Wisper Internet and Microsoft have broadened the companies’ relationship in the Airband initiative to include the latter’s global skills initiaitive, which offers curated learning for subscribers in the wireless ISP’s six state footprint. Microsoft’s global skills initiative has elements from…
Windstream issued a press release highlighting its plans for using $147 million in funding that the company won for the state of Georgia in the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction. Georgia is one of multiple states…
More than $60 billion will be invested by service providers in the U.S. in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) initiatives during the next five years, according to a fiber investment forecast from research firm RVA LLC. The figure is about twice the size…
Dish Network and DraftKings have reached a strategic agreement under which the betting company’s sportsbook and daily fantasy products will be available across the video provider’s portfolio. The first step with be the integration of DraftKings’ app into the DISH…
Comcast reported that the COVID-19 pandemic drove its peak Internet traffic up 32% in 2020. The company says that investments made during the previous three years positioned it to weather the storm. The signs of a singular year were plentiful….
More than 12 million households in the United States have given up their home broadband service and instead rely on mobile-only connectivity, according to research from Parks Associates. The study, “Adoption and Perception of Broadband,” says another 3 million households…
Regional network operator Bluebird Network said it will provide fiber access to more than 500 towers to support 5G network deployments. The company’s network now reaches across five states and 28 markets in the midwest. The Bluebird Network 5G powered…
Regional operator Horizon’s expansion in Indiana has continued with the acquisition of Infinity Fiber, LLC. The deal adds 450 route miles to Horizon’s holdings, bringing its total to 4,950 route miles. The acquisition also provides connectivity to data centers in…
Thirty states now are now participants in the National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM), a geographic information system (GIS) platform run by the National Telecommunications Industry Association (NTIA). The goal is to create “a national platform that can help inform policymakers…
The USDA said it is investing $42.3 million to help provide 5 million rural Americans with better access to health care and educational opportunities. The investment comes through the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program. The USDA says that $24…
The FCC unanimously adopted a Report and Order establishing the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program and aims to open it to eligible households within 60 days. The $3.2 billion program provides discounts of as much as $50 on broadband service to…
Lumen (CenturyLink), AT&T and Spectrum Enterprise, in that order, retained their positions as the top carrier Ethernet providers on Vertical Systems Group’s 2020 Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard. Vertical Systems Group (VSG) says that overall port growth was flat due to the…
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