T-Mobile plans to make its Ultra Capacity 5G service available to 100 million more Americans next year, and as the company’s President of Technology Neville Ray told investors today, it will have to expand its geographic coverage five-fold to achieve…
Verizon plans to use low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband connectivity from Amazon Project Kuiper to provide backhaul for 5G service in rural areas. Initially, the focus will be on “expanding Verizon data networks using cellular backhaul solutions from Project Kuiper,”…
Verizon reportedly has acquired or is in the process of acquiring the LTE mobile network of Chariton Valley Communications Corporation, a small Missouri wireless provider that was a partner in the Verizon LTE in Rural America program. Verizon previously announced…
Verizon is buying certain wireless assets of Triangle Mobile of Montana, highlighting a growing interest in rural wireless operations. The purchase includes Triangle’s LTE in Rural America (LRA) assets. Triangle says on its website that the deal is expected to…
Verizon Communications says that it has signed an agreement to acquire “certain assets” of Bluegrass Cellular, a wireless operator in rural central Kentucky with which it has a long relationship. The Verizon Bluegrass deal will bring Verizon 210,000 customers in…
Verizon announced today a dramatic expansion of its 4G LTE fixed wireless service, which targets more rural markets. The service is now available in 189 markets across 48 states. Verizon initially launched the 4G LTE fixed wireless service back in…
A new Verizon rural broadband strategy was unveiled today by the company and 4G-based fixed wireless is at its center. The carrier announced an initial launch of 3 markets for LTE Home Internet, with more to come. Verizon’s LTE Home…
Verizon does the best job of connecting customers in rural areas to LTE, while AT&T has the fastest download speeds in rural areas, according to a new report from mobile analytics provider Opensignal. As the report notes, 97% of the…
The FCC said today that it has given final authorization to more than a dozen Connect America Fund II auction winners, including Verizon, along with smaller electric cooperatives, fixed wireless broadband providers and more. The authorized CAF II auction winners…
The FCC issued a public notice yesterday stating that it is “ready to authorize” $140 million in rural broadband funding for a portion of the entities that had winning bids in the Connect America Fund CAF II auction. The commission…
More than 200 companies (220) have qualified to participate in the Connect America Fund II (CAF II) auction scheduled to begin in late July, including large incumbent carriers such as Verizon, Cox, Windstream, Frontier, Cincinnati Bell and Hawaiian Telcom and…