This was not the first time Darth Vader strode into a council chamber, but this time he had positive news.
Experts discuss the short- and long-term need for gigabit speeds.
Critics are unhappy about President Joe Biden's $2.3-billion plan that includes prioritizing local builds.
Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist said telecoms should be right there alongside new road builds and improvements.
Openreach aims to get 20 million fiber-to-the-premise connections by later this decade.
This installment of Broadband Breakfast Live Online explores innovative solutions that increase the capabilities of infrastructure already in place.
Experts at the Broadband Breakfast Live Online event debated what “future-proofing” broadband would look like.
March 30, 2021 – The Federal Communications Commission is focusing on objectives of President Joe Biden’s $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan, […]
March 29, 2021—Judge Laurence Silberman has worn many hats throughout his career—diplomat, lawyer, jurist—and he may now add “staunch critic […]
March 24, 2021 — Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said the regulator has since 2017 seen what he wanted: Broadband […]
March 16, 2021 – Democratic lawmakers have introduced a $312 billion bill that would boost broadband, clean energy and public […]
March 10, 2021 – Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would provide Central Virginia customers with new broadband […]
Panelists include: Donny Smith, CEO of FiberSmith, Sandeep Dhingra, CTO of Network Services at STL, and Brian Regan, VP at Starry, and moderated by Drew Clark...
February 8, 2021—Montana state Democrats have announced a legislative package that aims to fill the rural broadband gap. State Rep. […]
February 2, 2021—With new leadership at the Federal Communications Commission, there is a strong probability that more agency focus and […]
January 27, 2021 – Keynoting Wednesday’s State of the Net Conference, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell urged the […]
January 15, 2021 – The United States has rapidly increased its cell tower construction over the past four years, according […]
January 2, 2021 – Expect issues of broadband and multifamily housing to gain renewed attention in 2021. Watch for some […]
December 29, 2020 — Smaller internet service providers were critical to fiber growth in 2020, accounting for 88 percent of […]
December 17, 2020 — Networks of the future need to be scalable to keep up with burgeoning bandwidth demands, according […]
It’s no secret that the Federal Communications Commission’s current broadband maps are flawed, many observers believe. The existing maps rely […]
Harold Feld, senior vice president of Public Knowledge, called for Democratic members of the Federal Communications Commission to fight Republican […]
LUXEMBOURG, EUROPEAN UNION – On October 16, Post Luxembourg launched its commercial 5G wireless network, when the first cell sites […]
November 12, 2020 — The failure to connect the rural-urban digital divide in the United States is not one of […]
A recent AT&T statement announced that the company will be phasing out DSL services, which provide internet access over cable […]
Starry Home Internet announced a partnership with Microsoft on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the availability of its low-cost program Starry […]
October 12, 2020 – The digital divide is a real problem for rural America, Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA, the […]
October 6, 2020 — The National Digital Inclusion Alliance and the Communications Workers of America put AT&T under the microscope […]
September 29, 2020 — A panel of experts with experience deploying both fiber and wireless networks weighed the pros and […]
September 25, 2020 — Understanding and developing strategies for interconnecting middle-mile and last-mile networks has become even more critical since […]
September 23, 2020 — Localities, states, and companies are embracing broadband partnerships through public and private entities that work together […]
September 8, 2020 —The right time to engage in accessing funding is right now, fiber financers said during an ADTRAN […]
September 5, 2020 – Telecommunications officials and advisors from five municipalities described how they have approached broadband during the time […]
August 20, 2020 — The Wireless Infrastructure Association recently published a new report, entitled “Fiber: An Essential Facet of the […]
As part of an effort in Longboat Key, Florida to move electrical infrastructure underground, the town is also building a […]
The Facebook Connectivity team announced Monday that it has developed a robotic aerial fiber deployment solution, in collaboration with a […]
The city of West Des Moines will invest $40 million to become Iowa’s first Google Fiber-enabled city, the Des Moines […]
July 8, 2020 – The United States is leading in the deployment of 5G, claimed Verizon Communications CEO Hans Vestberg […]
June 12, 2020 – During the virtual ConnectX conference of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, panelists addressed changes in the aims […]
June 19, 2020 — There is currently considerable buzz around the prospect of obtaining bids from the Rural Digital Opportunity […]
