Broadband Breakfast

JULY 7, 2025

On the positive side, dedicating funding for AI infrastructure is a noteworthy investment that could significantly bolster AI capabilities within our broadband networks. From a broadband engineering standpoint, clarity and consistency in regulation are essential.

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Total Telecom

MARCH 5, 2025

.” As one of the largest telecom operators in Spain, MasOrange has built a leading optical network to deliver the premium experience for consumers, enterprises, and home broadband users, while accelerating digital and intelligent transformation. 1 customer satisfaction. Third is leading network automation.

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

At the Fiber Broadband Association’s (FBA) Regional Fiber Connect Workshop in Anchorage last week, local broadband executives, tribal leaders, and policymakers came together to share best practices and lessons learned in a state that has unique challenges and opportunities connecting communities and people to fiber broadband.  

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VoIP Review

JUNE 18, 2025

In a notable move, Rakuten Symphony and AT&T have deepened their collaboration, aiming to enhance the reach of Open RAN technologies in the United States. This system streamlines mobile and fiber network planning and construction operations, ensuring efficient and smooth integration of new technologies.

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Telecom Talk

JUNE 17, 2025

This approach will ensure that the sixth-generation wireless technology is widely adopted once commercially available, benefiting the entire ecosystem. At this stage, it’s about exploring ideas to improve technology. “That said, discussions around 6G have begun, following the traditional standardisation process. .

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 30, 2025

June 30, 2025 – Kinetic, a brand of Little Rock, Arkansas-based internet service provider Windstream, has begun construction on an $8 million fiber project in North Carolina, aiming to bring high-speed internet to underserved parts of two counties located just northeast of Charlotte. Kinetic will invest approximately $1.5

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 – After years of planning, the remote island community of Isle au Haut, Maine, has completed its high-speed fiber broadband network, made possible by a newly installed undersea fiber cable. million federal grant from the NTIA's Broadband Infrastructure Program. In contact with the U.S.

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Blandin on Broadband

JULY 2, 2025

Paul Bunyan Communications continues to make progress on its broadband expansion across parts of Itasca and St. Construction hopefully can still take place this year •St. Louis County: Sandy (except east side) & Wuori Township- Construction is done, fiber splicing has started. Louis Counties.

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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. The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) supports adoption of a technology-neutral approach to allow U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 24, 2025

HOUSTON, June 24, 2025 – As broadband officials dig into the fine print of updated guidance governing a $42.45 billion federal broadband expansion program, many raised concerns Monday about new advantages carved out for low-Earth orbit satellite providers.

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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 4, 2025

Statescoop reports n the face of looming changes to the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program , and headwinds created by uncertainty, several state broadband chiefs said their offices are cautiously moving ahead in their planning. billion program.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 7, 2025

May 7, 2025 – As power demands surge in the West, three Republican governors signed an agreement last week to pursue building a regional “energy corridor” anchored by advanced nuclear technology.   Meanwhile, in Wyoming, construction is underway on a 345-megawatt nuclear power plant in the town of Kemmerer.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 25, 2025

technology. Charter also added 89,000 subsidized rural broadband passings in Q1, bringing on 39,000 new rural customers and setting the stage for what the company called its largest rural construction year yet. Company execs pointed to growth in other areas as evidence that its bundling and pricing strategies were working.

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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 18, 2025

Minnesota’s Office of Broadband Development is working with federal, state and local partners to understand how this impacts our state’s ability to empower Minnesotans through the implementation of the federal BEAD program in our state. Benton Institute for Broadband & Society blog What Do We Know About LEO Bids?

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2025 – TDS Telecom said in an earnings call Friday that it added almost 3,000 broadband subscribers in the first quarter. The company gained 8,300 subscribers from fiber markets, but lost 5,500 who were subscribed to DSL and cable technologies. serves about 555,800 broadband subscribers. ”

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 17, 2025

” Also in the meetings to express separate concerns about the deal were representatives from the Communications Workers of America, Public Knowledge, New America’s Open Technology Institute, the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, and EchoStar, according to ex parte filings.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

De leaves behind a legacy of pursuing excellence in customer service and technological advancement that is still felt today. This year, we wanted to do something a little different and requested that members share the stories of women who have made a significant impact on their company, community, or the industry as a whole.

