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Tag: Strategy
Brightspeed Eclipses One Million Fiber Locations Mark
Brightspeed’s fiber internet is now available to over 160 communities in 20 states, with 2 million more passings coming down the pipeline.
CEO Foretells a Bright Future for Starry Post-Bankruptcy
After Starry’s bankruptcy, Starry CEO Alex Moulle-Berteaux explains that the company is not expanding its network, but instead
Efficiently Locate Competitive Opportunities Using GIS
Today, a geographic information system (GIS) can apply filters to enable broadband providers to identify areas that would be
New CEO Shares Brightspeed’s Origin Story and How the Company Plans to Invest That $2B in Its Network
Brightspeed has a lot at stake in the BEAD rural broadband funding program, CEO Tom Maguire told us. The reason is that
A Tale of Two Cable Companies: Comcast Vs. Charter Broadband
Charter has stronger unit growth, while Comcast has stronger financial metrics, noted MoffettNathanson. Longer-term, the
Verizon Touts Network Virtualization Benefits
Verizon’s redesign has tapped virtualization to reduce call drops, support new fixed wireless access (FWA) features, and
Charter CEO: BEAD Funding Will Be ‘Trickier Than We Were Hoping For’
Winfrey sees some BEAD guidelines as “unhelpful to private capital.” The Charter rural strategy has relied in large part on obtaining
Exec Details Fastwyre’s Must-Be-Present-to-Win Strategy
Fastwyre, owned by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners and Catania ABC Partners, got its start with the purchase of
Lumen CEO: “We Know We Need to be Different Than We Are”
Only 12% of the Lumen footprint is covered with fiber today, but that will change, said execs on the company’s investor
CEO: Charter Rural Strategy Extends Beyond Government Funded Areas to “Perpetuity Growth”
The Charter rural strategy offers “a rare opportunity for cable to look good,” said CEO Chris Winfrey. But the big value comes from
Lumen CFO Slams Telecom Mindset: Winning Means Losing More Slowly Than the Other Guy
The telecom mindset involves playing to not lose, said Lumen CFO Chris Stansbury. That’s very different than a growth strategy, he
Exec: FWA is an “Excess Capacity Model” But T-Mobile is Considering Capex to Expand It
T-Mobile is content with its fixed wireless access (FWA) growth rate of about 500,000 customers per quarter, said CFO Peter Osvaldik at
Frontier Deploys Fiber Faster and Faster, But Still Needs to Pick up the Pace
Frontier fiber goals set in 2021 called for the company to reach 10 million homes by 2025. The company is halfway to that goal but
Broadband Innovator Series: Supply Chain Challenges (Part III)
We talk to Dean Mischke, vice president and professional engineer for Finley about broadband supply chain challenges and the impact they
Broadband Innovator Series: Supply Chain Challenges (Part II)
The broadband supply chain faces a range of issues that can delay product availability, as Finley Vice President Dean Mischke explains in
Broadband Innovator Series: Supply Chain Challenges (Part I)
In a video interview, we talk with Dean Mischke, vice president and professional engineer for Finley, about supply chain challenges that
On Path to Provide “America’s Best Broadband,” AT&T May Edge Out and Overbuild
An AT&T broadband strategy calls for fiber to 25 million residences, 4 million businesses and 1 million enterprises and may tap gov’t funding
Is the Broadband Industry Heading Towards Mutually Assured Destruction?
As telcos build out more fiber and cable companies succeed with mobile service, some people see an impending broadband industry apocalypse on
Frontier Has a Thing for Fiber, Plans 2 Gbps Service and 10M Homes by 2025
Frontier expansion plans include having fiber service available to 4 million locations by year-end. After 2025, the company expects to
NFINET Offers Years of Residential Gigabit Over a Dedicated Fiber for One Upfront Payment
NFINET is a startup with a unique business model illustrated by a deployment in an upscale housing development in Granger, Indiana, where
Verizon Sheds Media Group, Communications is Sole Focus Now
Terms of the Verizon Media sale call for Verizon to retain 10% of the business, which includes Yahoo and AOL. The sale is valued at
New Frontier Aims to Become Largest U.S. Pure Play Fiber Provider
One of the goals for Frontier and it’s ambitious fiber plan may have already been accomplished, at least by their measure
Key Questions to Consider as We Get Back to “Normal”
JSI’s Steve Meltzer explores key questions that rural broadband providers should ask as the industry gets on a path to normal.
Report: Video Cord Cutting May Actually Be Good for Business
The stock market thinking on pay-TV is that providers make more money on the broadband connection needed to support SVOD, so it’s OK for
