Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 – Internet Service Provider Brightspeed announced that it secured a multi-billion dollar financing deal that will reinforce its ability to successfully build out a fiber build plan.   Through the financing transaction, Brightspeed receives approximately $3.7

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 – Internet Service Provider Brightspeed announced that it secured a multi-billion dollar financing deal that will reinforce its ability to successfully build out a fiber build plan.   Through the financing transaction, Brightspeed receives approximately $3.7

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco.

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Total Telecom

MAY 13, 2025

Julie brings over two decades of experience in the wireless industry, with a deep focus on network economics, sustainability, and public policy. A former Chair of Cambridge Tech Week, Chris has also chaired the Wireless Broadband Alliance and served as CEO of BT Openzone.

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Developing Telecoms

APRIL 10, 2025

Axian Telecom is set to receive a financing package of US$100 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB Global) to help expand its mobile broadband infrastructure across Madagascar and Tanzania.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 – A draft of an order up for consideration at the Federal Communications Commission’s December meeting would loosen some financing rules for its broadband subsidy programs. The agency has been extending a waiver applying RDOF financing rules to CAF II auction participants since 2020. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 23, 2025

As a result, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is working to fortify American telecommunications networks and counter foreign adversaries’ cyber aggression. Cyber attacks and data breaches have dotted headlines in recent years, costing   individuals, firms, and government entities $452.3

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Press Release Rural broadband provider Quickline has taken a significant step in its commitment to nurturing regional talent by welcoming its first cohort of telecoms apprentices. These contracts will see Quickline bringing gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach communities, bridging the digital divide in rural areas.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

He served as Group CEO, and was a Board Member from 2014 to 2022, leading Vodafone through a period of major business transformation, network expansion, and operational evolution. Before joining Vodafone, Nick held senior global finance positions at Miller Freeman Worldwide Plc as Group CFO and at Federal Express Corporation for 10 years.

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Blandin on Broadband

MAY 9, 2025

” Benya most recently served as Network Advancement Director at Resource Rural , supporting a national portfolio of rural development organizations in securing nearly $300 million in federal and state grants over the last year. We could not be more excited for this next chapter.”

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) releases a report ( Government-Owned Broadband Networks Are Not Competing on a Level Playing Field ) looking at 20 Government Owned Networks. When favoritism results in choosing duplicative or inefficient networks, the result is wasted U.S. societal resources.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This was “primarily due to lower revenue, higher specific costs and higher net finance expenses,” the company explained. The company has reported 446,000 new active connections on this network, raising its total to 5.5 Reported profit before tax sits at £1 billion, down 10%. Openreach passed 2.1 million premises for FY25.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 21, 2025

Thanks to its 4G+ and 5G mobile networks and state-of-the art fibre network, Ucom provides a convergent portfolio of services to both B2C and B2B customers and is already a major provider of IPTV and broadband. It operates large 4G+ and 5G mobile networks, extended fixed fibre network and up-to-date IPTV service.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 4, 2024

Cornwall-based broadband provider Wildanet has teamed up with Nokia to expedite the installation of gigabit-enabled full fibre network across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The post Wildanet Teams with Nokia for Cornwall Gigabit Network Rollout appeared first on VoIP Review.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Looks like a great event… The American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) and ILSRs Community Broadband Networks Initiative are teaming up to host a webinar later this month for local and community leaders interested or on the fence in pursuing municipal broadband solutions to local connectivity challenges.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Though Northampton, Massachusetts residents still broadly support the construction of a city-owned municipal fiber broadband network, city officials are celebrating the arrival of Gateway Fiber, which will soon be delivering a more affordable fiber option, and more broadband competition, to the traditionally underserved city.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Editor's note: This is the fourth and final article in a four-part series on open access networks in the lead-up to  Digital Infrastructure Investment  on Thursday, September 19: 'All-in' on Open Access. This private funding model has allowed SiFi to deploy fiber networks across the U.S.,

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2025 - Industry experts gathered Wednesday to assess the state of broadband connectivity in America, highlighting both significant progress and persistent challenges in closing the digital divide since the COVID-19 pandemic began. "We " Broadband Breakfast on March 12, 2025 - 5 Years On: Where Is Broadband Now?

