June 09, 2020 — HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation innovative fiber and fiber extension broadband access solutions, today announced that, through its Enabling Communities, Connecting Lives program, Townes Telecommunications has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 (TA5000) fiber…
The FCC took steps last week aimed at relaxing telecom unbundling requirements. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the commission is seeking comment on a proposal to eliminate a range of unbundling requirements impacting DS-0, DS-1 and DS-3 loops;…
The more things change, the more things need to change, according to a new report with the same name that was supported by USTelecom. Telecom service providers once were essentially guaranteed a monopoly in exchange for being required to provide…
Could the CenturyLink consumer business be sold or spun off? CenturyLink CEO Jeff Storey said yesterday that CenturyLink has enlisted advisors to assist the company in a strategic review of the company’s consumer business. Although he emphasized that it is…
Two telecommunications companies announced closures of small ILEC divestitures on the last day of July. Though they were announced on the same day, it seems more likely that they are related to the specifics faced by the parties and are…
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Scott-Rice Telephone Co., a Minnesota ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier), for $42 million to New Ulm Telecom, Inc. Zayo acquired Scott-Rice Telephone as part of…
Montana-based broadband provider Mid-Rivers Communications has taken a contrarian approach to broadband pricing, adopting a usage-based rather than a speed-tier approach. The change to usage-based broadband has increased customer satisfaction and take rates – and while margins initially dropped, profitability…
After years of debate, the telecom industry’s technology transition is finally underway, dictating a traditional phone service phase out plan. The commission today voted to adopt rules designed to transition “switched access” service in FCC parlance to more modern technology….
Windstream has set some aggressive targets for increasing broadband speeds available to consumers and small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs). While 69% of Windstream broadband customers can get service at speeds of 10 Mbps today, the number will increase to 88%…
The special access market is not competitive — and based on data it has collected, the FCC is likely to assert that, said representatives from a range of organizations that buy special access circuits on Wednesday. Representatives from companies such…
Cable service providers have been making inroads into the large-business market for voice and data services over the course of the past two years, according to business consulting and research provider TNS. Incumbent telcos are most vulnerable and at risk…
A spot check conducted by Telecompetitor suggests that a significant number of the nation’s local exchange carriers (LECs) will need to re-submit information about their study area boundaries to the FCC by January 13. Earlier this year the FCC asked…
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