Ninety-four ISPs added wired broadband plans costing $60 per month or less during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new broadband price report from BroadbandNow. The research used the FCC broadband definition of 25 Mbps downstream and 3…
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Telehealth Adoption Report: 41% of Broadband Households Had a Remote Visit in 2020
The percentage of broadband households that had a remote healthcare visit increased from 15% in 2019 to 41% last year, according to a telehealth adoption report from Parks Associates. The firm also found that 29% of respondents are very likely…
Parks: Amid Pandemic, Seniors Embracing More Technology, Close to 1/3 are Video Calling
Use of telecommunications technology has grown among seniors in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Parks Associates. The firm said that during the pandemic, 29% of those 65 and older have used video conferencing, 27% have used…
Report: Cord-Cutting During the Pandemic Leads to Streaming Now Accounting for 68% of TV Viewing
More than one quarter (27%) of U.S. cable subscribers plan to cut their subscriptions by the end of the year, according to pandemic cord cutting research from the Future of TV survey by The Trade Desk. About 15% cut the…
FCC Sees Increase in Advertised Broadband Speeds, Most Providers Deliver Speeds Advertised
The weighted average advertised broadband speed among 10 of the largest U.S. providers was 146.1 Mbps as of September-October 2019, according to a new FCC report. That was an increase of more than 100% from the same period two years…
Christmas Smartphone Activations Dominated by Apple
The myriad challenges presented by COVID-19 led to a 23% reduction in the number of smartphones activated on Christmas day this year compared to 2019, according to data about Christmas smartphone activations from Flurry Analytics. Plenty of activations did occur,…
FCC Paper: Broadband Boosts Farm Productivity
Broadband boosts farm productivity, according to a new paper from the FCC Office of Economics and Analytics. The paper found evidence of crop yield improvements from increased adoption of broadband providing speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3…
Report: COVID Fuels Strong Broadband Subscriber Growth, Higher Margins; Will Be Hard to Repeat in 2021
The year-over-year growth broadband subscriber growth rate now stands at 4.7%, a big jump from the 2.7% rate pre-COVID, according to financial researchers at MoffettNathanson. Most of the growth went to cable companies, while telcos, overall, saw a slower rate…
Report: Streaming Services Now Average Seven Per Customer
The average number of streaming services bundled by consumers grew from five in April to seven in the second half of October, according to NPD Group research about average SVOD subscriptions per customer. The NPD Group’s Connected Intelligence TV Service…
Telehealth Technology Study Sees Concerns Shifting
The COVID-19 pandemic has at least one tiny silver lining: Sixty-five percent of healthcare organizations say that they have been very successful in meeting patient demand by using telehealth technology, according to a telehealth technology study from HIMSS Market and…
Study: 5G Has 90% Better Energy Efficiency Than 4G
5G networks are up to 90% more energy efficient per traffic unit than 4G networks, according to a new 5G energy efficiency study from Nokia and Telefonica. 5G technology is mostly known for being faster and having lower latency in…
CBRS Equipment Forecast: $1B in RAN Investment in 2023
Investment in certain Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) equipment will pass $1 billion in 2023, according to a CBRS equipment forecast from SNS Telecom & IT. Equipment studied includes LTE and 5G new radio (NR)-based CBRS radio access network (RAN)…
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