Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 9, 2025

Pete Johnson on HF47: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified Before last year, the broadband industry was an outlier in the utilities world, with almost no worker-training requirements. To address these concerns, the Minnesota Legislature passed the 2024 Broadband Safety Bill.

Telecommunication

Dell'oro

JULY 11, 2025

Cable broadband is under pressure. cable operators are adapting to fierce competition from FWA and FTTH with mobile bundling, aggressive promotions, and smarter network strategies. The post Convergence and Bundling Critical for Cable Operators appeared first on Dell'Oro Group.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 4, 2025

Here are three proposals for common-sense solutions to improve the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program of the U.S. Topic #1: Fiber Priority When we consider broadband infrastructure as a 30-year investment rather than focusing on speed targets, the case for building fiber networks in rural areas becomes clear.

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VoIP Review

MARCH 26, 2025

The commencement of work on the E2A transpacific subsea cable marks a significant development in telecommunications infrastructure. This new submarine cable system will link Japan and the USA and is projected to become operational by the second half of 2028. SK Broadband, and Verizon Business.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 29, 2025

The connectivity challenge in rural areas According to the International Telecommunication Union, barely 19% of residents in underdeveloped regions have internet access, compared with 87% in more advanced economies. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. LEO satellite constellations promise a workaround.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 26, 2025

Minnesota House reports on a bill that would extend crime of damage or theft to telecommunications equipment to broadband and cable services… Nash, Elkins, Scott and Feist introduced: H.

Telecommunication

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2025 – Utilities and the cable industry are again clashing over federal pole attachment rules, this time over a cable plan for regulators to make it easier for attachers to use their own contractors to prepare poles for new communications equipment. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Cable

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 25, 2025

I have also been following but nice to see what others day During the week of March 17, Minnesota lawmakers considered two bills related to telecommunications and broadband access.

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2025 – Federal regulators are planning to remove what broadband providers say is a barrier to deployment, largely taking the industry’s side in an ongoing dispute with utility companies. USTelecom counts major national broadband providers and pole owners among its members.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2025 – It’s been six months, but a damaged Alaskan fiber cable may soon be back online. Quintillion President Michael McHale announced Friday that the company will dispatch vessels this July to repair an undersea cable line severed by Arctic ice in January. That break took three months to repair.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 20, 2025

Yet, as we chase the promise of a hyper-connected future, we risk overlooking a critical component of our technological infrastructure: mechanical engineering in telecommunications hardware.  My work in the United States focuses on creating next-generation telecommunications hardware to strengthen broadband infrastructure.

Hardware

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2025 – The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved by a voice voice 10 bipartisan bills on Tuesday, sending the full House the measures focused on telecommunications, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and domestic manufacturing. Buddy Carter , R-Ga., The bill’s sponsor, Rep.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2025 — The Federal Communications Commission’s new Council on National Security is sharpening its focus on telecommunications supply chain threats, according to Joshua Levine , a research fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation.

Communications Assistant

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 24, 2025

The order, approved unanimously, will require utilities to respond within 30 days to broadband providers’ requests to use new contractors to prepare poles for new communications gear. That point was the subject of fierce lobbying from electric companies and the cable industry. That authority is preempted in 23 states and D.C.

Cable

Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Telecom Argentina has said that it will continue to develop the country’s digital infrastructure and increase fixed and mobile broadband coverage, and accelerate the deployment of fibre optics and 5G. The state will take all pertinent measures to avoid this, a statement confirmed.

Telecoms

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 24, 2025

The Arlington Enterprise journalist Mark Ollig reports on current Minnesota broadband legislation The 2024 OBD report reveals that 89,000 households in Minnesota do not have access to the 100/20 mbps broadband standard. 395 to revise the priorities of the border-to-border Broadband Grant Program.

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VoIP Review

MAY 9, 2025

Telecommunications and IT infrastructures are shifting towards sustainable and open designs. The major selling points of the Nokia Aurelis Optical LAN include its significant reduction in cabling and power consumption, with reports of up to 70% less cabling and 40% less power usage compared to traditional copper-based networks.

Network

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 6, 2025

Thats prompted a request by the city of Ely, via its telecommunications access board, to get behind legislation that would expand collection of franchise fees, which support the broadcasts of local public access programming. Currently, those fees are only collected for cable television service. Grant Hauschild (D) and State Rep.

