Stories on the global broadband industry and the impact of high-speed Internet and the digital divide on business and society. (Formerly @BroadbandWN)
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is circulating a proposal that aims to preempt California requirements that conflict with new FCC rules and approvals designed to accelerate the retirement of legacy copper networks.
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#TheBuildout: Fidium grows reach throughout Maine and New Hampshire; Comcast completes build in Tulare County, California; WOW fiber network coming to East Tennessee; Syntrio brings fiber to Quanah, Texas.
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By using Federated Wireless' Adaptive Network Planner (ANP), fixed wireless access provider Element8 saw its installation success rate jump from 79% to over 90% during a five-week deployment.
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Nvidia won't be doing an AI-RAN equivalent for the fixed access network, but it could still have an impact.
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Charter has asked a Texas court to toss AT&T's 'fiber-powered' lawsuit – a fight that could decide how Charter and other cable operators weave 'fiber' into their broadband marketing.
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#TheBuildout: 23 ISPs sign BEAD agreements in Michigan; Comcast completes construction in Willis, Texas; Spectrum adds locations in Indiana and Ohio; Wire 3 comes to Easley, South Carolina – and more.
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Comcast shed 144,000 broadband subs in Q3 as the company moves ahead with a major restructuring plan that will result in a $1 billion charge in Q4 and a reported 'significant' layoff in the coming weeks.
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As the FCC considers ending the E-Rate program, which subsidizes telecom services for schools and libraries, a recent study shows that losing the program would cost the US economy $4.2 billion annually.
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Amid efforts to obtain an FCC exemption on new Wi-Fi 8 routers, TP-Link has signed a letter of intent with Key Tronic to assemble those devices in the US starting next year. Key Tronic recently exited manufacturing operations in China.
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Univastu India has doled out just $5.1 million to acquire pieces of Cambium that Airspan did not acquire last month.
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#TheBuildout: Kit Carson signs $27 million BEAD agreement in New Mexico; Fidium grows in Maine, New Hampshire; TDS builds in Tennessee, Wisconsin; Kinetic expands in Kentucky – and more.
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A NY federal judge has blocked Cable One's deal to acquire the rest of Mega Broadband after a lender sued to halt the $480 million transaction, arguing that the cable op 'is trending towards a bankruptcy proceeding.'
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When Comcast witnessed what it labeled 'irrational' pricing by fiber rivals, it and others responded with promos and price cuts. The price pendulum is now swinging the other way, but it's too early to call it a trend or an aberration.
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#TheBuildout: REV Fiber breaks ground in Louisiana; Oklahoma's IEC wraps last- and middle-mile work; GoNetspeed heads to Haverhill, Massachusetts; Spectrum brings Wi-Fi to California's Silverwood – and more.
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After UK authorities raise 'counterfactual' objections to Nexfibre's takeover of Netomnia, Nexfibre's Rajiv Datta questions the logic.
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#TheBuildout: LiveOak Fiber to expand in Chatham County, Georgia; Comcast comes to more Floridians and Pennsylvanians; Spectrum marks rural milestones; Kinetic connects Concord, North Carolina – and more.
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As NTIA opens a supplemental BEAD program funding round, former FCC official and industry consultant Carol Mattey shares some open questions and potential complications for terrestrial providers.
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After opening the door to DOCSIS 4.0 certification testing more than three years ago, suppliers are 'very close' to obtaining the certification stamp, says incoming CableLabs CEO Mark Bridges.
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Tarana Wireless sees opportunity to boost FWA capacity in UK ahead of technology trials as Ofcom moves to open upper 6GHz band and is expanding in Europe.
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At this week's SCTE TechExpo, AOI will demo a prototype 3GHz amp to show the art of the possible, but says big barriers remain in area, particularly with respect to network power, before such tech will be ready for prime time.
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