Smartphone shipments will reach 1.35 billion by the end of the year, representing a 5.3% increase over the number shipped in 2020, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). Total smartphone shipments for the year are less…
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Atlantic Broadband Sinks $82 Million into Fiber Expansion Across Two States
Atlantic Broadband said it will invest $82 million to expand its fiber services to nearly 70,000 additional homes and businesses in New Hampshire and West Virginia. The company is the nation’s eighth largest cable provider, according to a press release….
ALLO Communications Expands 10 Gig Reach in Nebraska
ALLO Communications will be delivering fiber-to-the-premise with 10 Gbps bandwidth to several additional Nebraska communities, with construction to begin in the spring of 2022, the company announced today. Once construction is complete, Ashland, Milford, Seward, Sidney, and York will join…
USDA Starts Accepting ReConnect Rural Broadband Funding Applications
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for ReConnect funding to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to unserved or underserved rural areas. This round of the ReConnect program has a budget of $1.15 billion,…
Milestone Reached in Verizon Tracfone Deal
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve the transfer of control of TracFone Wireless from América Móvil to Verizon Communications. However, the approval is subject to Verizon agreeing to strong consumer protections, many of them focusing on Lifeline service….
Vexus Fiber Expanding in Texas
Vexus Fiber plans to extend its fiber network into Nacogdoches, Texas and surrounding areas, the company announced today. This is the second expansion of the Vexus Fiber announced this month. The company previously released plans to expand into Albuquerque. The…
Kinetic Windstream to Expand Kentucky Fiber Network
Kinetic, a unit of Windstream, expects to bring fiber to more than 8,200 Rowan County, Kentucky residents by the end of the year as part of a continuing, $2 billion multi-year investment to deploy broadband across its 18-state footprint. When…
Text Option Coming to National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
At-risk individuals will be able to text 988 to contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline as a result of a new FCC order, with the texting option to be fully supported by carriers by July 16, 2022. The Lifeline was…
First Three Tribal Broadband Connectivity Grants Awarded
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe in Virginia and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community Wisconsin the first three grants under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program….
Cox Broadens ConnectAssist Low-Income Program
Cox Communications has broadened its ConnectAssist program, designed for low-income households who don’t qualify for Connect2Compete, which is designed for families with children in grades K-12 who are enrolled in government financial assistance programs. The ConnectAssist program is available to households…
GSMA Launches 5G mmWave Accelerator
Hoping to drive awareness of 5G mmWave technology, the GSMA today announced the formation of a global 5G mmWave accelerator initiative, with the first stage to be completed by February 2025. China Unicom, NTT DOCOMO, Telstra, TIM and, Verizon, and…
ABI: Fixed Wireless is on the Move, Predicts 180M Subscribers by 2026
The worldwide Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market will grow to $70 billion in revenue, with 180 million subscribers by 2026, according to a new fixed wireless growth forecast from ABI Research. The report adds that 5G will be a major…
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