One of the biggest surprises in the rules that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued for the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program was the agency’s definition of “reliable broadband” – at least with regard to fixed…
Comcast reported quarterly results today and revealed a first since the communications conglomerate began offering internet service decades ago. No broadband growth in the previous quarter. It’s a true sign of the times, as fiber and fixed wireless providers are…
Fixed wireless technology developer and service provider Starry says that it is expanding to Las Vegas and the surrounding area, where it will offer services to about 500,000 addresses. The launch is expected later this year. The provider’s base plan…
Wireless internet service provider WeLink has begun offering gigabit wireless service at no charge in Washington D.C. to households that qualify for participation in the FCC Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The deployment was made possible through the district’s Community Internet…
Resound Networks said today that it achieved gigabit download speeds and 500 Mbps upload speeds over distances of seven miles using fixed wireless equipment in licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands. Resound was one of the largest winning bidders in the…
Verizon is offering its fixed wireless and fiber broadband services, including Fios Home Internet, 5G Home Internet and LTE Home Internet, for as little as $25 per month for subscribers with automatic payments and a premium 5G mobile plan. The…
June 14, 2022 — PHILOMATH, Ore. & MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alyrica Networks, a provider of broadband services over fiber and fixed wireless in Oregon, today announced with Tarana its winning bid to dramatically improve broadband service speeds and availability in Polk…
Incumbent providers nationwide may be accelerating their fiber deployment plans. But Chet Kanojia, CEO of fixed wireless provider Starry, said Friday that customers “couldn’t give two hoots” about fiber. Starry emerged a few years as a fixed wireless provider targeting…
RDOF winner Resound Networks says that it has successfully achieved gigabit speeds using fixed wireless access (FWA) in the 6 GHz band via an experimental license. The company said that it reached a distance of more than three miles using…
Verizon currently cites a speed of 300 Mbps for its 5G fixed wireless offering, but that speed could increase beginning as early as next year when the company gains access to additional spectrum that it won in the 2021 C-band…
Nextlink Internet, which was one of the biggest winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, said it has achieved speeds of 1 Gbps downstream and 500 Mbps upstream using fixed wireless equipment in the 6 GHz band….
T-Mobile is seeing two primary types of customers for its fixed wireless offering, said Mike Katz, T-Mobile chief marketing officer, at an investor conference yesterday. It’s important information, considering that the company garnered 1 million fixed wireless customers within the…
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