The nation’s three major wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon – along with Cox Communications and 344 other entities — are would-be bidders in the upcoming CBRS auction, according to documents released late yesterday from the FCC. The auction, to…
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is investing $2.7 million in a spectrum sharing project that will be administered by the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR). Although the project initially will focus on maximizing use of the CBRS band,…
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI – May 14, 2020 – Bluebird Network LLC, a Midwest telecommunications company, announces the completion of a three-network integration project, dramatically increasing Bluebird’s fiber network penetration in the state of Illinois. Offering high-speed internet services, cloud connections, high-quality data…
Satellite broadband provider Telesat has joined the rural broadband consortium that Mississippi wireless and broadband provider C Spire established last year. The consortium was created with the goal of spurring broadband adoption and deployment. Other consortium members include equipment providers…
Wireless internet service providers (WISPs) are seeing faster fixed wireless speeds using spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band that the FCC is allowing them to use temporarily to help respond to increased traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press…
Two associations representing potential bidders in the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction have asked the FCC to investigate Frontier broadband deployment claims. Earlier this month, Frontier told the FCC it had deployed 25/3 Mbps broadband service to 16,000…
The FCC today freed up 1200 MHz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use. The spectrum is expected to be used for Wi-Fi and for fixed wireless broadband. The latter is most likely to be deployed in…
Wireless internet service providers (WISPs) are seeing a 36% increase in average traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a WISP member survey conducted by the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA). The emergency has enabled 83% of WISPs…
FCC Chairman Pai proposed today to add a wide swath of unlicensed spectrum in the 6 GHz band that could empower a variety of wireless applications, including dramatically increasing unlicensed fixed wireless service deployed by WISPs. The Wireless Internet Providers…
A group of 33 wireless internet service providers (WISPs) will be allowed to temporarily use spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band to help meet increased bandwidth demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the FCC said today. The special temporary authority…
The FCC has extended the deadline for most fixed wireless providers to transition from current to new rules for the CBRS spectrum band. All parties that have deployed fixed wireless in the portion of the band between 3650 and 3700…
March 17, 2020 — SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that wireless internet service provider (WISP) Royell Communications is future proofing its network with fiber and its business with new subscriber insights by partnering with Calix. The…
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