The FCC has adopted a Report and Order that updates priority service rules aimed at ensuring that first responder and emergency personnel have communications during disasters. The order involves two programs that are led by the Department of Homeland Security….
The largest cable, telco and fixed wireless providers netted about 1.065 million new broadband Internet subscribers during the first quarter of the year. Broadband subscriber growth was down compared to the 1.12 million netted during the first quarter of 2021,…
The AT&T Managed Wireless WAN is a plug-and-play platform that can serve fixed sites where wired connections are not available, not reliable, too expensive or cannot be deployed quickly enough. The concept is that the emergence of 5G enables platforms…
Arvig, a Minnesota-based regional service provider, is offering user devices compatible with Wi-Fi 6E, an extended version of the Wi-Fi 6 standard. The move follows the service provider’s upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 earlier this year. Wi-Fi 6 is backward compatible…
A few days after the third window of the FCC’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) closed, the agency announced that the 15th wave of funds, valued at more than $50 million, had been awarded. The funding will go to 46 schools,…
Four federal agencies have agreed to a broad data sharing agreement under which they will collaborate on collection and reporting and share information on broadband deployment. The “covered agencies” in the “Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Information Sharing” are the FCC,…
Research from Opensignal finds that a crossroads is approaching as 5G cellular connectivity is supporting speeds that are more competitive with Wi-Fi in the U.S. But while 5G provides faster uploads than 4G, only mmWave 5G is faster than Wi-Fi,…
Verizon Business and three partners have created a center aimed at accelerating adoption of connected healthcare technologies. Visionable, Capgemini and Juniper Networks are partnering with Verizon Business on the center, which is in Kent, U.K. Among technologies on display at…
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed using E-Rate program funding to deploy Wi-Fi on school buses. Rosenworcel introduced the Declaratory Ruling, which must be adopted by the commission in order to go into effect, during a meeting of the National…
The National Cable Television Cooperative in partnership with two other companies, has launched the NCTC Connectivity Exchange, a platform that is designed to enable its members to compete for and win bids to provide network and connectivity services to large…
In its largest network expansion, Zayo is upgrading its long haul dark fiber, 400G network and subsea routes worldwide. The investment will generate new and upgraded routes during the next 18 months. The new 400G routes are between: Dallas and…
Market share, not households new to broadband, is the focus of “intense competition” between four types of service providers, according to Kagan, the media research unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence. The firm’s 2022 broadband forecast found that residential service…
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