas awarded $5 million for rural broadband builds, primarily to local providers, the state has awarded over $22.6 million more in funding for such builds. The new funding also will go primarily to local…
The state of Kansas has awarded a $5 million grant to nonprofit Connected Nation to construct a carrier-neutral internet exchange point (IXP) adjacent to Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus. Construction will be done through Connected Nation IXP, a joint venture…
Global mobile data traffic will triple in the next six years, according to a new report from Ericsson. The Ericsson Mobility Report also forecasts that global 5G subscriptions will reach 5.3 billion by the end of the decade, while smartphone…
Today NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson called out Ciena as another company that has met Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements critical to the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program. “The Internet for All initiative is not just a connectivity…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded more than $13 million in grants from the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. This is the second round of grants from the fund’s first Notice of Funding Opportunity. The program,…
MachineQ, a Comcast company, has announced a new asset utilization offering that is aimed at enabling organizations in the life sciences sector to run more efficiently and make better use of their assets. For example, pharmaceutical companies have an asset…
The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) annual report found steady but uneven growth of internet connectivity worldwide. “Facts and Figures” found that since its commercial launch in 2019, 5G mobile networks have reached nearly 40% of the world’s population. It is…
Local providers won the vast majority of funding in the latest round of rural broadband funding in Kansas. Midco, which is based in South Dakota and operates in several states, also won an award. A total of $5 million was…
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