The FCC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that calls for the two organizations to work together to promote public awareness of federal funding opportunities for broadband. IMLS is an…
NTIA began accepting applications to the middle mile funding program this week and has issued 88 pages of guidance for network operators requesting funding. The program, which was created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the…
Dish said today that it has reached an agreement with T-Mobile to use the T-Mobile Ultra Capacity 5G network to provide connectivity to Dish mobile customers and to customers of Dish’s retail wireless brands, including Boost Mobile. The agreement requires…
The commonwealth of Kentucky announced $89.1 million in funding through the state’s Better Internet program to cover some of the costs of bringing high-speed broadband to rural areas of the state. More than half of the funding — $49.9 million…
AT&T and Verizon have reached a new agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) involving the deployment of 5G wireless service in the C-band. The carriers have deployed service in the band throughout a large part of the U.S. but,…
The Talent Pipeline Challenge launched last week by the Biden-Harris administration aims to “fill high quality jobs that will help rebuild our infrastructure.” The initiative focuses on three key infrastructure sectors including broadband, along with construction and electric vehicle charging…
The FCC has authorized Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support for over a dozen smaller winning bidders, as well as a small number of bids for some larger winning bidders. In addition, the company declined to authorize certain bids for…
Dish said today that it has launched its 5G wireless service, dubbed Project Genesis, in more than 120 markets. The markets are primarily in Tier 2 cities such as Tuscaloosa, AL; Midland, MI; Boise, ID and three Springfields — Massachusetts,…
The highly competitive nature of the U.S. mobile wireless business continues as Verizon announced today that it is deploying 5G in the CBRS spectrum band and T-Mobile said it achieved speeds above 3 Gbps on a production network using 5G…
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, sees the need for a new peering infrastructure to support the metaverse and immersive virtual shared experiences such as Meta Horizon Worlds or the Supernatural fitness app. In an address at the Fiber…
All major U.S. wireless carriers have filed applications to participate in an auction of mid-band 2.5 GHz spectrum scheduled to start July 29, as have several dozen smaller companies. AT&T, T-Mobile, UScellular and 36 other companies submitted complete applications, according…
AT&T said today that it was successful in delivering symmetrical broadband speeds of 20 Gbps over its production network using 25GS-PON technology. Until now, the 25G-PON technology that has been available has supported 25 Gbps downstream but only 10 Gbps…
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