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.  

Broadband

VoIP Review

JUNE 18, 2025

This system streamlines mobile and fiber network planning and construction operations, ensuring efficient and smooth integration of new technologies. Alisha Remek, Vice President of Access Construction and Engineering at AT&T, credits Rakuten Symphony’s innovative approach to workflow orchestration as critical to their success.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 16, 2025

“As you look at Northern Virginia, the Ashburn area [also known as Data Center Alley] has run out of usable land, power, and of course, water,” CEO Bill Major told Broadband Breakfast. “Then we'll move to permitting and start constructing.”

Network

Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

And we will continue tell their stories throughout the year through the Women in Telecom program. That includes Patsy Bigbee , who recently retired after 49 years at Taylor Telephone (now Taylor Telecom; Merkel, Texas). Therefore, I am going to try to do my best to briefly recognize each of these women over the next few weeks.

Telephone

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. serves about 555,800 broadband subscribers. Now that we have moved beyond the winter months, we expect construction activity and address delivery to accelerate.”

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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.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

million broadband and wireless customers. The updated report was released at the Telecom Industry Summit: Protecting Critical Communications Infrastructure in St. The report cited the rising market price for copper as contributing to an uptick in the targeting of utility poles, cellular towers, electric grids and construction sites. 

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

gigawatts of data center demand, which is more than six times what it was in 2020," said Kush Urs , managing director of telecom and digital infrastructure investment banking at Guggenheim Partners. "We . "In 2024, we're seeing something like 6.7

Finance

VoIP Review

JUNE 18, 2025

The construction is scheduled to start in August, with the goal of achieving 60,000 GPU deployments, making it the largest such deployment within a Korean data center. Meanwhile, SK Group subsidiaries—specifically SK Telecom , SK Broadband, SK Gas, and SK Hynix—will play crucial roles in supplying resources. trillion won ($2.5

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2025 – Broadband deployment isn’t always about trenches and technology. A telecom engineering and construction firm, for example, is blaming its bankruptcy on former client Gigapower. Sometimes it devolves into contentious litigation over promises kept and not kept.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 31, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2025 – Accelerated grantwriting and deployment timelines, along with inconsistent communications from the government, are potential obstacles to federally funded broadband deployments, the Commerce Department’s inspector general said in a report.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2025 — Industry leaders warned on Wednesday that the surge in underground broadband infrastructure projects is straining outdated safety systems and risking costly damage, urging state and federal policymakers to update locate laws and invest in digital mapping as part of broadband expansion efforts.

Broadband

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.

Broadband

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.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 21, 2025

Vermont’s  Communications Union Districts  (CUDs), which were the subject of a  recently released ILSR report , continue to make steady inroads in delivering high-quality broadband access to long-neglected rural Vermont residents. billion federal Broadband Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) broadband grant program.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 19, 2025

July 19, 2025 — Employee‑owned broadband solutions provider CCI Systems Inc. has acquired wireless‑infrastructure specialist Total Site Services , bolstering its tower acquisition, engineering and construction‑management portfolio.

Construction

Blandin on Broadband

MAY 19, 2025

And it delivers for Americas tower and telecom crews who do the hard, often gritty work needed to build high-speed networks. Following its engagements with NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, Verizon made valuable commitments to Americas tower and telecom crews.

Construction

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 5, 2025

We want to keep people safe and have broadband. Q: The bigger question is can we meet the broadband building deadline? We struggled to come up with 40 hours of training for broadband deployment Q: What are you planning for training now? Q: The bill before us doesnt define jobsite does this bill meet your need?

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 21, 2025

billion broadband subsidy expressed cautious optimism Wednesday, one week ahead of March 26 Supreme Court oral arguments in FCC v. In a rare show of consensus, the case has united telecom industry groups, public interest advocates, and both the Biden and Trump administrations in defense of the FCC’s authority.

En Banc

Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

News The railway line could improve the connectivity for thousands of rural households The High-Speed 2 (HS2) railway project could significantly enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas, according to a new analysis released today from High Speed 2 Ltd, a non-departmental public body run by the UK Department for Transport.

