ACP Extension Act would continue monthly broadband service subsidies for more than 20 million households
In the wake of the Federal Communications Commission announcing wind-down procedures for the Affordable Connectivity Program, a bipartisan group of Senators and House members have put forward legislation that would...
UK-based BT Group is looking to repurpose old street cabinets, traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling, as electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The firm’s innovation startup unit, Etc., has announced a series of pilots, starting in Scotland, to enable street cabinets to...
Orange said that the new broadband offering is based on the Eutelsat Konnect VHTS satellite
French carrier Orange extended its range of broadband connectivity solutions in its home market with a new satellite offering.
In a release, Orange said that the new satellite service adds to...
How fast should internet access be, to be considered "broadband"? The Federal Communications Commission wants to increase the minimum required speed for broadband, which it currently considers to be at least 25 Mbps upstream and 3 Mbps downstream, to 100/20 Mbps.
That minimum broadband speed...
Home broadband, Wi-Fi speed and reliability guarantees and speed testing/diagnostics were among the most popular services that providers plan to offer
Omdia and Broadband Forum have published a new report that shows global broadband service providers are focused on introducing technology that directly improves bandwidth...
With the 25G PON solution, Google Fiber can provide up to 10x faster broadband speeds, says Nokia
Google Fiber is deploying Nokia’s 25G passive optical network (PON) solution to bolster its existing fiber network and deliver a new 20 Gig broadband service through its GFiber Labs,...
The economics of access and adoption, plus the need for Wi-Fi equipment upgrades, are barriers to achieving universal gigabit service
The European Union has laid out ambitious connectivity goals for member states, including universal access to 100 Mbps service by 2025 and gigabit-speed coverage of...
Huawei said new ultra-broadband applications will emerge at a fast pace in the 5.5G era
Chinese vendor Huawei plans to officially release Net5.5G-oriented series products and solutions in 2024, Leon Wang, president of Huawei data communication product line, said during a keynote speech at Huawei’s...
GSMA Chief Marketing Officer Lara Dewar talks through the group's priorities around expanding access to broadband, fair share for mobile broadband usage, and fostering an open developer ecosystem. She also previous the groups annual Mobile World Congress Las Vegas kicking off on Sept. 26,...
Broadband and Wi-Fi have become synonymous when it comes to the in-home connectivity experience. However, consumers continue to struggle with Wi-Fi reliability and management, and communication service providers (CSPs) are still in need of better paths to broadband monetization.
According to Laszlo Gyalog, who leads...
Nokia said the expanded program allows BEAD participants to more quickly and cost effectively bring broadband services to US communities
Nokia has expanded its “network-in-a-box” program to simplify broadband network builds for Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program participants as they focus on bridging...
New NOFO for Tribal funding provides up to $980 million
More broadband funds are poised to flow to Tribal areas, with the Biden administration releasing a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with a nearly billion-dollar pot to draw from.
The National Telecommunications and Information...
Verizon says the new network design is less expensive to build, quicker to deploy and addresses the 'unique complexities' of distributed end users
Verizon used its mmWave spectrum holdings and fiber infrastructure to demonstrate point-to-multipoint internet service to multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in a network design...
Formerly LTD Broadband, GigFire continues to expand its operations
ISP Gigfire, formerly LTD Broadband, has acquired Illinois-based Rural Comm and now serves 10 states.
Rural Comm is based in Farina, Illinois, and GigFire said that the acquisition adds thousands of customers to its subscriber base....
Movistar said it currently has a total of 4 million accesses over IPv6
Spanish mobile operator Movistar, owned by telecom group Telefonica, has completed the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in its entire mobile network, claiming to be the first Spanish telco to...
Premises covered by all U.K. operators with 5G technology reached 12-22% at end-January, Ofcom said
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has published a new update of its "Connection Nations 2022" report, which reveals that the number of homes able to get gigabit-capable broadband is up to...
Altice reported its 'best ever' fiber net additions in Q1 2023, said company CEO
Altice USA ended the first quarter of 2023 with a total revenue of $2.29 billion, which represents a 5.3% year-over-year (YoY) decline. Further, the company noted a 2.8% decline in total...
Nokia said that 5G will account for 17% of the region's overall mobile subscribers in 2027
5G subscribers in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA) are forecast to reach 380 million by 2027, according to Nokia’s MEA mobile broadband index.
The report noted that 5G...
The U.K. government also announced a £40 million 5G innovation fund to promote investment and adoption of 5G by businesses and public services
The U.K. government set a target of 5G Standalone (SA) availability in all populated areas of the country by 2030 as part...
ABI Research also highlighted that North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific regions are driving 5G FWA deployments
5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions are forecast to reach 72 million by 2027, representing 35% of the total FWA market, according to a recent report by...
Extending broadband access has to be the baseline effort to close the digital divide in whatever form it takes, so that the most basic question of, “Is broadband internet service available?” can be answered with a “yes.”
The funding that is pouring into broadband by...
Filing window runs through March 1, 2023
As federal regulators continue their efforts to better quantify where broadband is available and where it is not, the second window for data collection of where network operators are offering broadband services opens today. The Federal Communications Commission...
Ericsson also forecasts that the number of global FWA connections will reach over 300 million by 2028
The total number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connections is forecast to reach over 100 million by the end of 2022, according to the latest edition of Ericsson...
Swisscom said that 5G FWA technology can also be used as a 5G mobile backup
Swiss operator Swisscom announced the launch of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) for business customers, the carrier said in a release.
Swisscom noted that the FWA solution works for remote buildings not...
