Americans love the internet, accessing it from home and on the road. Until 2007, Americans essentially had two choices when it came to home internet: cable internet or DSL. To the cable industries great credit, they were the first to provide high speed internet...
MasOrange noted that the transaction is expected to close by the end of the first half of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals
MasOrange and Vodafone Spain have reached a binding agreement to establish a joint fiber company in Spain, the former said in a release.
This...
December greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City. The opening picture is of the Christmas tree perched atop the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids. Not only was this a pleasing sight this week, but they were manufacturing a version of Cap’n Crunch that made the...
'We're going to touch every cell site that we've got', said COO Jeff McElfresh on AT&T's network plans
AT&T laid out network plans earlier this week for a massive, three-year network modernization program that includes both plans to nearly double its fiber passings and step...
Carrier announces new radio deals with Fujitsu, Mavenir as part of its move toward multi-vendor Open RAN
AT&T has laid out aggressive plans for fiber and 5G midband expansion over the next three years, as it leans into owners economics of a converged network that...
Just four years ago, Verizon was trialing 800 Gbps; now it is hitting 1.6 Tbps
Verizon is prepping its network for the higher speed and capacity demand expected to be generated by artificial intelligence workloads, with a recent metro trial achieving speeds of 1.6 terabits...
With all BEAD state plans approved, vendor selection is starting
As of this week, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories which are participating in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program have had their plans for connecting all...
November greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City. The picture will be a familiar sight for those in the fiber industry. Yes, we are getting a second fiber to the home (FTTH) provider for our 28-home community. The market is getting crowded in some places (the...
A pragmatic approach to telco AI can drive short-term operational benefits and customer experience enhancements
As it looks to leverage AI across its business, Verizon Vice President of AI and Data Michael Raj emphasized that underlying any successful AI strategy is a sound data strategy....
Vodafone Germany launched its 5G SA network in 2022 in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Oppo
German telco Vodafone said it has completed more than 1,500 construction projects in the LTE and 5G networks during the third quarter of the year.
In a release, Vodafone...
Vocus will gain 24,000 km of fiber, 7,000 km of international submarine cables and 20,000 connected buildings from TPG
Australia's TPG Telecom revealed Monday it will sell its fiber and fixed network infrastructure assets Macquarie Asset Management and Aware Super’s telecommunications group Vocus for $3.54 billion....
The U.S. telecommunications industry is undergoing its largest transformation in decades as the perennially overused “convergence” is finally becoming real. The new convergence reality is that end-user gear is increasingly working seamlessly together. Apple’s messaging convergence on iPhone and Mac, Androids increasing integration into...
October greetings from Virginia, Iowa, Missouri and Massachusetts. Our hearts go out to those impacted by Hurricane Helene. CellSite is providing civil construction services to several tower companies and service providers impacted by substantial flooding. Even though the storm hit last Saturday, there are...
September greetings from Kansas City, Cedar Rapids, and Charlottesville where we are attending a family wedding (picture is of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia). A terrific celebration with family and friends and congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs.
There is plenty of...
Continuing its network convergence strategy, AT&T sees “a long-term, multi-decade play’
Speaking last week at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia and Technology Conference, AT&T CEO John Stankey blasted domestic policy around the auctioning and allocation of wireless spectrum. Speaking generally about the dynamics of mobile service...
Verizon is expanding its fiber footprint as it also continues to expand its fixed wireless access offering
Last week Verizon announced it would spend $20 billion to acquire Frontier, picking up the latter’s customer base and fiber assets. Speaking this week at the Goldman Sachs...
When it comes to access networks, fiber optic cables are no longer mere upgrades from other forms of connectivity. With their unparalleled ability to carry high volumes of data over long distances, as well as their proven reliability, fiber optic cables have become an...
September greetings from Kansas City and Cedar Rapids. Pictured is the CellSite Solutions indoor gantry crane moving one of September’s remufacturing shelter projects into place (twenty tons of project in this case). The team completely rebuilds each one to customer specifications, then delivers to...
Owner’s economics guide Verizon fiber plans; combining mobility and broadband drive network convergence strategy
At the Bank of American 2024 Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference yesterday, Sept. 4, BoA’s David Barden tried mightily to get Verizon's Sowmyanarayan Sampath, president and CEO of the Consumer Group,...
Nokia is working with Industry 4.0 giant Rockwell Automation to test private 5G in standalone (SA) mode in the 3.55-3.7 GHz CBRS band in the US. Specifically, they are looking at private 5G for control and automation of industrial assets using industrial Ethernet (EtherNet/IP)...
In December, AT&T said it was eying an additional 10-15 million incremental locations within its existing fiber footprint
Per a five-year agreement, Nokia will provide AT&T with its Lightspan MF and Altiplano platforms to support the carrier’s current and future fiber network. The fiber technologies...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the initial plans of the states of New York and Wyoming, for how they expect to use their respective portions of federal funding to expand broadband services.
New York was allocated more than $664 million...
Telstra is extending AI infrastructure from Microsoft throughout the footprint of its Intercity Fibre Network project
Australian operator Telstra is extending Microsoft’s AI infrastructure throughout the footprint of its Intercity Fibre Network project as part of an extended strategic partnership between the two companies. The...
July and August greetings from Nashville, Boston, Cedar Rapids, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Pictured is our wonderful view from the Cardinals-Royals game on Saturday No one complained about the cooler than average August temperatures. And, after a heartbreaking loss on Friday, the Royals...
