After Comcast failed to block a municipal fiber broadband network, the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., via EFB Fiber Optics, will offer what it bills as the fastest home Internet connection speed in the world.
In Chattanooga, the local Electric Power Board has built-out a large,...
GigaPower costs $70 per month in Google Fiber markets; $110 per month in areas where Google Fiber doesn't have a presence
After announcing the availability of its GigaPower 1-gigabit-per-second Internet service in new metro markets, AT&T is getting called out for charging less for the...
Moves further competition between AT&T and Google Fiber for gigabit Internet to the home
AT&T this week expanded its GigaPower fiber-to-the-home service in several major metro markets in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Nashville, Indiana and Illinois.
In several of the markets, AT&T's fiber service is in direct...
Fiber networks to support gigabit Internet services are major trend in telecom space
Service providers are working to extend fiber networks to support ever-faster Internet speeds to meet the booming demand for mobile and streaming video applications. In its latest Mobility Report, Swedish telecom infrastructure...
Plans to beat government goal of extending fiber to 96% of population
While 90% of UK residents already have access to fiber-based broadband Internet service, BT CEO Gavin Patterson this week laid out plans to continue pushing for what he called "Britain's digital future."
Speaking at...
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On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson discusses the state of the wireless ecosystem, delves into the mysteries of dark fiber and gets an insider's perspective on backhaul...
The latest in an increasingly worrisome string of vandalism affecting fiber lines in Northern California has prompted AT&T to offer up a $250,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of whomever is responsible.
Local media reports indicate the latest apparent acts of vandalism occurred...
Latest potential cities are Irvine, San Diego and Louisville
Google Fiber is up and running in three major metros, in various stages of planning and construction in six more and, with a Sept. 10 blog post, the list of potential Google Fiber cities has grown...
The new broadband technology will be commercially launched by the end of 2015 with carrier partner Chunghwa Telecom
Alcatel-Lucent and Taiwanese telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom announced a plan to launch the world's first commercial deployment of G.fast ultra-broadband access technology, allowing the acceleration of "last...
LAS VEGAS – With the near-ubiquity of mobile devices, it's important for venue owners to provide robust cellular indoors. Small cells and distributed antenna systems work wonders, but, before spending big bucks on network infrastructure, a data-driven look at where connectivity is (and isn't)...
FUZE platform designed to minimize fiber cost; uses powered Ethernet
In an effort to drive down the cost of distributed antenna system deployments, JMA Wireless today announced its new FUZE DAS platform, which offers new mounting and power options.
JMA said the FUZE platform addresses both...
The fiber started going in back in 2008 but many areas of the city are still not hooked up
Tension has been brewing between New York City residents and political leaders who feel Verizon Communications hasn’t held up its promise to blanket the city with...
Fiber-to-the-tower expansion supports carrier move toward network densification
Fiber, backhaul and infrastructure services provider Zayo Group this week announced it has sold fiber-to-the-tower services applicable to 800 macro and small cell sites in the past 18 months.
The company estimates the services will yield a more...
Some Comcast customers are subject to 300 GB per month data cap
Many customers may just now be finding out that Comcast caps home Internet use to 300 gigabytes per month. Perhaps more surprising is the company’s rationale. According to a Comcast VP, the practice...
Netflix conducts monthly speed rankings based on delivery of its content
Each month streaming-video service Netflix ranks Internet service providers by how fast the networks delivered Netflix content to consumers. The July results were recently released; see how your ISP stacks up.
Although its availability is...
Verizon Communications has been in deadlocked negotiations with union workers about pension and health care benefits since June 22. One deadline for a deal already came and went with no progress.
The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers also are...
Alcatel-Lucent’s undersea cabling business completed deployment of an undersea cable linking Florida and Ecuador, as well as entered into an agreement to run undersea cable along the coast of Alaska.
The 3,700-mile link from Central America to Florida is dubbed the Pacific Caribbean Cable System...
San Antonio is next city slated for fiber-to-the-home deployment
Google Fiber this week announced plans to expand its 1-gigabit-per-second home Internet service into San Antonio market; once the network is up and running, San Antonio will be the largest market covered by the tech giant's...
Fiber expansion to add 350 route miles to the network
Continuing to expand its fiber footprint, Colorado-based Zayo Group Holdings plans to hook up some 500 Seattle-area towers to fiber as part of a mobile infrastructure expansion strategy.
Zayo is providing the fiber-to-the-tower connections in service...
Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Nashville next up for Gigabit fiber-to-the-home
Google Fiber, the tech giant’s ambitious project to offer fiber-to-the-home beginning in major metro markets, has started construction of its network in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
On June 25, Google Fiber notified locals of the construction phase...
WiredWest trying to fund $79M build-out that would bring fiber to 32 towns
As entrenched cable companies, as well as disruptive new entrants, work to rollout fiber-to-the-home connections, 22 Massachusetts towns are taking control of their own destinies.
WiredWest is a cooperative put together to build...
Fiber vandals may be disguised as telecommunications maintenance workers
The FBI is looking into a string of vandalism incidents targeting fiber-optic cables in Northern California.
The latest incident was reported on June 9; an AT&T fiber-optic cable in Walnut Creek, Calif., was severed, prompting the carrier...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Verizon Communications has generated considerable experience in migrating from legacy copper-based infrastructure to more powerful fiber-based connections, which it shared this week during a keynote address at Genband’s Perspectives 15 event in Orlando.
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Sowmyanarayan Sampath, SVP of transformation at Verizon, noted that...
Cablevision is challenging validity of Verizon’s claim that TV service is 100% fiber-based
Cablevision wants a judge to decide whether the company can continue running an ad challenging Verizon Communications'Â claim that its TV service is completely operated on a fiber optic network.
Cablevision attorneys filed the...
