Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that operate telecom networks and other critical infrastructure (energy, financial, water) are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks, and, therefore, present a risk to national security, according toa new SMB cybersecurity report from USTelecom | The Broadband…
The largest cable and wireline phone providers all saw significant broadband growth in 2020, according to a research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG). Cable broadband continues to dominate total net broadband adds, aided by a drag on telcos from…
More than $60 billion will be invested by service providers in the U.S. in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) initiatives during the next five years, according to a fiber investment forecast from research firm RVA LLC. The figure is about twice the size…
Comcast reported that the COVID-19 pandemic drove its peak Internet traffic up 32% in 2020. The company says that investments made during the previous three years positioned it to weather the storm. The signs of a singular year were plentiful….
More than 12 million households in the United States have given up their home broadband service and instead rely on mobile-only connectivity, according to research from Parks Associates. The study, “Adoption and Perception of Broadband,” says another 3 million households…
Lumen (CenturyLink), AT&T and Spectrum Enterprise, in that order, retained their positions as the top carrier Ethernet providers on Vertical Systems Group’s 2020 Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard. Vertical Systems Group (VSG) says that overall port growth was flat due to the…
T-Mobile’s deployment of standalone 5G (SA 5G) in the 600 MHz band has improved both latency and coverage, according to a new report from Opensignal. T-Mobile is the only carrier that currently claims nationwide U.S. coverage, but others are expected…
The COVID-19 pandemic drove International Internet capacity from 450 Tbps to 600 Tbps – a 35% increase — between 2019 and last year, according to TeleGeography. The 2021 Global Internet Map, which was sponsored by Netskope, found growth in four…
More than a dozen smaller, more rural broadband providers received endorsements of sorts this week from PC Magazine, which created a list of the 50 best U.S. work-from-home cities for 2021. Among the providers were decades-old companies that started out…
Nearly a quarter (24%) of U.S. broadband subscribers are likely to upgrade service within six months, according to new research from Parks Associates. Researchers attributed the finding, based on research conducted in the third quarter of 2020, to the COVID-19…
Traffic on broadband networks increased by 51% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to OpenVault. The firm’s fourth quarter OVBI report included many validations of the impact of the pandemic on broadband usage. The firm found that average per-subscriber usage…
T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Consumer Cellular ranked highest in customer satisfaction in three classes of mobile operations, according to two wireless carrier satisfaction studies by J.D. Power. The market research firm noted that customers across all age groups are…
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