Oak Hill Capital has committed $150 million in primary capital to Lit Communities, a company that uses public-private partnerships to bring fiber networks to unserved and underserved communities. Lit, which was founded in Birmingham, AL in 2019, has projects in…
AT&T will make extensive upgrades to the wireless network serving Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport in an agreement announced today. The project will include including deployment of a private 5G network and a new public Wi-Fi network. AT&T will…
Consolidated Communications said it expects to reach a key milestone in Vermont this fall when it’s scheduled to complete its fiber broadband buildout in the Southern Vermont Communications Union District (SoVT CUD). In addition, the Deerfield Valley Communication Union District…
Colorado governor Jared Polis signed a bill this week that is expected to put the state in a better position to obtain upcoming broadband funding. Senate Bill 23-183 removes what the Governor’s Office of Information Technology calls the biggest barrier…
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs has found that a claim made by Verizon in a commercial about the company’s public safety offering is supported. The action was taken in a Fast-Track SWIFT. These are expedited challenges…
A mobile device forecast from ABI Research calls for shipments to increase 2.4% this year compared to 2022 and reach 1.24 billion units. That total would represent a significant rebound compared to last year when the sector declined 9.6% compared…
People can learn the technology behind familiar objects in New York City’s infrastructure through the “Science City Explorers” an augmented reality (AR) application offered by Verizon, Snap, social technology agency GoSpooky and the New York Hall of Science. “Science City…
The FCC’s Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF) has committed almost $21 million to support broadband connectivity for about 55,000 students with a focus on California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico. The ECF was created in…
Focus Broadband has completed the final stages of a project in Brunswick County, NC. Residents and businesses in the communities of Northwest and Sandy Creek now can access gigabit speed service, the company said. Focus Broadband was awarded $1.4 million…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded $5,841,477.13 in grants to 12 Tribes in the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The awards will provide access to 164 previously unserved Tribal homes, support benefits to those already receiving services…
The Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) and the FCC have agreed to a consent decree under which the service provider will implement a compliance program and pay a civil penalty of $227,200 for failing to deliver 911 calls during a 911…
T-Mobile says it will comply with recommendations from The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs that the provider discontinue or modify both a general claim and a specific Internet commercial related to advertising for its Home Internet fixed…
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