Telecom providers are launching their own cybersecurity initiatives to try to protect their customers, with the latest being AT&T’s launch today of ActiveArmor. The offering, which includes a range of cybersecurity capabilities, is automatically available at no charge to broadband…
Canadian-based telecom providers Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications agreed to combine today in a $26 billion (including debt) merger that executives said will benefit the combined entity and its customers. Rogers has Canada’s largest 5G network, while Shaw’s strength is…
In an attempt to combat the increasing annoyance of robocalls, Comcast today launched what the company says is the country’s largest landline voice implementation of STIR/SHAKEN-based Verified Caller ID feature. At the end of March, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…
Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that operate telecom networks and other critical infrastructure (energy, financial, water) are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks, and, therefore, present a risk to national security, according toa new SMB cybersecurity report from USTelecom | The Broadband…
The largest cable and wireline phone providers all saw significant broadband growth in 2020, according to a research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG). Cable broadband continues to dominate total net broadband adds, aided by a drag on telcos from…
Charter Spectrum is doubling the download speeds of its lowest-tier internet service from 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps for customers in 17 markets, representing almost 6 million homes. Three months ago, Spectrum announced a similar increase in 17 other markets….
Verizon today unveiled new capabilities for its BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams. The enhancements are designed to provide better remote meetings for widely dispersed staff. Verizon Business acquired BlueJeans Network, a cloud-based provider of video conferencing and event presentation services,…
LUS Fiber – Lafayette, Louisiana’s fiber system, today received a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to develop and build broadband infrastructure in rural southwest Louisiana, in conjunction with the Acadiana Planning Commission…
Dobson Fiber announced it has acquired Ft. Smith, Ark. -based Pinnacle Communications, which provides high-speed fiber to business and residential customers in parts of Western Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, for an undisclosed sum. The Dobson Fiber-Pinnacle transaction increases Dobson’s fiber…
T-Mobile today introduced the Magenta MAX plan, which will provide unlimited 4G and 5G data on users’ smartphones without throttling for heavy data usage. Magenta MAX launches Wednesday. Customers under all MAX plans, including those for single-line users, can stream…
Super Bowl 5G speeds improved dramatically between Super Bowl LIV and SuperBowl LV, according to a new report from Global Wireless Solutions. The average 5G throughputs on game day reached as high as 1,261 Mbps (A&T), more than three times…
Faster fiber broadband has reached Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost point in the U.S., according to a spokesperson for Quintillion and Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (ASTAC). Utqiagvik’s access to fiber broadband was made possible through a partnership between the two…
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