At an investor day this month, Charter Communications revealed a number of updates about its overall operational strategy, including details on a $5.5-billion network upgrade plan that it says will ultimately yield wireline broadband speeds up to 10 Gbps. Impact: Charter executives, including new CEO Chris Winfrey and product and technology head Rich DiGeronimo, described …
A series of trade publication articles over the last few weeks warn of a looming slowdown in the current U.S. fiber craze, variously describing concerns about a fiber bubble, a fiber bust, and fiber speed bumps. Impact: The concerns stem from some fiber operators failing to meet their quarterly buildout targets for both the third …
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T-Mobile dominated the news over the past week with its potential interest in getting into the wireline fiber business, another 5G Home Internet expansion, and the launch of standalone 5G into its mid-band Ultra Capacity 5G network. Impact: We’ll start with the most surprising news first: T-Mobile may be looking to get into the wireline …
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With $450 million in new funding in hand, Ziply Fiber will look to edge-out and greenfield opportunities to expand its fiber network beyond the existing footprint it acquired from Frontier Communications two years ago. Impact: For the past two years, Ziply Fiber has been busy executing a fiber expansion strategy designed to upgrade roughly 85% …
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