T-Mobile today launched its eagerly awaited 5G Home Internet fixed wireless offering, making it available to 30 million U.S. households, including 10 million in rural areas. The service will sell for $60 a month without a contract and with no…
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MetroNet Partnering with North Carolina City on Fiber Network
MetroNet and the City of Hickory, North Carolina are partnering to bring MetroNet’s fiber optic internet, TV and phone service to businesses and residents. The press release seems to imply that the MetroNet deal with the city of Hickory is…
Nextlink CAF II Buildout Sets Stage for RDOF Plans
As stakeholders continue to debate whether the FCC should agree to release funding to some of the biggest winners in the recent Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, one of those big winners continues to make progress on rural broadband…
ReConnect Grant Helps ATMC Bring Gigabit Broadband to Rural North Carolina
The Atlantic Telephone Membership Cooperative (ATMC) has completed the first of four phases of a broadband deployment project in rural North Carolina funded, in part, through the USDA ReConnect program. Broadband services reaching gigabit speeds now are available to residents…
Logical Partners: T-Mobile, Lumen Join Forces on 5G Edge Computing
In a partnership that perhaps we should have seen coming, T-Mobile and Lumen inked a deal for T-Mobile to connect Lumen edge computing infrastructure with T-Mobile’s 5G mobile network. The T-Mobile Lumen deal targets enterprises wanting to “extend applications across…
Shentel Restructuring Will Reduce Workforce Due to T-Mobile Wireless Sale
Shentel (Shenandoah Telecommunications Company) will reduce its workforce because of the expected sale of its wireless assets and certain liabilities to T-Mobile US, Inc. The Shentel restructuring plans have been announced to employees. Shentel was required to sell the operations…
Report: SpaceX Threat to Rural Broadband Providers? Maybe in a Few Years, Maybe Never
How much of a threat does the SpaceX Starlink low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service present to other broadband providers? In the U.S., not much, according to a research note from telecom financial analysts at MoffettNathanson Research—at least not for…
T-Mobile Accelerator Targets Eight New 5G Innovations
Eight startups have been named to the 2021 T-Mobile Accelerator Spring Immersive Technology Program. The three-month program will enable the companies to work with the carrier’s technologists and business leaders. The spring program will run through June 30 and culminate…
Simplification is a Key Focus for Verizon BlueJeans Telehealth
In a sign that telehealth advances made during the COVID-19 pandemic will be normalized going forward, Verizon Business has announced BlueJeans Telehealth. It describes the service as a data-driven way to extend care into the home. Verizon Business says that…
Report: Rural Fiber Penetration at 23%, Almost 1/3 of Rural Customers Seek Faster Broadband
Rural fiber penetration now stands at 23%, according to a study conducted by Pivot Group (parent company of Telecompetitor) and sponsored by Innovative Systems. In comparison to national numbers, market research firm RVA, LLC reported just over 20 million homes…
FCC: C-band Winning Bidders’ Long-Form Applications Are Acceptable for Filing
All companies that had winning bids in the C-band spectrum auction have submitted long-form applications to the FCC that have been deemed “acceptable for filing.” There were 21 C-band winning bidders. As the FCC explains in a public notice, there…
Verizon Dreamscape Deal Targets 5G Virtual Reality
Verizon and Dreamscape Immersive are partnering on virtual reality (VR) applications that will be built upon the carrier’s 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies. The first products from the partnership will focus on 5G immersive learning and training for…
