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…
By: Joan Engebretson
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…
CEO: Charter Has Received Funding for 260K More Rural Builds Since Big RDOF Win
Since its big RDOF win several years ago, Charter has received funding to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to 260,000 more rural locations from state and “other” sources, said Charter CEO Chris Winfrey at an investor conference…
Verizon Has Big Hopes for myPlan: Exec Shares Economics, Goals
Verizon has big hopes for myPlan, the new mobile plans that the company announced today and plans to launch on Thursday. As Verizon Consumer Group CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath put it on an online investor conference today, the company expects the…
FCC Broadband Funding Map Could Be Useful in State BEAD Planning
The FCC has released what the agency is calling the Broadband Funding Map. The map shows where funding has been awarded through programs administered by the agency, as well as through programs administered by USDA, Treasury, and NTIA. The map…
Google Fiber Launches in Another Utah City, Seeks 20 Gig Testers in Other Markets
Google Fiber said today that it has signed a license agreement with the city of Logan, Utah that will allow the company to begin the planning process to deploy a fiber broadband network there. The company also said it is…
Delaware and Idaho Get $185.9M from Capital Projects Fund
The U.S. Treasury has approved Capital Projects Fund money for Delaware and Idaho. Delaware will receive $65.9 million and Idaho will receive $120 million. The Capital Project Fund has a total budget of $10 billion and is designed to allot…
