Fixed wireless service provider Starry is partnering with media company Ziff Davis and non-profit Human-I-T to provide low cost computing devices to public and affordable housing residents in areas in which Starry offers its low-cost Starry Connect service. Starry Connect…
As the government gets set to make an unprecedented level of funding available to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to unserved rural areas, it may not make sense to dedicate funding only to fiber broadband, said Claude…
The way T-Mobile sees it, about 40% of the U.S. population lives in smaller markets and rural areas – and the company expects to see strong growth in those areas moving forward. Those markets now represent one third of the…
Verizon has set a goal of becoming the only nationwide broadband provider, said company executives at today’s Verizon Investor Day, which was also webcast. This will be made possible through a combination of Fios fiber broadband, Verizon Home fixed wireless,…
T-Mobile has expanded its 5G Home Internet service to 62 communities in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. The company says that this makes the service available to almost 5 million more people , including more than 3 million who previously had…
Rural-focused service provider Nextlink announced plans yesterday to deploy fiber and fixed wireless broadband in 10 counties in east central Illinois in cooperation with Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative (EIEC). An EIEC spokesperson said the cooperative is not contributing toward the…
News late last week from Midco and Land O’ Lakes illustrates how getting stakeholders to work together can bring broadband to areas where deployment costs are prohibitive. Midco said it has deployed fixed wireless from three towers in rural areas…
Growth in user demand for 5G technologies combined with government programs designed to improve broadband access are driving expansion in the U.S. for fixed wireless access (FWA). That growth will result in FWA comprising of 9% of all broadband subscriptions…
T-Mobile has expanded its Home Internet fixed wireless access (FWA) service in 57 communities across Texas. According to a T-Mobile spokesperson, this includes new markets, as well as markets where the company had FWA previously to a more limited number…
When Verizon turns up 5G mobile service in the C-band later this month, the company also will be offering 5G fixed wireless service in the C-band. In an interview with Telecompetitor, Verizon Business Chief Revenue Officer Sampath Sowmyanarayan said the…
Telecompetitor has been doing annual telecom/ broadband M&A roundups for several years. Unlike some other recent years, 2021 had no telecom megamergers such as the one between T-Mobile and Sprint or AT&T and Time Warner – at least, not in…
In this episode of the Broadband Bunch, Kaleigh chats with the husband-and-wife team of David and Laura Gibbons of Centre WISP and Black Bear Fiber. Listen in as they chat about their journey to bring high-speed broadband to central Pennsylvania.
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