The next update to the FCC National Broadband Map will be released May 30, said FCC senior officials today on a webcall with reporters. The map will reflect availability data reported by providers as of December 31, 2022, as well…
By: Joan Engebretson
Google Fiber to Add Another Tennessee Market
Google Fiber’s next market will be Franklin, Tennessee – the seventh largest city in the state and one that is seeing double-digit growth, according to a press release from the city. “Google Fiber’s reputation speaks for itself, and we are…
Brightspeed Unified Communications Services for Residences and SMBs Planned
Brightspeed said today that it is developing “innovative” voice and unified communications (UC) services for residences and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs). The company plans to use a cloud-based approach for the services. Brightspeed had its genesis last year when…
Pew: How Capital Projects Funds Are Used Varies from State to State
How states are using money allotted to them through the federal Capital Projects Fund (CPF) varies considerably from one state to the next, according to Pew Charitable Trusts, which has been keeping tabs on state broadband funding programs. Each state…
FCC Waives USF Budget Control Mechanism for Rural Providers
The FCC has waived the budget control mechanism for the Universal Service Fund (USF) high-cost loop support (HCLS) and Connect America Fund broadband loop support (CAF BLS) programs for the July 2023 to June 2024 tariff year. The move will…
T-Mobile CEO Touts Rural Gains, Especially Where it Has a “License to Win”
T-Mobile is seeing substantial success in what the company calls small markets and rural areas that comprise 40% of the U.S. population, said CEO Mike Sievert at an investor conference yesterday. “With each passing quarter, you see a step change…
RDOF Defaults Estimate: Over $2.8B- What Happens to That Money?
Nearly every winning bid in the RDOF rural broadband funding program has now either been authorized or deemed to be in default. Of the $9.2 billion over 10 years tentatively won in the auction, over $2.8 billion has gone into…
The Next Spectrum Battle May be Between AT&T/AST and T-Mobile/SpaceX
The same day that SpaceX scored a big win about proper use of spectrum, it became embroiled in a new fight over appropriate spectrum use. The new fight is with AT&T over SpaceX’s plans to enable calls from T-Mobile cellphones…
The State with the Best Gigabit Broadband Availability is . . .
North Dakota ranks as best connected state gigabit broadband availability, according to a new report from Smarthomestarter.com. North Dakota broadband providers offer gigabit service to 60.58% of residential locations in the state — the highest percentage in the nation, according…
Charter, TDS, Frontier, 21 Others Win Wisconsin Broadband Funding
The state of Wisconsin announced broadband funding awards totaling $16.6 million today. Winners include Charter, TDS Telecom, Frontier and 21 other service providers. Many of the other providers were smaller local companies, including Washington Island Electric Cooperative, which was the…
FCC Settles Long-Standing Tussle over 12 GHz Band
SpaceX Starlink and other satellite operators scored a win today as the FCC declined to allow two-way high-power mobile use of spectrum in the 12.2 to 12.7 GHz band. In addition, the commission adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)…
Washington State Tentatively Awards $121M for Broadband, Contingent on Receipt of Federal Funds
The Washington Broadband Office tentatively awarded $121 million through the state’s Broadband Infrastructure Grant/ ARPA Capital program this week. As a result, local providers – as well as some larger companies — could be building broadband networks soon in rural…
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