Comcast moved from seventh to fourth place in SD-WAN market share, while the top three companies remained with their rankings in the latest SD-WAN market share report from Vertical Systems Group, known as the SD-WAN Services Leaderboard report. With a…
An important question for consumers is Wi-Fi vs. 5G — which is faster? According to new research from Opensignal, the answer is “It depends.” In its W-Fi vs. 5G testing Opensignal found 5G mmWave is fastest over all Wi-Fi and…
The National Urban League makes a range of broadband policy recommendations in its new Lewis Latimer Plan for Digital Equity and Inclusion. The goal is to create “a comprehensive strategy for leveraging the tools of the information economy to create…
PCMag has identified the 253 counties in the United States that have the conditions that make them most likely to benefit from SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network, which currently has limited coverage. According to the site’s “common sense” selection criteria,…
Verizon will decommission its 3G CDMA network on December 31 of next year. The carrier says that the final shutdown will end a process of transitioning to newer technology that began in 2016. That transition already has been undertaken by…
Dialing procedures are changing in 36 states and 82 area codes in advance of the establishment of 988 as the three-digit abbreviated dial code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which is set to take effect on July 16,…
The number of 5G subscribers worldwide jumped by 385.5 million between the fourth quarters of 2019 and 2020 and grew at three times the adoption rate of 4G technology, according to a new report from the 5G Americas trade group….
Circle Fiber is building a FTTP network supporting 10 gigabit speeds to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri using funding from the USDA ReConnect program. Circle Fiber, which is an operating unit of 30-year-old Big River Communications of Missouri, will eventually pass…
Regional cable operator Midco is in the midst of expanding its fiber broadband reach into several communities in northern Minnesota, the company says. Plans include providing service at speeds capable of up to 5 Gbps with an upgrade path to…
Verizon and Morning Consult have taken a deep look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected shopping, work and education in what they call the Look Forward Study. The study found significant changes across the board, many of which likely…
The University of Missouri and AT&T are opening a 5G millimeter wavelength research and teaching lab in the school’s Cornell Hall. The University of Missouri (commonly referred to as Mizzou) and AT&T have an ongoing relationship. The two partnered on…
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and demand for reliable high speed data, consumers spent $118 billion on new communications services, (voice, video and data) — a massive spending increase over the 2020 estimate of $91 billion, according to a report…
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