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Tag: Carrier Evolution
Broadband Forum-Certified 106 MHz Gfast Solutions Now Number 42
There are now 42 certified-interoperable 106 MHz Gfast solutions, according to the Broadband Forum, which sees the successful deployment of some initial solutions driving the implementation of others. The Broadband Forum noted that there is…
AT&T Plans to Test 5G with AirGig, Seeks AirGig Manufacturers
AT&T plans to test 5G in combination with the AirGig fixed broadband technology that the carrier developed in house. The 5G AirGig plans came to light in an AT&T policy paper in which the carrier…
Hargray Colocation Acquisition: Three Facilities in Southeast
Regional telecom provider Hargray announced today that it has acquired three colocation facilities in the Southeast. The Hargray colocation acquisition is aimed at enabling the company to offer advanced data security and computer hardware storage…
Windstream Wholesale International Connectivity Expands
Windstream Wholesale international connectivity will expand as the result of a new agreement to use Telxius to connect the Windstream Wholesale core network to the Marea and Brusa Cable Station Landing in Virginia Beach, VA.…
New DevOps Approach Underlies AI-Based Windstream WE Connect Portal
Windstream used a new approach in developing the WE Connect customer portal announced today, explained Windstream execs in an interview with Telecompetitor. Windstream WE Connect leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technology and serves…
Verizon Digital CX Uses AI to Enhance Customer Service for Enterprise
Verizon has launched a new service, Digital CX which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to aid large businesses to improve customer interactions. According to the carrier, Verizon Digital CX gives businesses the ability to deliver personalized…
AT&T to Resell Consolidated Internet in Northern New England, Consolidated Exec Explains Why
AT&T call centers and fifty-plus AT&T stores serving northern New England will now have a new offering – Consolidated Communications’ broadband internet service. The additional sales channel “nicely complements our online ordering channels,” said Rob…
Exec: Half of Verizon 5G Home Customers Are New to Verizon Generating a Higher ARPU
Half of Verizon 5G Home customers are new to the company, said Ronan Dunne, Verizon executive vice president and president of the company’s wireless unit, yesterday. His comments came in response to a question about…
Windstream CEO Eyes Gigabit Fixed Wireless, Sees Copper Becoming “Irrelevant”
Windstream is deploying 5G fixed wireless broadband, “probably at a larger scale than a lot of the larger wireless companies,” said Windstream President and CEO Tony Thomas today. Windstream fixed wireless broadband has seen particularly…
Broadband News: 10 Questions We Hope to See Answered in 2019
2018 was a big year in broadband news and 2019 is shaping up to be a big one as well. The past year saw the government take some major actions toward ensuring that all Americans…
Consolidated Broadband Upgrades Brings 60 – 80 Mbps Service to 500K Locations in New England
Consolidated Communications, Inc., has gone over the half-million threshold in terms of broadband upgrades the company has completed across northern New England, the company announced yesterday. These latest Consolidated broadband upgrades will make speeds of…
Verizon Kills Oath Brand, Touts Media Strategy
Just 18 months after its inception, the Verizon Oath brand is dead. Guru Gowrappan, head of the Verizon media unit, said in a blog post that the unit would be known as Verizon Media Group…