Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by ATN International, Inc. and Freedom 3 Capital, LLC for $332 million, including net debt. ATN owns other telecom service providers, including some in the Caribbean. As a result of…
Spectrum announced today that is has doubled download speeds in 17 of its markets for its basic speed tier from 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps. The 17 markets with the faster Spectrum download speeds have a combined 8 million homes…
The FCC has started to consider whether to ban China Telecom (Americas) Corporation from providing domestic interstate and international telecommunications services within the United States. The company is indirectly and ultimately owned and controlled by the government of the People’s…
MCC Iowa LLC, a subsidiary of Mediacom Communications Corporation, a long-time cable and broadband provider in the area, has sued the City of West Des Moines and the West Des Moines City Council, alleging that they are improperly using taxpayer-backed…
5G networks are up to 90% more energy efficient per traffic unit than 4G networks, according to a new 5G energy efficiency study from Nokia and Telefonica. 5G technology is mostly known for being faster and having lower latency in…
Smartphone shipments are rebounding, according to a new smartphone shipments forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). According to the (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments rebounded in the third quarter and are expected to grow sightly (2.4%) in…
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has issued another huge fine in a robocalling complaint, this time against a telemarketer for placing more than 47,000 spoofed robocalls – in only two days – that made false charges against a California State…
The nation’s largest cable and wireline carriers all saw big subscriber gains in the third quarter, according to a new broadband subscriber report from the Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG). In the third quarter, carriers representing a vast majority (96%)…
All locations in the U.S. Virgin Island are set to receive 1 Gbps fixed broadband. The deployment will be funded, in part, through the FCC Connect USVI Stage 2 program. Broadband VI was the winning applicant for the Virgin Islands…
Inland Cellular, a mobile network operator serving the Pacific Northwest, will use satellite connectivity from Intelsat to provide backhaul connectivity as Inland builds out 4G LTE service to rural areas of Washington state. According to the companies, Inland Cellular had…
AT&T today announced discounted unlimited wireless data plans and content filtering services for more than 135,000 public and private K-12 schools, colleges and universities for a limited time. The AT&T COVID-19 education offer is designed to help cope with the…
A new deal between the National Cable Television Cooperative and broadband access systems provider ADTRAN will make ADTRAN broadband solutions available to NCTC members, who are, generally speaking, smaller service providers serving rural areas. NCTC membership is made up from…
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