by Pivot
Month: August 2020
Zyxel Sees Promising Days Ahead for LTE-based Fixed Wireless with CBRS Helping Build Momentum
With the CBRS auction underway at the FCC, the future looks bright for fixed wireless in the LTE bands. This auction will give operators access to great spectrum, and when combined with LTE technology, provide…
Verizon, AWS Get Moving on 5G Edge Computing Applications
Verizon says that the edge computing platform that they created with AWS is live and available in Boston and the Bay Area and will launch in more markets by the end of the year. Wireless…
USDA ReConnect Grants Brings $29M in Fiber Broadband Funding to Oklahoma
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made two more grants under the portion of the ReConnect Pilot Program funded by the CARES Act. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has been approved for a $24.2 million grant to…
FCC Adopts C-Band Auction Rules for Mid-Band 5G Spectrum, Start Date in December
The FCC today adopted rules for the planned auction of spectrum in the C-band. The band includes 280 MHz of spectrum between 3.7 and 3.98 GHz and is considered mid-band spectrum well suited to 5G…
Puerto Rican ISP Partners with Facebook Connectivity to Bring Wi-Fi to Old San Juan
Puerto Rican broadband provider AeroNet announced that it has teamed with Facebook Connectivity, the technology R&D arm of the social media conglomerate, to provide advanced Wi-Fi services to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, which launched…
COVID-19 Work at Home Research Reveals Some States Are Worse Off Than Others: Where Does Yours Rank?
Wyoming and Nevada are the states most likely to be negatively impacted by COVID-19 as a result of stay-at-home orders and the work-at-home trend that have accompanied the pandemic, according to COVID-19 work at home…
Mississippi Electric Cooperatives Get $65 Million for Rural Broadband Through CARES Act
Fifteen Mississippi rural electric cooperatives have won a combined total of $65 million in rural broadband funding through the CARES Act passed earlier this year in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The money came indirectly…
Wisper to Use Wi-Fi 6, Other Offerings from Calix
SAN JOSE, CA – July 30, 2020 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced Wisper Internet has selected Calix and the Revenue EDGE solution to help grow its subscriber base by more than 400 percent after conducting extensive competitive analysis and…
Windstream Wholesale Continues to Expand
AUGUST 05, 2020 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a flexible provider of advanced network communications, continues to expand its services to high-demand data centers, establishing a new presence at Cyxtera’s CH3 center in…
COVID-19 Telecom Debt Forgiveness: Starry Wipes Out Past Due Balances
Hybrid fiber wireless provider Starry is eliminating balances through July 31 for subscribers who opted into its COVID-19 relief program during the FCC’s “Keep America Connected” pledge period and requested full or partial payment relief…
T-Mobile 5G Footprint Grows 30% with Nationwide Standalone 5G Launch
T-Mobile said today that it has launched standalone 5G service nationwide – an accomplishment that also increased the T-Mobile 5G footprint by 30%, according to the company. Although T-Mobile already claimed a nationwide 5G launch,…
C Spire Partners with Delta Regional Medical Center on Remote Patient Monitoring
Greenville, Mississippi (August 3, 2020) – C Spire is teaming up with the Delta Regional Medical Center to debut a remote patient monitoring program in Mississippi for a broad array of chronic medical conditions that will…