In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles interviews Scott Woods, President of Public Private Partnerships at Ready.net. They discuss Scott's transition from a private practice attorney to a key figure in telecommunications, emphasizing his work at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration...
In this special episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles welcomes industry experts Cesar Ruiz, President & CEO of Learning Alliance Corporation; Deb Bennett, VP of Apprenticeship for the Wireless Infrastructure Association; and Deborah Kish, VP of Research & Workforce Development for the Fiber...
Test is the first demonstration of 50G PON in a live network in the U.S., Nokia says
Nokia and Google's GFiber Labs have achieved 50 Gbps broadband speeds over an existing fiber network, using Nokia's 50G Passive Optical Networking (PON) technology.
PON is a way...
In this episode of "5G Talent Talk," Carrie Charles interviews Chad Tuttle, CEO of B+T Group. Chad shares his journey in the telecom industry, which began with his grandfather’s construction company in the 1950s, building radio and early AT&T towers. This influenced Chad to...
The subaquatic optical network connects 500,000 users across more than 400 communities in the Amazon rainforest
Nokia has partnered with fiber optic network operator Global Fiber Peru — a subsidiary of Satelital Group — on the deployment of a new subaquatic optical, IP and fiber...
UScellular's Fixed Wireless Access business continues to gain momentum, with the company reporting that it added 124,000 FWA customers during the first quarter, up 42% from the same time last year. Comparatively, UScellular added 87,000 in the year-ago quarter, and it is seeing consistent...
Cinco de Mayo greetings from the East Coast and the Midwest. Lots of upcoming travel in the schedule as Jim will be attending the Broadband Communities Summit in Houston this week. If you are there and would like to trade notes, feel free to reach out...
For the first time, T-Mo looks to establish a fiber footprint
T-Mobile US reported strong customer numbers and overall results for the first quarter of 2024, and raised its guidance for the full year. Perhaps most interestingly, though, the wireless network operator made an announcement...
T-Mo surpasses the 5 million broadband subs milestone, makes a deal for a fiber JV
T-Mobile US reported postpaid phone net customer additions of more than half a million in the quarter and added more than 400,000 high-speed internet customers, while striking a deal with...
5G, fiber continue to drive the telco's results in Q1
AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO John Stankey continued to emphasize the telco's focus on consistent, profitable growth driven by 5G...
During the first half of 2024, Globe had activated 356 new 5G sites across the Philippines
Globe Telecom, which is the largest mobile network operator in the Philippines, said it deployed 894 new 5G sites nationwide during the course of 2023.
During the first half of...
As the 5G landscape continues to evolve, navigating the complexities associated with testing becomes increasingly crucial. How does the ecosystem align to focus on the use cases and technology stacks that can drive real world service differentiation and monetization?
On March 13th, RCR Wireless News, VIAVI Solutions and Spirent...
Regional operator is continuing a strategic review of its options
UScellular reported operating revenues that were slightly down compared to last year's fourth quarter, but narrowed its losses from $28 million in the year-ago period to a loss of $14 million in 2023's fourth quarer....
Across the board, mobile network operators are reducing capital expenditure guidance as the industry collectively reaches something of a midpoint in the 5G cycle. In the US market, for instance, Verizon is cutting planned 2024 capex to between $17 billion and $17.5 billion from...
Greetings from Missouri. This has been a couple of “at home” weeks prior to a travel-heavy February, which has allowed us to probe a little deeper into fourth quarter earnings. Since the last Brief, Jim’s interview with the 5G Guys podcast has been published (here and...
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has emerged as a powerful tool to connect the unconnected, bringing high-speed internet to underserved areas where traditional fiber deployment is impractical. With global broadband subscribers estimated to reach 1.6 billion by 2030, FWA promises significant growth. However, its success...
AT&T beat its guidance on its full-year mobility service revenues for 2023 and consumer broadband revenues for 2023, and garnered postpaid phone net adds for the quarter of 526,000.
The company's stock still slipped more than 3% on Wednesday after its financial report, in...
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population
German telco Deutsche Telekom said it has achieved its targets in terms of fiber optic deployment. The carrier said it made more than 2.5 million new fiber optic connections possible in...
Holiday greetings from the Midwest, where we recently finished up a very productive trip through St Louis and several other towns. Pictured are a few folks from the LB Networks team celebrating a terrific 2023 while Jim was in St Louis last Thursday.
This is...
Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population
Deutsche Telekom (DT) expects to launch its 5G Standalone (5G SA) offering in Germany next year, the telco said in a statement.
In a round-up of its network achievements during this year, Srini...
Jio initially launched its 5G FWA offering in September in eight Indian cities
Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm’s 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) offering, dubbed JioAirFiber, is already commercially available in 514 cities in 25 states across India, according to local press reports.
JioAirFiber is available...
AT&T to spend $21-22 billion in CapEx in 2024
AT&T's returns from its fiber investment have been better than expected—and it's eying an additional 10-15 million incremental locations within its existing footprint that CEO John Stankey said are economically "as attractive as the ones we're...
What's ahead for Verizon's network in 2024? Joe Russo, the carrier's EVP and president of global networks and technology, discussed some of the deployment trends and customer demands that the mobile network operator is seeing as 5G continues to evolve.
Russo spoke at this...
Greetings from Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana. Pictured is the state capitol building for the Bayou State (full history here). This week’s Brief will focus on a wide-ranging interview with Liberty Media’s John Malone. Rather than dive into earnings results, we thought that John’s insights (especially given the...
