Infrastructure
Network Automation is Key to 5G’s Future, Experts Say
Artificial intelligence can help manage an increasingly growing network with the advent of new devices on 5G networks.
Infrastructure
Broadband Providers Grapple With Higher Than Normal Data Usage
February 10, 2021—While the world continues a work-from-home orientation, broadband providers are searching for new and innovative solutions to keep up with the demands of this new normal. “During the first six months of the last year, 2020, we have seen an increase of 62% in Wi-Fi data usage,” said
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Cities of the Future: Tech Companies Explore Challenges and Solutions at a CES 2021 Panel
January 18, 2021 – Collaboration and vision are necessary to build smart cities with integrated technology and innovation, industry leaders said at a panel at CES 2021 on Wednesday. As cities grow and become more connected, partnerships between the public and private sectors will become more necessa
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 — Spectrum Policies to Advance Better Broadband Through 5G
Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. You can watch the February 10, 2021, event on this page. You can also PARTICIPATE in the current Broadband Breakfast Live Online event. REGISTER HERE. Our newest series is “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G,” which will exp
CETF
From the View of the California Emerging Technology Fund, Presidential Leadership Needed on Broadband
October 16, 2020 – It would take the president of the United States saying, “we need to get everyone online” in order for the nation – and for California – to reach its digital inclusion goals. The was the message that Sunne Wright McPeak, president and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund
Broadband Mapping and Data
Verizon Broadband Coronavirus Data Usage Shows Greatest Uptick in Gaming, No Change in Social Media Habits
As more and more customers move to working and studying from home, data usage habits are changing, according to a Verizon network report on Tuesday. The latest week-over-week numbers during peak hour usage showed many people are turning to gaming as a way to pass the time, with the technology leader
Comments on Digital Opportunity Data Collection Largely Supportive of FCC’s New Mapping Initiative
WASHINGTON, September 26, 2019 – Comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s latest effort to improve broadband data collection were due on Monday, and responses to the FCC’s Digital Opportunity Data Collection were largely positive. The order would shift data reporting from the FCC’s 477 fo
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Industry Panel of Observers Argues for Federal Privacy Rules That Preempt State Laws
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2019 – An industry-focused panel of observers of privacy issues argued that a federal approach the topic needs to preempt state-based data protection. At the Monday event hosted by CompTia, these officials went so far as to suggest that federal privacy rules would be more protec
Expert Opinion
Deborah Simpier: Big Telecom Isn’t the Answer to Bridging the Digital Divide
When the 4G networking protocol improvements rolled out, I was a Verizon Wireless dealer in a small town in rural America. The 4G marketing echoed today’s 5G promises of fast “fiber like” speeds and improved, “nationwide” coverage. 4G was going to revolutionize broadband. Verizon Wireless even offer
Verizon
Wireless 5G Broadband and Everywhere Connectivity is the Buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS, January 9, 2018 – Here at the Consumer Electronics Show, it’s impossible to avoid being bombarded by the energy – real and imagined – surrounding the 5G wireless standard that is just beginning to be deployed. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg made the communications company’s efforts to nurture,
Verizon
Metro Finally Extends Wireless Coverage to a Portion of Washington Underground
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: It’s about time that Metro began covering the Washington subway! Metro, AT&T, Sprint, T‐Mobile and Verizon Wireless announce major milestone in tunnel wireless coverage, from WMATA: December 19, 2018 – Today Metro and the nation’s leading wireless carriers, AT&T, Sprint,
Broadband Mapping and Data
Ten Years After the Beginning of Broadband Data Collection Efforts, M-Lab Gathers to Celebrate
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2018 – Experts in broadband data analysis on Tuesday criticized internet service providers for overstating coverage in federal broadband data collection efforts, and for resisting cooperation that could increase network security. At an event commemorating the 10th anniversary o
Verizon
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, What is This Project Fi That Google’s Done?
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Last week Google announced three new phones on its Project Fi network. Which raises the question (particularly for those iPhone users blocked out of the project) about what on earth is Project Fi, and how does it work? In sum, it’s Google’s version of a virtual mobile ne
Infrastructure
Trump Administration Plans to Unveil Infrastructure Principles, Including for Broadband, on February 12
WASHINGTON, February 6, 2018 – The Trump administration will unveil principles for its long-awaited plan to spend $1.5 trillion on revamping the nation’s infrastructure this coming Monday, a White House official confirmed to BroadbandBreakfast.com. Trump alluded to the forthcoming plan during his fi
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The Chairman of the FCC Returns to His Former Haunt at Verizon Nine Days Before Vote on Net Neutrality Rules
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: A great little piece from the Inverse lays out how the “Chatham House” rules may protect Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai from being quoted for what he says at Verizon Communications, his former employer, nine days before net neutrality rules are set t
Infrastructure
Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Tillman Infrastructure Unite to Build More Cell Towers
NEW YORK, November 14, 2017 — Verizon Wireless is joining forces with its’ largest competitor — AT&T — and smart cities infrastructure builder Tillman, in order to build hundreds of new cellular towers, the company announced on Monday in a press release. Construction of these new towers — which will
