Alaska Broadband
Free Sign up Alaska Broadband| WIRELESS INNOVATIONS REVIEWED | Form | Format | Description | Examples of Key Entities Involved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Use | Sharing + using higher frequencies | Millimeter Wave (mmWave); Ultra-Wideband; Massive MIMO | Developing and making larger swaths of government-controlled frequencies available for shared use. | U.S. Government (e.g., FCC, NTIA) + Civilian and Commercial Users + Trade Groups |
| Network Management | Artificial Intelligence (A-I) + Cloud-Based Subscriber Quality of Experience (QoE) Improvement | Software Systems | Software that uses A-I, including OpenRAN and energy-efficient “Green” technologies, etc. | Preseem (Aterlo), DISH Network/EchoStar/Boost, Netgear, Ruckus |
| Hardware + Software Implementation | Holographic Beamforming + Phased Array Antennas | Antenna Development | Creations to increase network efficiency and connectivity, e.g., holographic beamforming, phased array antennas. | Cambium, Qualcomm, Sierra Wireless, Atmosic, InnoPhase, Wiliot, Tarana, Siklu, Plume, Google Nest |
| Small Cell Networks | Micro-cellular | Portable Cell Towers; “Street Furniture” (e.g., lampposts) | Includes microcell cloud operating innovations. | Nokia, Qualcomm, Airpsan, Commscope, Celona, Crown Castle, Alpha Wireless, Qucell Networks |
| Integrated (or Hybrid) Networks | FWA and Fiber + Satellite and 5G | Ground and Space + Fiber and FWA Infrastructures | Strong fiber backhaul plus FWA for remote or cost-prohibitive areas. | Most WISPA operators and their vendors |
| “What’s Truly New?” Technology | To Be Developed (TBD) | A-I and TBD | Innovations extending capacity, improving robustness, or circumventing physical obstacles. | Alphabet’s X (Taara), Project Kuiper, SpaceX, 6G, Wi-Fi 7, 8G + 10G Research, Quantum Tech |
| WIRELESS INNOVATIONS REVIEWED | Form | Format | Description | Examples of Key Entities Involved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Use | Sharing + using higher frequencies | Millimeter Wave (mmWave); Ultra-Wideband; Massive MIMO | Developing and making larger swaths of government-controlled frequencies available for shared use. | U.S. Government (e.g., FCC, NTIA) + Civilian and Commercial Users + Trade Groups |
| Network Management | Artificial Intelligence (A-I) + Cloud-Based Subscriber Quality of Experience (QoE) Improvement | Software Systems | Software that uses A-I, including OpenRAN and energy-efficient “Green” technologies, etc. | Preseem (Aterlo), DISH Network/EchoStar/Boost, Netgear, Ruckus |
| Hardware + Software Implementation | Holographic Beamforming + Phased Array Antennas | Antenna Development | Creations to increase network efficiency and connectivity, e.g., holographic beamforming, phased array antennas. | Cambium, Qualcomm, Sierra Wireless, Atmosic, InnoPhase, Wiliot, Tarana, Siklu, Plume, Google Nest |
| Small Cell Networks | Micro-cellular | Portable Cell Towers; “Street Furniture” (e.g., lampposts) | Includes microcell cloud operating innovations. | Nokia, Qualcomm, Airpsan, Commscope, Celona, Crown Castle, Alpha Wireless, Qucell Networks |
| Integrated (or Hybrid) Networks | FWA and Fiber + Satellite and 5G | Ground and Space + Fiber and FWA Infrastructures | Strong fiber backhaul plus FWA for remote or cost-prohibitive areas. | Most WISPA operators and their vendors |
| “What’s Truly New?” Technology | To Be Developed (TBD) | A-I and TBD | Innovations extending capacity, improving robustness, or circumventing physical obstacles. | Alphabet’s X (Taara), Project Kuiper, SpaceX, 6G, Wi-Fi 7, 8G + 10G Research, Quantum Tech |
Sitka, Alaska, Back Online After Subsea Fiber Cable Repair
Crews worked throughout the weekend to repair a section of damaged fiber
GCI Customers In Sitka, Alaska to Lose Service for Days Amid Fiber Maintenance
Anchorage-based company to perform 'emergency maintenance' on its subsea fiber network.
Alaska Communications Suffers Brief Outage after Damage to Subsea Fiber Cable
Juneau faced a weekend outage after a subsea cable broke, with most services restored soon after.
Some Red States Don’t Want Too Much Satellite for BEAD
'We’re hoping the administration's change is not just ‘Let’s give it all to satellite, and then the problem’s over,' said Montana's broadband officer.
Quintillion Provides Subsea Fiber Cut Updates
Company hopes to have new fiber route completed by this spring.
