Virginia expects to become one of the first states to achieve universal broadband access by 2024 thanks to a combination of public and private funding. Governor Ralph Northam announced yesterday that the commonwealth expects more than $2 billion in total…
AT&T is attempting to harden its network in Louisiana by burying fiber-optic infrastructure that initially was installed on telephone poles. The buried cable is nowhere near as susceptible to damage from hurricanes and other storms as above ground wiring. AT&T…
T-Mobile U.S. and the research and development unit of Deutsche Telekom, T-Labs, today unveiled T-Challenge, which the sponsors described as a global competition “for startups, developers, researchers and designers to submit innovative research and solutions for using 5G networks and…
Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Outposts, announced earlier this year, is now available to U.S. enterprise customers. The offering is designed to be deployed at the customer premises. As companies grow their communications infrastructures, they increasingly are looking for low-latency…
AT&T today unveiled a managed extended detection and response (XDR) offering featuring a cloud-based security platform with security threat analytics, machine learning and third-party connectors. The solution is designed to protect endpoint, network, and cloud assets with automated and orchestrated…
Windstream’s Kinetic business unit is now offering a do-it-yourself home security platform and a smart home suite of devices under the Kinetic Secure Home brand. The offering is a further evolution of Windstream Kinetic Secure, an Internet protection bundle, that…
Charter Communications, Inc., yesterday announced a new pricing plan for Spectrum Mobile customers that starts at $29.99/month per line for customers with at least two Spectrum Mobile lines. The newly unveiled plan provides further savings over the Unlimited Plus service…
Fixed wireless technology developer and service provider Starry will be going public via a merger agreement with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which is an affiliate of FirstMark Capital. The deal is expected to close…
Citing the challenges posed by severe weather, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) is developing a Climate Resilience Industry Certification. According to WISPA, this is the first-ever certification program designed to protect vulnerable internet and cloud access from climate-related…
Enrollment in the FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program has now hit 6 million, up from somewhat more than 5 million only four weeks ago. The EBB program gives discounts of $50 (and up to $75 on Tribal lands) to qualifying…
The U.S. Postal Service has selected Lumen Technologies to modernize its network services, under a new USPS multi-vendor, indefinite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract, the telecom company announced today. The agreement calls for Lumen to provide USPS with secure, dependable broadband, software-defined networking,…
MetroNet will start the initial buildout of gigabit-speed fiber broadband in Brookville, Ohio in the fall, the company announced today. No target completion date was given. Brookville will be the 11th Ohio community with the internet service from MetroNet, in…
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