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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According to CEO John Stankey, AT&T had already signed up its first Gigapower customer ahead of the company’s April Q1 earnings call and before the deal to establish the open-access fiber joint venture with BlackRock Alternatives has closed. Impact: Not only has AT&T gotten its Gigapower deployment off to a fast start, FierceTelecom recently found …
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Even before AT&T’s December announcement that it had formed a joint venture with BlackRock Alternatives to develop an open access fiber network to extend its fiber presence outside of its traditional wireline footprint, several open access providers were already quietly going about their business across the U.S. Impact: For example, the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure …
