In a crowdsourcing model, the carrier actively solicits interest in broadband service among communities
Established as a wireless company in 1988 under the name Cellular South, C Spire primarily provides broadband service throughout most of Mississippi and parts of Tennessee and Alabama. The regional carrier...
The Federal Communications Commission has parceled out a first wave of $1.2 billion in emergency connectivity funding, which the agency says will help to connect more than 3.6 million students across the United States.
According to the FCC, the $1.2 billion will go to...
PHOENIX––In a dimmed conference hall, all participants seated safely spaced, a regional carrier audience listened to T-Mobile US' Dow Draper tell them about the network operator's massive plans to expand into rural markets with 5G for mobile and home internet service.
T-Mobile US has...
Nokia is leveraging its Digital Automation Cloud end-to-end private wireless solution to bring affordable and reliable internet access to thousands of people in Cleveland
Nokia is focusing its latest digital divide efforts in Cleveland, Ohio where the company is working with non-profit organization, DigitalC, to...
Gen Mobile CEO: 'The acquisition by Boost Mobile will provide more connectivity to more Americans'
Boost Mobile, which is part of Dish Network following the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, revealed plans to acquire Los Angeles-based Gen Mobile, a prepaid mobile service that primarily serves low-income customers. Boost will...
The need for ubiquitous, reliable connectivity was brought into sharp focus throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, funding for rural broadband has become a priority for many governments around the world. But the true burden still falls on service providers, which are now...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is gearing up to administer federal broadband funding on a larger scale than ever before, and it seems clear already that there is intense hunger for that resource: The agency said that it has received funding requests worth...
Triangle Communications opts for Mavenir Open RAN kit to replace Huawei gear
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in its effort to get Huawei, ZTE and other "untrusted" equipment out of domestic networks, will begin reimbursing rural and regional network operators for rip-and-replace costs in October....
AT&T will not be able to build out as much fiber as it had planned to deploy this year due to supply chain issues, the carrier's CFO said earlier this week.
Pascal Desroches, AT&T's senior EVP and CFO, said at the Oppenheimer Technology, Internet...
“Access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband is essential to full participation in modern life in the United States," reads the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was just passed by the U.S. Senate.
Broadband industry groups largely welcomed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which dedicates...
If connected healthcare becomes a primary delivery method, what about the 3 billion unconnected people?
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Lack of access to reliable broadband internet service is a global problem. At the end of April, Data Reportal...
In 2016, data showed that more than 34 million people, as a result of where they live, do not have access to decent broadband service
Multi-Tech Systems released a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) that will enable one-to-many connectivity to families with more than one child...
Ed Cholerton, president of Nokia North America, discusses private network traction, the Open RAN landscape, the importance of closing the digital divide, and more.
Allconnect's survey suggests that black, Hispanic Americans are significantly more likely than white Americans to not have internet connection
A survey conducted by Allconnect, an online broadband marketplace, revealed that race and income are the biggest factors that determined if a household had adequate internet...
Among other lessons, this pandemic has made us realize the need to bridge the existing digital divide that holds back a lot of people. Expanding the network is a lot of work, but it holds a lot of promise for the future of work,...
"The business models are extremely complex and there is a lot of risk embedded in this," says Nsight's Brighid Riordan
Brighid Riordan is the CINO and VP of Emerging Services and Public Affairs for regional telecom company Nsight, which operates the Cellcom wireless brand serving...
The Emergency Broadband Benefit program, which provides subsidies of $50-$75 per month for internet service, has enrolled more than one million U.S. households in the first week of the program being available, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
“The high demand we’ve seen for...
What impact will the Emergency Broadband Benefit have on broadband affordability? A pair of recent surveys shed some light on how much the program, which provides direct payments to broadband providers to help defray the costs of broadband service, could help with issues of...
The Federal Communications Commission this week officially launched two pandemic relief programs designed to improve access to and affordability of broadband services.
Families across the U.S. can now apply for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which will make available up to $3.2 billion to...
Deloitte provides three reasons that the U.S. digital divide remains
Following the digital divide wake-up call prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the reveal of President Joe Biden's sweeping infrastructure plan, RCR Wireless News spoke with Deloitte Consulting's Chief Cloud Strategy Officer David Linthicum and...
Verizon offers LTE Home Internet in 189 primarily rural markets in 48 states
As part of its Citizen Verizon business plan, Verizon announced last week a $1 billion investment in the expansion of rural broadband, as well as new programs and initiatives to further help underserved communities bridge...
Based on a national survey conducted between Jan. 25 and Feb. 8 of this year, the Pew Research Center found that approximately 7% of U.S. adults don't use the internet. According to Pew, age is the biggest determinant of internet use with other major...
In the past 5 to 10 years, there have been several novel if not downright quirky communication solutions trying to address the needs of rural connectivity, especially in emerging markets. These have ranged from tethered and free-floating balloons to circling solar-powered high-altitude aircraft, but...
It is rare for a technology or service to evoke extreme opinions as LEO satellite constellations do. On the one hand, some would say that no constellation has managed to avoid bankruptcy. On the other hand, some believe that LEO satellites will eliminate the...
