The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted 154 spectrum licenses to tribal applicants for mid-band (2.5 GHz) spectrum. The FCC’s efforts aim to address unserved populations on tribal lands by facilitating the deployment of fixed wireless service in that band…
A new FCC report blames T-Mobile for the carrier’s outage in mid-June. The FCC T-Mobile outage report looks at the causes and impact of the outage and also recommends steps to avoid similar problems in the future. The outage raised…
T-Mobile today launched a venture fund that will invest in early stage and emerging growth companies developing 5G technologies. T-Mobile Ventures will focus on companies developing edge computing, security, industrial IT and “future of work” technologies. The carrier will work…
GI Partners has agreed to purchase Vast Broadband from Pamlico Capital and Oak Hill Capital for an undisclosed amount. Vast Broadband provides high-speed broadband, video, and voice services to over 60,000 residential and business customers in South Dakota and Minnesota….
NASA today selected Nokia to develop what would be the first ever cellular network on the moon, a project that will use LTE technology. The NASA Nokia network will support NASA’s Artemis project, which is expected to build a sustainable…
End user complaints about business network brownouts have grown 60% since the start of COVID-19, according to a new report from Accedian. The report authors define network brownouts as unexpected performance degradations, excessive slowdowns and network congestion that impact application…
There is quite a divergence with rural broadband speeds across America, according to PC Magazine, citing a report from SatellieteInternet.com. The report looked at communities with populations of less than 10,000 people that are at least an hour away from…
Comcast yesterday announced the Comcast RISE program that will offer grants, marketing and technology upgrades to small businesses. The company said the Comcast RISE initiative was prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a particularly hard toll on small…
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rising, consumers are willing to share smartphone data for contact tracing purposes if privacy protections are offered, according to a new smartphone contract tracing report from Parks Associates. However, the willingness to provide the smartphone…
Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed three pilots designed to deliver broadband to select rural areas of the state. The proposed projects, which would include nearly 300 miles of middle-mile fiber at a projected cost of about $29 million, would provide…
Ziply Fiber is the latest broadband provider to announce a Wi-Fi 6 offering. The company said will use Wi-Fi 6 equipment from CommScope to support in-home networks for broadband custtomers. Ziply is a relatively new fiber provider that was born…
Nearly one out of every seven smartphones sold in the U.S. in August was 5G capable, according to new 5G phone ownership research from Counterpoint. The research firm said 14% of the smartphones sold during the month were 5G devices,…