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Tag: Carrier Evolution
CFO Touts Windstream REIT Spin-Off Results
When Windstream just over 18 months ago announced plans to spin off its copper and fiber assets into a real estate investment trust (REIT), a key goal was to free up money for network investment…
Verizon IoT: Cat1 LTE Network Now Available, Company Eying Agricultural Drone Apps
Verizon’s dedicated Internet of Things network based on the LTE Cat1 standard is now available for use, the company said this week. The company also announced the availability of several new developer tools on its…
Frontier Says Video Bundle is Still Important, Doubles Down on IPTV
Frontier will soon launch a new ‘home grown’ traditional linear and VOD pay-TV bundle, bucking the trend of retreating from video services as a margin challenged business line. The new service, currently called Frontier TV,…
CAF Broadband Support for Rural Carriers Could Vary Based on Density
Small rate-of-return communications service providers with less than 10 locations per square mile would have more time to build out high-speed broadband in comparison with service providers serving denser areas, according to USF reform recommendations…
Video Programming Costs: “Pass Them On,” Says Cable ONE CEO
The idea that broadband providers have to offer video is a myth, said Tom Might, chairman and CEO of Cable ONE, at the Wells Fargo Securities Technology, Media & Telecom conference today, which was also…
Broadband Provider Consolidation: Hargray Buys Plantation Cablevision
Tier 2 and 3 broadband provider consolidation is happening on multiple fronts – from telcos buying telcos and cable companies buying cable companies to telcos buying cable companies. An example of the latter came this…
Windstream 100 Mbps Broadband Expands to 1 Million Locations, Hopes to Beat Back Cable
Windstream announced a plan to bring 100 Mbps broadband to 600 markets across 12 states under their Project Excel plan. Combined with previous Windstream 100 Mbps broadband expansion plans, Windstream says, when complete, the program…
EATEL Gigabit Moves Prep for Eventual 10 Gbps Broadband
After announcing its initial gigabit deployments earlier this year, Louisiana-based telco EATEL already is preparing itself for the day it may need to deliver even higher broadband speeds. The company today said it will be…
SDN in the Access Network: Calix AXOS Breaks New Ground
The earliest implementations of software defined networking (SDN) were in data centers, but SDN in the access network is now on the rise, as Calix’s announcement about its AXOS operating system this week illustrates. “AXOS…
BT Touts XG.FAST Speeds of 5.6 Gbps Over Copper Wire
A variation on the telco industry’s G.fast ultra-fast broadband technology, XG.FAST has surpassed expectations in early lab tests at BT’s global R&D campus at Adastral Park and Alcatel-Lucent’s labs in Antwerp, Belgium. BT and Alcatel…
USA Fiber Exec Explains Dark Fiber Peering
Network operators soon will have a new option for connecting with other network operators at Internet exchange points in the Ashburn, Virginia area. USA Fiber is deploying a seven-mile dark fiber ring interconnecting 35 data…
UNH-IOL Highlights G.fast Progress at Broadband World Forum
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is putting its testing and certification resources behind the push to advance the G.fast ¨ultra-fast¨ broadband standard, the organization announced at the Broadband World Forum in London…