NCTC and its sister organization ACA-Connects kicked off the Independent Show today in Orlando, Florida. Many changes have taken place since the last live Independent Show and NCTC is outlining some major changes to keep pace. The organization, historically known…
Should smaller MSOs enter the wireless market? Maybe, says CoBank Fundamental changes in the wired and wireless landscape should lead small cable operators to look at the wireless market, according to a study by CoBank. The problem for the cable…
The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) is partnering with Nokia to expedite member companies’ broadband service rollouts and expansions. The Nokia NCTC deal will make Nokia equipment available to NCTC members. NCTC represents more than 700 cable and broadband operators…
June 1, 2020 — Vyve Broadband announced today that it has completed the purchase of FamilyView Cablevision in and around areas of Pickens and Anderson Counties of South Carolina. “I am excited for FamilyView to join the Vyve Broadband family,…
Smaller cable operators’ broadband performance is standing up against the sudden and onerous demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ACA Connects Broadband Dashboard. ACA Connects members number about 750 and collectively serve approximately 10 million residential and business customers…
Rye Brook, N.Y. (April 20, 2020) — Vyve Broadband announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the FamilyView Cablevision asset in and around Clemsen and Central (Pickens and Anderson Counties,) South Carolina. “This is a very…
As 2019 winds toward a close, the fate of the proposed Sprint/ T-Mobile merger is still uncertain. But whatever the fate of that deal, 2019 was a big year for telecom/ broadband mergers and acquisitions – and virtually no segment…
Cable One has completed the acquisition of the data, video and voice business and other assets from Fidelity Communications Co. Fidelity provides business and residential connectivity in Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The provider passes about 190,000 homes…
Rural cable consolidator GTCR said today that it plans to acquire another rural cable consolidator Vyve Broadband. The acquisition will be made through GTCR’s management partnership with Mega Broadband Investments and will double MBI’s previous footprint. The GTCR Vyve deal…
Rural broadband was a hot topic for the opening session at the Independent Show in Chicago yesterday. The show, put on by cable industry organizations ACA Connects and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), is aimed at smaller cable providers….
Windstream has upgraded the broadband speeds it can provide over its cable TV infrastructure in northern Georgia. The company says that about 71,000 subscribers now have access to data speeds as high as 300 Mbps on its Kinetic platform. Windstream…
Midco may be best known as a cable company serving tier two and tier three markets that also provides broadband service using hybrid fiber coax/ DOCSIS architecture and technology. But since acquiring wireless internet service provider InvisiMax last year, Midco…
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