Manufacturing, distribution and other delays have hit nearly every industry over the last two years and continue to plague us. Fiber optic equipment and supplies are no exception – and those delays are likely to be exacerbated as unprecedented funding…
Rural broadband providers saw their average revenue per user (ARPU) and subscribership increase in 2021, according to the 2022 Telecommunications Benchmarking Study from Moss Adams, an accounting firm with a specialty in rural telecom. Subscribership increased 5.2% between 2020 and…
Wireless 5G connections are doubling every year, reaching 813 million connections by the end of the second quarter of 2022, according to a report from Omdia and 5G Americas. Global 5G connections are predicted to reach 1.1 billion by the…
SpaceX Starlink download speeds decreased between the second quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022 in every country assessed — including the U.S. — according to Ookla’s Speedtest. However, the satellite service’s median download speed in North America…
North America was a bright spot in an otherwise flat year in the router and aggregation switch market, according to the Dell’Oro Group. North America bucked the worldwide trend with double digit revenue growth driven by demand for 400 Gbps…
The CTIA 2022 Annual Wireless Industry Survey found that the US wireless industry made a record investment of almost $35 billion last year in efforts to expand, improve and operate its networks, driven by 5G rollouts. The organization says that…
It’s back-to-school month, and Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence has rated the broadband performance of 100 college towns in the U.S. “We were pleased, for the most part, with the internet and mobile speeds we saw in U.S. college towns,” the company…
Households participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) are using more broadband in comparison with the broader population of homes, according to OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI). The ACP was launched by the FCC in January. It provides eligible households monthly…
The city of Westfield, Massachusetts has seen job-related benefits of $88 million annually as a result of its municipally owned power company Westfield Gas & Electric (WG&E) having deployed gigabit fiber broadband in 2018, according to a new report from…
Fiber broadband could add over $78 million in annual home-based revenue for a community with a population of 100,000, according to a new report from RVA Market Research & Consulting for the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA). The researchers see the…
The installed base of smart thermostats will reach 18.3% of U.S. broadband households this year, according to a forecast from Kagan, the media research unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence. The firm says that 19.6 million smart thermostats were installed…
Small independent telcos increased rural network investment “slightly” in 2021, according to a new report that will be released soon from accounting firm FORVIS. This was true for companies with annual revenues below $2.5 million and those with revenues exceeding…
What’s happening with broadband and why is it important? Find out by subscribing to Telecompetitor’s newsletter today.