Facebook is getting into the fiber transport business. The social media giant requires a tremendous amount of network capacity to deliver all those social posts, ads, and videos all across the globe. As a result, Facebook owns and operates a…
New Facebook Fiber Network May Offer Capacity to Other Network Operators
Facebook plans to build a fiber network that will start in Ashburn, VA and end in Columbus, OH to connect two major internet exchanges. Construction of the Facebook fiber network will begin this year and take 18 to 24 months…
Telecom Infra Project Cites Progress in Virtualization, Edge Computing and mmWave Technologies
Two and a half years after it was established under the auspices of Facebook, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has made substantial progress toward its goal of hastening the pace of internet connectivity globally. A blog post coinciding with the…
Balloons and Drones in Telecom: Consultancy Advises Partnerships with Web Giants
Analytics and consulting firm GlobalData is recommending that telcos and webscale companies work together to develop communications services based on balloons and drones. Using atmospheric satellite balloons and drones in telecom could support emergency communications and could provide coverage in…
Parks: Broadband Household Viewing of Facebook Video and the Like Hits Two Hours Weekly
U.S. broadband household viewing of Facebook video and similar “alternative content” has reached two hours weekly on average, according to Parks Associates. Alternative content includes live streaming, user-generated content, short-form videos and Web video series, according to Parks’ definition. Other…
Facebook Partners with Qualcomm on Terragraph Fiber-in-the-Air Technology, Aims to Enable Gigabit Fixed Wireless
Qualcomm said today it will work with Facebook to support Facebook Terragraph technology, a high-speed wireless offering designed for urban areas that Facebook has likened to “fiber in the air.” Qualcomm said it will integrate Terragraph technology in its pre-802.11…
It’s Playball for MLB and Facebook
Facebook and Major League Baseball announced a wide-ranging agreement for digital-only broadcasts for the upcoming season. The two parties said that a 25-game package – one game per week – will be exclusively distributed in the United States on Facebook…
Nokia, Facebook Team Up on High-Speed Fixed Wireless
Nokia will combine its worldwide delivery capabilities and wireless passive optical network (WPON) with Facebook’s Terragraph technology to launch global gigabit broadband trials in 2018 with select customers. The Nokia, Facebook project is an attempt to accelerate the adoption of…
Being the Product for Internet Giants Raises Privacy Concerns for Consumers
U.S. consumers have serious privacy concerns about the ways in which their data is used by Internet companies and social media platforms, according to a personal internet data survey from Recon Analytics. Collection of this data and behaviors amounts to…
Report: Social Media for Live Streaming is a Win-Win-Win
Social media can be a friend, not a foe, to established video networks and their advertisers, according to a report highlighting synergies between video networks and social media by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Social…
ABI: Internet Giants Striking Out with Broadband Access Projects
Despite investing billions of dollars, Internet giants like Google and Facebook don’t have much to show for their broadband access projects, according to analysis from ABI Research. ABI estimates that $2.5 billion was invested in 2016 from the likes of…
Report: AR/VR Headset Sales Jump 25.5% Over Last Year
The headset segment of the still young augmented reality and virtual reality segments grew 25.5 percent year-over-year, according to new AR/VR headset sales data from IDC. The category reached 2.1 million headset units shipped, according to IDC. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly…