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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 3, 2025

Paul Bunyan Communications is making steady progress on its broadband expansion across parts of Itasca and St. Current Construction Areas: Itasca County: City of Coleraine St. Louis County: Areas of Alango, Angora, Owens, and Sandy Township Construction is currently in progress. Louis Counties.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 – New Mexico is still without a permanent director for its Office of Broadband Access and Expansion following the departure of former acting director Drew Lovelace.  Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? The office of Gov.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 13, 2025

White Paper Where Fiber Doesn't Fit Learn More White Paper provided by Wesco: Because it delivers high speed and reliability, as well as vastly higher bandwidth, fiber is the technology of choice to support robust connectivity. Let’s discuss some of the viable technologies that can be used to overcome connectivity challenges.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

" The panel, moderated by Sean McDevitt , partner and head of USA telecom, media and technology practice at accounting firm Arthur D. . "We haven't seen this kind of growth ever in this sector, and the capital markets are still trying to rapidly get their head around how to finance all of this growth."

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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.

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 7, 2025 – ALLO Fiber has laid off 150 employees, including 42 in Nebraska , amid capital shortages and recent changes to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.    “As our construction of any market concludes, we require fewer personnel,” Moline explained.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 25, 2025

billion federal broadband expansion effort warned this week that the Trump administration is on the verge of unraveling four years of progress amid forthcoming changes to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. WASHINGTON, April 25, 2025 –  The former director of a $42.45 million subscribers in the U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 22, 2025

Yet America’s private sector too often finds itself battling outdated regulatory constructs and short-sighted regimes that together slow progress, raise costs, and cede critical advantages to competitors like China. In a modern economy, speed and adaptability are everything.   Beyond spectrum, the underlying problem is clear.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 1, 2025

Harmonising and expediting permitting procedures across Member States, alongside enforcing infrastructure sharing obligations, can significantly reduce bottlenecks and speed up the construction of fiber networks. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Please send pieces to commentary@breakfast.media.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 4, 2025

Providing symmetrical upload and download speeds, our 100% Fiber Optic technology will be life-changing for thousands of families and small businesses,” Standing said in a press release. The company said that construction was currently underway, but did not specify when Lumos expects to complete the project.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2025

Three years and five months after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed, the BEAD Program still hasn’t connected a single person to broadband,  but  it is on the brink of being able to do so on a large scale, if Washington gives a green light. At the same time, Washington continues to mull changes.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

Because broadband throughputs and speeds – meaning how much data the system is capable of carrying, and how quickly data is actually delivered, respectively – are constantly changing (and consistently improving), tracking those toe vital metrics is critical to the future of both enterprise planning and governmental policymaking.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

The Trump administration’s plan to impose substantial tariffs on imports critical to ISPs, telecom companies, and all those in the broadband space, is likely to cause disruption, at least in the short-term. Right now, every day is a new day when it comes to anticipating needs in broadband. Anticipating disruptions, U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2025 – South Carolina is narrowing the number of locations it will need to serve with its $551 million in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program funding. ” BSLs are broadband serviceable locations like homes and businesses. South Carolina is still cleaning up its map.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 9, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2025 – Sky Fiber Internet, the largest Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment awardee in Nevada, has called on federal officials to expedite broadband projects that have stalled in the state since December 2024. billion BEAD program.

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Rural Broadband Association

APRIL 24, 2025

The adventure started with a visit to the Indiana Rural Broadband Association (INRBA), a statewide organization representing the state's small, rural, community-based broadband providers. We shared notes on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, and I gave an update on all things Washington, industry and NTCA.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 25, 2025

The conversation did allow me to tee up that the broadband landscape in 2025 is certainly not your father's/mother's broadband business. I heard about data center support, owning construction companies and even NTCA members building fixed wireless networks to help their fellow community-based providers fulfill service obligations.I

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Blandin on Broadband

JULY 1, 2025

Happy 4th of July MN Broadband Task Force June 2025: Digital Inclusion program in St Paul The MN Broadband Task Force heard from digital equity workers from Neighborhood House, a nonprofit in St Paul that works with people in need. Also, Bree Maki, from the Office of Broadband Development, gave an update on BEAD.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 20, 2025

The nation's largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced Tuesday it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Data Center Summit The ‘Data Centers, Nuclear Power and Broadband Summit’ took place on March 27, 2025. Free Broadband Breakfast News every morning, Mon.-Fri.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 23, 2025

He said, “If Elon Musk had decided to be a ginormous Democratic donor , I have no doubt that the Biden administration would have pulled out a piñata and celebrated Starlink providing broadband.”   I understand why the new administration wants to speed up Broadband Deployment across the country.   The U.S.

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