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Category: Telecompetitors
Community Connect Grant Program Issues NOFO for 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Community Connect Grant Program for fiscal year 2025. The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) estimates that approximately $26 million…
Pennsylvania Releases BEAD Application Round 1 Initial Data
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (PBDA) has released Period 1 initial data. The data will be key in determining the use of the $1.2 billion Pennsylvania received in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program…
The Michael Jordan of Broadband: Meet the Indiana State Broadband Director
Stephen Cox was enjoying retirement in Florida when the opportunity to become Indiana’s broadband director arose. After two and a half years as the head of Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security, Cox and his spouse…
Data Shows Broadband Providers’ Speed Growth Slowing: HighSpeedInternet.com
Broadband speeds were up last year, but speed grew at a significantly slower pace than previously in the decade, according to a broadband speed data report from HighSpeedInternet.com. “Internet speed gains fell by approximately 58% in…
Taara One Step Closer to Optics Without Fiber, Says Google
To date, telecommunications networks using light to transmit data relied on fiber to carry and direct that light. X — a division of Google, not the social media platform — says that the next iteration…
BEAD Workshop Series: Bridging the Digital Divide
Sponsored Content by Wesco Don’t miss the Regional BEAD Workshop Series, hosted by Wesco, Nokia, and CommScope—your chance to connect, learn, and collaborate on broadband innovation. A Collaborative Effort for a Common Goal The Regional…
Only 30% of Telecom Providers’ Generative AI Use Cases Yield Results: Report
Generative AI has had enormous influence on the telecom sector — as it has on many industries — since its groundbreaking launch two years ago. Today, the application of generative AI in telecom businesses has…
FCC to Auction Spectrum to Help Fund Rip-and-Replace Program
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on creation of an auction of 5G-capable spectrum. The proceeds from an eventual auction will support the Secure and Trusted Communications…
Google Cloud Looks at Four Ways That AI Helps Providers
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers communications service providers (CSP) vast improvements in many areas of their businesses, but at this point is at “a particularly interesting crossroads,” according to a Mobile World Congress 2025 blog post…
Elevate to Acquire TDS Telecom Assets in Delta County, Colorado
Elevate, a fiber-based service provider in Delta and Montrose counties, Colorado, has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire TDS Telecom’s operations and assets in the counties. Elevate is a subsidiary of the Delta-Montrose Electric…
Charter, Liberty Shareholders Approve Merger
The shareholders of Charter Communications and Liberty Corp. have approved Charter’s acquisition, a deal that was initially announced last November. Under terms of the transaction, Charter has acquired all of Liberty’s assets in an all-stock…
MCNC and Fybe Partner to Launch eNCore to Bring Broadband to Rural North Carolina
The target of eNCore, a joint venture announced today by MCNC and Fybe, is to provide service to the residential and business communities of rural North Carolina. MCNC says that it is among the oldest…
