Frontier and other stakeholders have filed a joint motion with the California Public Utilities Commission asking the PUC to approve Frontier’s emergence from bankruptcy, subject to certain conditions. And there are a lot of conditions, including a requirement for Frontier…
CableLabs continues to make progress on 10G technology, touting recent achievements in a press release. A key goal is to upgrade existing DOCSIS technology, not only to provide faster service but also to support symmetrical speeds. One important achievement was…
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year was another big one for broadband and telecom provider mergers and acquisitions. Here’s our wrap-up of 2020 telecom M&A, highlighting some of the trends we see. It’s a long list but certainly not…
To say that 2020 has not been a year of business as usual would be a supreme understatement, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of nearly everyone’s daily life. Nevertheless, the broadband and telecom industry managed not only…
NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association and the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) have asked the FCC to use a broadband speed definition of one gigabit per second (Gbps) symmetrical for the commission’s next annual broadband deployment report. As a fallback,…
It’s been over a week since Telecompetitor last provided an update on the C-band auction and in that time, the money raised has increased more than ten-fold, yet demand continues to exceed supply for most licenses. The auction already has…
Verizon Business said it will partner with Deloitte to use 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) to develop offerings for what Verizon calls “real-time enterprises.” The first deployment for the Verizon Deloitte 5G MEC partnership will be a smart factory…
How suitable is gigabit fixed wireless for rural areas? It’s no longer an academic question, thanks to the recently completed Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, a reverse auction that awarded funding to provide high-speed broadband to areas where such…
Verizon has expanded both of its 5G offerings to new markets. The company took the opportunity to detail some of the technology underlying both of its 5G offerings in the press release about the new markets. Verizon now reaches 24…
Broadband boosts farm productivity, according to a new paper from the FCC Office of Economics and Analytics. The paper found evidence of crop yield improvements from increased adoption of broadband providing speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3…
The year-over-year growth broadband subscriber growth rate now stands at 4.7%, a big jump from the 2.7% rate pre-COVID, according to financial researchers at MoffettNathanson. Most of the growth went to cable companies, while telcos, overall, saw a slower rate…
The Georgia Public Service Commission yesterday approved new pole attachment pricing designed to spur rural broadband deployment in unserved areas. The new pricing includes the One Buck Deal proposed by rural electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) in the state that establishes…
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