The fiber speed wars have started heating up again as providers eye ways to differentiate themselves with double-digit multi-gigabit speeds and once again Ziply Fiber seems to be leading the charge toward even faster fiber offerings just as cable’s DOCSIS 4.0 technology starts to take off. Impact: Just as Ziply Fiber made waves in January …
Depending on their size, broadband providers have six or 12 months to come into compliance with the FCC’s Consumer Broadband Label guidelines. Impact: In an Oct. 10 press release, the FCC announced that most providers will have to start using the mandated broadband nutrition labels within six months, requiring full compliance by April 10, 2024. …
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Following a recent Bloomberg report that said T-Mobile has been in talks with new fiber player Tillman FiberCo to become an anchor tenant on its yet-to-be-built open-access fiber network, the question appears to be when T-Mobile will move deeper into fiber, not if it will. Impact: T-Mobile appears ready to get more involved in fiber …
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T-Mobile and Comcast recently agreed to a deal that will see the carrier lease 71 spectrum licenses in the 600 MHz band (covering 149 million people) from the cable operator to bolster its nationwide low-band 5G network. Impact: Both companies should benefit from the move, which materialized after Comcast conducted successful employee wireless trials using …
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After the FCC paused its efforts to establish consumer broadband labels for several months to address providers’ requests for changes, the labeling process appears to be moving forward again. Impact: The labels, more colloquially known as “Broadband Nutrition Labels,” have progressed to the point where they’re under review from the Office of Management and Budget …
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AT&T’s expansion of its Internet Air fixed wireless access service to 16 additional markets this month signals the company wants to join rivals T-Mobile and Verizon in 5G fixed wireless access service. Impact: After sticking to its all-fiber strategy for the past several years and downplaying its interest in FWA, AT&T rolled out its Internet …
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An exposé from the Wall Street Journal reported recently that legacy telecom cables covered in lead and belonging to AT&T, Verizon, and others have degraded and contaminated locations across the country. Impact: The investigative report found at least 2,000 old cables, used in both overhead and buried lines and dating as far back as the …
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State allocations for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program that aims to extend high-speed broadband service to millions of unserved and underserved locations across the country were finally revealed this week Impact: In an event at the White House, President Biden introduced the BEAD program to the country as the federal government’s …
With the next version of the updated nationwide broadband map published on May 30, a review of the changes to availability and location data should provide a clearer picture as to how NTIA will use the map for the upcoming BEAD funding distribution. Impact: The latest iteration of the map that includes availability data reported …
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The new Verizon 5G unlimited mobile plan structure the company has dubbed myPlan aims to simplify the company’s mobile offerings and help engineer a turnaround in the company’s consumer postpaid mobile fortunes. Impact: Starting May 18, potential Verizon mobile wireless customers have just two plan options from which to choose: Unlimited Welcome or Unlimited Plus, …
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