Tribal EBS Band Deployments Will Use Nokia Equipment
Tribal EBS Band Deployments Will Use Nokia Equipment Nokia and NewCore Wireless are collaborating to provide wireless connectivity to underserved Native American communities throughout the U.S. through the Tribal Educational Broadband Service (EBS),.....»»
FCC Seeks Comment on Texting to 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline
FCC Seeks Comment on Texting to 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline The FCC is looking to add texting capabilities to the 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline and has put out a notification requesting commentary. The 988 hotline number was established in 2020.....»»
Republican Infrastructure Proposal Includes $65 Billion for Broadband
Republican Infrastructure Proposal Includes $65 Billion for Broadband Four Republican senators have released a proposed “framework” for infrastructure legislation that would allocate $65 billion for broadband as part of a total $568 billion pack.....»»
FCC Fines Tele Circuit $4.1 Million For Switching Consumers’ Phone Carriers And Adding Charges Without Authorization
FCC Fines Tele Circuit $4.1 Million For Switching Consumers’ Phone Carriers And Adding Charges Without Authorization WASHINGTON, April 22, 2021—The Federal Communications Commission today fined Tele Circuit Network Corporation $4,145,000 for.....»»
NTCA, WISPA Express Concerns Over Rural Broadband Priorities in Biden Infrastructure Plan
NTCA, WISPA Express Concerns Over Rural Broadband Priorities in Biden Infrastructure Plan Two associations representing rural broadband providers would like to see some changes to broadband funding proposals made in the American Jobs Plan currently.....»»
MetroNet Gains New Investment
MetroNet Gains New Investment Global investment firm KKR will be joining Oak Hill Capital and management as investors in MetroNet. The investment transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. No other financial details were released. Oak Hi.....»»
C Spire Fiber Expands Availability of Ultra-fast Gigabit Internet in Alabama
C Spire Fiber Expands Availability of Ultra-fast Gigabit Internet in Alabama HELENA, Ala., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — C Spire Fiber is accepting consumer pre-orders now and has already begun construction for its ultra-fast, fiber-based Giga.....»»
Comcast DOCSIS 4.0 Test Puts Fiber Broadband Competitors on Notice
Comcast DOCSIS 4.0 Test Puts Fiber Broadband Competitors on Notice Comcast said today that it completed a lab test of a DOCSIS 4.0 full duplex system on a chip (SOC) that will be a critical component of multi-gigabit services to be deployed in the f.....»»
Bell Canada Rolls Out Commercial 400G Wavelength on Fibre Optic Backbone
Bell Canada Rolls Out Commercial 400G Wavelength on Fibre Optic Backbone MONTRÉAL, April 22, 2021 – Bell Canada today announced commercial 400G wavelength service that employs Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) WaveLogic 5 Extreme technology to deliver the s.....»»
Fiber Lit Building Pace Slows During Pandemic, Expected to Pick up in 2021
Fiber Lit Building Pace Slows During Pandemic, Expected to Pick up in 2021 Though the rate of increase slowed during the pandemic, the number of U.S. fiber lit commercial buildings continued to grow in 2020, according to Vertical Systems Group. AT&T.....»»
Amazon Takes Steps Toward Kuiper Satellite Broadband Service
Amazon Takes Steps Toward Kuiper Satellite Broadband Service SpaceX’s Starlink service tends to get much of the attention in the next generation low earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband movement. But not too far behind Starlink is Amazon Kuiper b.....»»
Verizon C-Band Plans Detailed, Service to Be Known as 5G Ultra Wideband
Verizon C-Band Plans Detailed, Service to Be Known as 5G Ultra Wideband Verizon plans to use the 5G Ultra Wideband name for the service that the company expects to begin offering in the first quarter of 2022 using C-band spectrum. Until now, Verizon.....»»
Ziply™ Fiber Launches Agent Channel Program
Ziply™ Fiber Launches Agent Channel Program Kirkland, Wash. (April 15, 2021) – Ziply™ Fiber – which acquired the Northwest operations of Frontier Communications in May 2020 and immediately began investing an additional $500 million to improv.....»»
Bringing High-Speed Connectivity into Rural Areas is Part of Our DNA (Podcast)
Bringing High-Speed Connectivity into Rural Areas is Part of Our DNA (Podcast) In this episode of the Broadband Bunch, Craig speaks with Mark Wymer Senior VP at HughesNet. Join us as we discuss the exciting things happening at HughesNet with rural b.....»»
FCC Advisory Committee Will Focus on 5G Network Security and Software Vulnerabilities
FCC Advisory Committee Will Focus on 5G Network Security and Software Vulnerabilities WASHINGTON, April 15, 2021—Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today announced that the Commission will re-establish the Communications Security, Reliability,.....»»
AT&T Cybersecurity Launches New Managed Endpoint Security Solution
AT&T Cybersecurity Launches New Managed Endpoint Security Solution What’s the news? AT&T has launched a managed endpoint security solution through its alliance with SentinelOne. AT&T Managed Endpoint Security with SentinelOne correlates the detect.....»»
FCC To Accept CARES Act COVID-19 Telehealth Applications Soon
FCC To Accept CARES Act COVID-19 Telehealth Applications Soon The FCC will accept applications for the second round of the CARES Act COVID-19 Telehealth Program from noon ET on April 29 to noon ET May 6 by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau.....»»
Government Broadband Funding: Experts Discuss What’s on Tap
Government Broadband Funding: Experts Discuss What’s on Tap The government has made a lot of funding available for broadband since the COVID-19 pandemic made the technology more important than ever — and more government broadband funding is.....»»
LEO Satellite Broadband Forecast: Over 5 Million Subscribers by 2026
LEO Satellite Broadband Forecast: Over 5 Million Subscribers by 2026 A new generation of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites is on the verge of competing with each other and with terrestrial approaches. An ABI Research LEO satellite broadband foreca.....»»
Telecommunications Technology CEOs Tackle Critical Steps to be Addressed in Delivering President Biden’s $100B Broadband Plan
Telecommunications Technology CEOs Tackle Critical Steps to be Addressed in Delivering President Biden’s $100B Broadband Plan Denver, CO – April 15, 2021 – A panel of telecommunications and technology CEOs say transparency, collabo.....»»