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program was poised to be a major force in closing the digital divide in the United States. billion allocated to expand broadband infrastructure in underserved regions, the initiative held great promise for connecting millions of Americans to high-speed internet.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2024 - A group of companies in the business of open access broadband said Thursday that increased engagement with community leaders, to address local needs, is important to facilitating open-access networks. Meridiam Fiber specializes in the development, financing, and management of public infrastructure.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Frustrated by years of substandard broadband service from regional telecom incumbents, Kendall County, Illinois residents have joined the growing chorus of Americans that are tackling the problem head on by building their own better, faster, more affordable fiber networks.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 10, 2025

The Arkansas State Broadband Office –  ARConnect  – continues to leverage American Rescue Plan Act funds to drive affordable fiber access into underserved parts of the Natural State. Arkansas Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in Arkansas. NRECA, a coalition representing U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

The panel, moderated by Eli Scher , Chairman of OIX Association, a self-regulating community formed to foster data center and internet exchange point technical and operating standards, described how data centers were previously built at intersections of existing fiber networks in major metropolitan areas.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

Conexon Connect  has completed its first fiber to the home project in Florida, a 2,000-mile network launched in partnership with  Escambia River Electric Cooperative. ” Conexon’s Alexis Madison told ILSR that the EREC project will be financed with approximately $21.8 EREC, first founded in 1939, is no exception.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

communities, announced deep staff cuts last week in an effort to shore up the company's finances. At the end of the second quarter, Ting reported 48,000 broadband subscribers, an increase of 2,100 sequentially. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2024 – Ting Internet, a fiber Internet Service Provider available in several U.S.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Office hours registration + broadband webinars Last week, OBD held two webinars to provide up to date information on timelines and next steps for both the federal funding for Digital Equity Act and BEAD in Minnesota. More information on this and past meetings can be found on the Broadband Task Force webpage.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.

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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. Last year, we collaborated on a special mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) solution exclusively for NTCA members.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

EMPOWER Broadband , a subsidiary of  Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC) is asking the Federal Communications Commission to waive financing requirements attached to the provider’s takeover of thousands of subsidized broadband locations from  RiverStreet Networks.

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EldoTelecom

MARCH 14, 2024

In Colorado, municipally-owned Pulse was able to fund its network through revenue bonds which were backed by the Loveland electric utilities enterprise fund. Unlike general obligation bonds, which are backed by the taxing power of the issuing government, revenue bonds are supported by the income generated from the project they are financing.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

13, 2025 – Altice USA reported 39,300 total broadband losses in the fourth quarter of 2024, in line with Wall Street expectations. percent of its broadband customers had taken up a mobile plan, lower than Comcast and Charter. WASHINGTON, Feb. The cable operator gained 56,600 fiber subscribers. The company said 5.7

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Mark Goldberg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

New Frontiers in Broadband, an Ivey telecom policy workshop , is coming up on the afternoon of October 16 in downtown Toronto. The October 16 workshop will focus on the role of non-terrestrial networks, with a special focus on satellite and direct-to-device integration. You can download the program agenda here [ pdf , 650KB].

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Telegeography

JUNE 5, 2025

In this episode of the TeleGeography Explains the Internet podcast, FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington joins the show for a deep dive into the evolving world of spectrum allocation, broadband infrastructure, submarine cable policy, and cybersecurity.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This partnership extends managed network services across the globe for both government and commercial enterprises. By leveraging the power of Starlink’s expansive laser mesh network, which consists of low-Earth orbit satellites , MetTel facilitates fully managed services with worldwide reach.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 3, 2024

FarrPoint estimates that improved broadband internet connectivity could generate over $70 million in direct economic benefits for the county over the next 15 years. People demand broadband Ask anyone what it takes to stay, move, or invest in a rural area, and high-speed broadband consistently ranks alongside housing, healthcare, and jobs.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Its importance lies in enabling the seamless functioning of critical medical infrastructures such as electronic health records systems, telemedicine platforms, medical devices, and critical communication networks. At the core of achieving mission-critical network connectivity is 100% fiber medical-grade network infrastructure.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Senate Committee on Taxes heard two bills that talked about tax exemptions for broadband equipment. Right now, the exemption relies on how people are using the network. As of Jan 2025, 395,000 households dont have broadband. Represents a wide range of broadband provides, We are for the bill. click to view video S.F.

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