Television

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 4, 2025

The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development passed and referred following bill to Senate Floor SF 0908 – Kupec: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification Below is more info on the bill, video of the meeting and notes.

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2025 – Utility companies and broadband providers are still dueling over the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed update to its pole attachment rules. The cable industry, which proposed the idea , has been urging the agency to go through with it.

Cable

VoIP Review

MAY 19, 2025

In a significant move set to reshape the telecommunications landscape, Charter Communications plans to acquire Cox Communications for approximately $34.5 This merger will create the largest cable and broadband provider in the United States, surpassing Comcast in subscriber numbers. This transaction includes a combination of $21.9

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 15, 2025

HELSINKI, June 15, 2025 (AP) — Finnish authorities have accused senior officers of a  Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables  last year between Finland and Estonia of criminal offenses related to the wreckage. Free Broadband Breakfast News every morning, Mon.-Fri. Subscribe Email sent! Unsubscribe anytime.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 25, 2025

Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a Policy Notice instituting critical reforms to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. This is why we would prefer that all satellite broadband systems be eligible for the BEAD program.

Connectivity

All West Telecommunications

JULY 8, 2025

Carollo to be formally inducted at the 59th Annual Cable TV Pioneers Banquet in Washington, D.C. Kamas, UT | July 8, 2025 – All West Communications proudly congratulates Marty Carollo, a Government Relations and Strategic Partnership Representative, on his induction into the 2025 Cable TV Pioneers class.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 17, 2025

." The discussion, during Wednesday Broadband Breakfast Live Online , comes as America's broadband infrastructure faces mounting pressure from multiple fronts. She said her organization has worked with 71 communities across 11 states in catalyzing $114 million in broadband investments. "There

Internet

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This bill is tangential to broadband but could relate directly to cable franchising, which does connect it to broadband. 1740, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming. Minnesota House reports Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced: HF.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 11, 2025

Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? ” RWA’s concerns come as two of the largest cable companies with existing Verizon mobile resale agreements – Charter Communications and Cox Communications – move forward with plans to merge their mobile operations.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 2, 2025

billion investment in universal broadband internet access may be on track for a major overhaul. Three years into its meticulous planning and implementation process, and with  significant progress  already made, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program may pivot from prioritizing fiber to satellite connectivity.

Broadband

Mark Goldberg

MAY 14, 2025

The minority writes “According to the principle of technological neutrality, since 5G networks carry the exact same telecommunications and serve the exact same purpose as networks that consist of physical cables or wires, they are functionally equivalent and should be subject to the same treatment under the law.”

Transmission

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 13, 2025

What is Broadband Breakfast? AT&T and the Defense Department have floated moving current users, like wireless ISPs, cable companies, and others, and auctioning the band off. “I guarantee you no one is telling my colleagues every plane and every DoD asset will need a new altimeter.”

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 9, 2025

The prospect of a single entity owning much of the spectrum they rely on for video distribution has made broadcasters and the cable industry uneasy.

Distribution

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 8, 2025

Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? of unserved / underserved and unfunded broadband serviceable locations (BSLs) are in geographic areas with a fiber provider within a few hundred yards (the same FCC fabric L8 hexagon).  In any area with existing fiber. We   In fact, 30.4%  Often.

Hospitality

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 7, 2025

The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society report On March 4, the House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep.Brett Guthrie (R-KY),held a full committee markup to consider twelve bills in totalthe committee’s first legislative markup of the 119th Congress.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2025 – The House passed Monday five telecom and communications bills, including efforts to require more vetting for high-cost fund participants and codify modern responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.  The bill still had bipartisan support Monday, with Reps.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2025 – Members of the Fiber Broadband Association were popping the proverbial champagne over the passage of the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' Act. billion in private broadband investment per year across the industry, enough to connect an additional 3.4 billion in 2026 and $11.3 million homes.

Broadband

Developing Telecoms

JULY 25, 2025

The company said it plans to continue investing in its network in the coming months, though it did not provide further details. MORE ARTICLES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN.

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Rural Broadband Association

MAY 22, 2025

I marvel at how well and how often community-based broadband providers work together to address challenges, seize opportunities and improve the services they provide to their communities. That same spirit exists between the national cooperative organizations who support those providers.

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