Broadband

Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia are joining forces to implement fibre sensing technology, an innovative approach to detecting environmental changes that could affect optical cables in fixed networks. Read more » The post SK Telecom and Nokia introduce fibre environment sensing appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

Telecoms

Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The telecom construction industry has traditionally relied on outdated, fragmented tools for project management, leading to inefficiencies, delays, and miscommunication. After witnessing these pain points firsthand whilst building a construction company in Sweden, we started building an internal tool to manage these problems.

Construction

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Contributed Article You might know us as Avonline Networks, Magdalene, Morrison Telecom Services or Waldon Telecom but did you know we’re all part of one business? Together, we are M Group Services’ Telecom Division.

Telecoms

Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the Asia-Pacific region, the optical industry is booming, which promotes the popularization and quality improvement of broadband. The Asia-Pacific region is embracing F5.5G, bringing new growth opportunities for operators and promoting the construction of all-optical smart homes and premium networks.

Construction

Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Nokia and AT&T have reached an agreement to construct a fibre network in the US. The announcement comes after Nokia lost a major deal with AT&T in December, when the US operator chose Nokia’s rival, Ericsson, to build a telecom network.

Construction

Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

Back in 2023, the Telstra and Starlink signed a deal to deliver fixed broadband and voice services to remote areas across the country. That collaboration focused on providing faster broadband and home phone services for customers.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed Internet access. And so far, more than 30% intend to allocate nearly $350 million in BEAD funding to support broadband workforce development initiatives.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 28, 2024

The rule that is going to cause the biggest delays is that no grants can be awarded in a State until a broadband office has lined up an ISP to reach every unserved and underserved passing. This process is very different from how State broadband grants have historically been handled.

Construction

Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The sale reflects the challenges smaller broadband providers face in scaling operations and competing with larger players in the UK’s full-fibre rollout. On Friday, a buyer was finally announced with civil engineering and utility construction contractor Harmony Networks agreeing to buy the altnet for £1.5

Network

Total Telecom

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Contributed Article by Rajiv Datta, CEO of nexfibre In today’s digital age, full-fibre broadband is much more than a faster way to browse the internet; it is the backbone of our modern lives and a critical driver for economic growth. Connectivity has become an essential that touches nearly every aspect of our daily routines.

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2024 – In the United States, before there were extensive broadband open access networks, there were simply municipal broadband networks.   And more than a third of those municipal broadband communities offer open access networks to their citizens.

Broadband

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This work is part of Project Gigabit, a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to get fast, reliable broadband. All the homes and businesses being connected across South Wiltshire and North Dorset will benefit from full fibre broadband, also known as Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). The contract is worth £18.8

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A California telecom and electrical cooperative says the state’s ongoing last-mile broadband grant program will help deploy affordable fiber to multiple communities across four heavily unserved and underserved California counties. million to upgrade 1,029 locations in Quincy from coaxial cable-based broadband to fiber.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

California’s $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program (FFA) has announced another $207 million in new broadband grants across Amador, Los Angeles, and Solano Counties. The FFA program is part of California’s broader California’s Broadband For All plan. The City of Vallejo will leverage $3.8

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2025 – Telecom engineering and construction firm Tilson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, citing financial distress triggered by the abrupt cancellation of major contracts with Gigapower, a joint venture between AT&T and BlackRock.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Think of a broadband network as a railroad, with the tracks representing a network of fiber cables, and trains representing internet services. Broadband Breakfast Jericho Casper The company’s move kicked off a land grab across Sweden, as infrastructure providers raced to compete for a share of the wholesale fiber market.

Broadband

VoIP Review

APRIL 29, 2025

A broadband construction firm in rural Louisiana, led by Josh Etheridge, is facing severe financial issues due to setbacks in the BEAD initiative. billion government program aims to ensure broadband access for all Americans. The post Louisiana Broadband Firm Faces BEAD Delays, Financial Strain appeared first on VoIP Review.

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