Demand for faster internet speeds soared as the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns forced consumers into remote work, students into remote education and businesses and consumers alike into online processes to replace in-person interactions. But there was a significant difference…
The median download speed seen by users of Space X Starlink satellite broadband in the U.S. in the third quarter was 87.25 Mbps, according to Ookla, provider of a widely used speed test app. That was a decline from the…
Smart speakers and smart displays had a good year, especially considering the dramatic variables in the worldwide landscape, according to Strategy Analytics. The firm estimates smart speaker/display shipments of 39.3 million units for 2021. This was a 10% year-over-year increase…
Scam call attempts grew by 116% in 2021, according to a T-Mobile year-end scam robocalls report. According to the carrier, T-Mobile Scam Shield identified or blocked over 21 billion scam calls during the year. Nevertheless, scam volume doubled in 2021,…
Global wireless 5G connections will be 540 million by the end of the year after reaching 438 million by the third quarter, according to a 5G connections forecast from 5G Americas based on data from Omdia. That data showed 72…
Small doesn’t equate to slow, at least when it comes to fixed ISPs in the midwest, south and west. Ookla found that in some states in these regions, smaller ISPs had faster average speeds than the six dominant national brands…
After years of broadband subscriber losses, larger telecom companies are poised to see subscriber gains in the 2023 to 2024 time frame, according to researchers at investment bank Cowen. This will occur as the telecom companies complete “record-setting” fiber broadband…
Smartphone shipments will reach 1.35 billion by the end of the year, representing a 5.3% increase over the number shipped in 2020, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). Total smartphone shipments for the year are less…
The average fixed wireless downstream speed used is 5.19 Mbps, according to new research from Preseem, a company that specializes in fixed wireless analytics and that gathers anonymized data from fixed wireless subscribers located primarily in the U.S. The average…
By 2027, 5G will be the dominant mobile access technology, according to a 5G forecast from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. At that time it will have 4.4 billion subscribers globally, according to the report. Also by 2027, 5G will…
The COVID-19 pandemic and the general increase in the centrality of broadband to the way in which people live has led to a much higher percentage of people using data near the highest level of their speed tier, according to…
The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has released research quantifying fiber broadband advantages. These include higher reliability and the lowest cost (per megabit per second) compared to other common delivery media. The technology also has the highest satisfaction ratings, researchers said….
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