Brightspeed plans a five-year, $2 billion fiber buildout in 20 states to help meet rural and suburban needs
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Lumen Technologies’ sale of its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) business to Brightspeed, Lumen announced Monday. Now that the deal...
Mid-March greetings from Charlotte/ Lake Norman/ Davidson, where we prematurely celebrated National Poires Belle Helene Day (which is March 15). Like many of you, the COVID-19 pandemic has broadened our culinary skills. We are looking forward to enjoying this and other tasty desserts at our favorite...
Altice USA says it remains confident in its core cable business, especially broadband
Altice USA reported a rise in broadband demand across its network, leading to its best-ever residential broadband adds. Although the company withdrew most financial guidance, it reiterated its commitment to $1.7 billion in...
Cost: it stays on top of mind. Whether it’s pricing a project, estimating for the quarter or budgeting for the next year, cost looms large.
So when a survey of WISPs from Clearfield this year revealed that deploying in a cost-effective manner is important, it...
Telecom Italia boosts fiber, mobile speeds
Telecom Italia is on the verge of turning up mobile network speeds of up to 700 Mbps -- or what the carrier is calling "4.5G." The carrier said that as of July, customers will be able to achieve those...
Fiber-to-the-home network supports speeds up to 1 Gbps; fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure reaches 327,000 homes and business in the U.K.
U.K. telecommunications operator BT’s network business unit Openreach confirmed plans to more than double the speeds available over its fiber-to-the-premises network, boosting the maximum download speeds available...
The Kuwaiti government carried out a lab trial of Nokia’s XGS-PON fiber-to-the-home technology
The Government of Kuwait reportedly completed a successful lab tests of Nokia’s XGS-PON fiber-to-the-home technology, achieving upstream speeds of 10 gigabits per second over a single fiber.
Nokia said this was the first...
Telefónica also plans to expand 4G coverage in Spain and Latin American markets
MADRID – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica expects its fiber-to-the-home network to reach 2.4 million new homes in the Spanish market this year, the company’s global CTO Enrique Blanco told RCR Wireless News in...
Webpass CEO said Google Fiber acquisition to 'accelerate deployment' of fiber network
San Francisco-based internet service provider Webpass, according to company President Charles Barr, will be acquired by Alphabet subsidiary Google Fiber, which is the technology giant's residential fiber internet and TV service.
Webpass provides business...
Internet access is quickly emerging as the core utility of this generation, enabling everything from startup innovation to providing access to job opportunities to underserved populations. Recognizing this trend, service providers both old and new are spending big to expand fiber networks and high-speed...
In the ongoing fiber-to-the-home battle being waged by major telecom and cable players throughout the country, AT&T launched its GigaPower offering in the Bay Area this week.
AT&T said GigaPower provides throughput up to 1 gigabit per second, and is now available in parts of...
Fiber-to-the-home shaping up to be a CSPÂ battleground
As the fiber broadband race continues to pick up steam, this week saw AT&T announced expansion of its GigaPower service to 38 additional markets while Google Fiber is eyeing build outs in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Consumer demand for...
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,...
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...
