by Pivot
Category: Industry Insight Series
Meeting Fiber Broadband Workforce Challenges Through Training and Efficiency
As the United States expands its fiber broadband infrastructure through federal grant programs like the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, the strain on the existing broadband…
Moving from Spreadsheets to Tech Stacks: Best Practices
One of the most crucial, but overlooked, aspects of profitability is leveraging your data to gain insights. Whether you are preparing reports for a grant, planning a broadband expansion project, or integrating AI into your…
Open Architecture Platforms Unleash Innovation: Creating a Top Broadband Experience
Broadband service providers (BSPs) looking to succeed in the broadband marketplace must be agile enough to keep up with evolving market trends and innovations while delivering best-in-class broadband solutions. To do so, BSPs must have…
Cut the Buy America Line for Broadband Electronics With a Fast(er) Pass for BEAD
This article details how BEAD applicants can check the Buy America compliance box for the application process and set themselves up for success by locking in their Buy America supply chain now. With the Broadband…
A Sure Bet to Boost ARPU: Bundling Internet and TV Services
Every year, Innovative Systems’ Annual Rural Broadband, Video, and Social Media Report unveils data that can help elevate providers’ bottom lines, and this year is no exception. One of the revelations in the report is…
Is Your Network Ready for the Demands of eSports?
Even in the early morning hours, gamers are using networks they deem reliable and capable of handling the bandwidth they need. As network demand grows, it’s imperative to future-proof your network and solidify your reputation…
The Need for Speed, and the Willingness to Pay for It
Data speaks volumes, and Innovative Systems’ 9th Annual Rural Broadband, Video, and Social Media Report is clearly shouting one truth of note for rural broadband providers: their customers seek to pay a fair price for…
For Rural Providers – There’s No Place Like Home
Much like the yellow brick road Dorothy and friends navigated to find the Wizard of Oz, the path to BEAD has been long and winding. While there’s no wicked witch attempting to derail prospective BEAD…
Navigating the Pricing Landscape for Rural Broadband Service Providers
Rural broadband providers operate in a complicated landscape where they navigate competition, regulation, environmental factors, and other fluctuating circumstances. When setting prices for broadband, video, voice, and security products, decision-makers need to be able to…
The Three Pillars to Building—and Retaining—Broadband Customer Loyalty
In today’s world, there’s simply no way to overstate the importance of connecting to broadband. However, many rural communities are still underserved or unserved. To thrive, these communities need access to the same technology, and…
The Final Buy America Guidelines for Broadband
On February 23, 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued the final Limited General Applicability Nonavailability Waiver of the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference as Applied to Recipients of Broadband Equity, Access,…
Why Broadband Funding is Critical to National Success
There’s a clear reason the federal government is taking a whole-of-nation approach to high-speed internet: access has become vital to thrive in today’s hyper-connected society. For the U.S. to carry its position of global leadership…
