TDS Telecommunications is serving 33% of its 1.4 million customer addresses with fiber, a calculation that includes cable markets. The company grew those serviceable addresses by 7% year-over-year. TDS added 22,000 fiber-enabled addresses to its footprint and announced markets in…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce, has awarded 19 grants in the Tribal Connectivity Program. The grants total $77 million and cover tribal communities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma,…
The FCC has made awards totaling $39 million in the 14th wave of awards in the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program. The wave will support 140 schools, 14 libraries, and one consortium in California, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, New York,…
Telecommunications service provider Vision Net has acquired iConnect Montana, a provider of network connectivity and data center services in the state. Bringing data center functionality closer to the edge — and thereby reducing latency — was an important element of…
AT&T and Charter are working with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to provide qualifying students’ households with connectivity through the FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund. AT&T is providing free symmetrical service as fast as 1 Gbps through its “All…
TDS Telecommunications and the city of Janesville, Wisconsin have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on plans to build a symmetrical 2 Gbps FTTH network. The network will reach about 30,000 addresses. In addition to connectivity, the network will offer…
Altafiber and the Butler Rural Electric Cooperative are expanding an existing partnership to deploy broadband infrastructure to 5,000 more addresses in Butler, Preble and Montgomery counties, Ohio. The availability to these addresses will begin during the first half of next…
AT&T and Corning will create a program to help train a workforce capable of supporting the massive investments that are being made in fiber broadband networks. The Fiber Optic Training Program will provide training on optical fiber and networking, network…
TDS Telecommunications is continuing its run of new fiber projects with the announcement of a network in Great Falls, Montana. The 2 Gbps network will reach almost 30,000 homes and businesses. In addition to connectivity, it will provide all-digital TDS…
The FCC has opened the third and presumably final filing window in the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), which provides devices and connectivity to schools and libraries for use by students, teachers and library patrons at home or other offsite locations….
The Board of Commissioners of Orange County, N.C. voted unanimously this week to enter a public-private partnership with NorthState Communications to bring fiber Internet services to about 28,000 locations in the county, many of which that have poor or no…
U.S. households pay an average of $116 per month for home Internet, according to research from Parks Associates. This includes both standalone and bundled options. The study, entitled “Quantified Consumer: Fixed vs. Wireless—Consumers’ Shifting Broadband Preferences,” found that U.S. Internet…
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