Broadband Breakfast

JULY 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2025 – California lawmakers appear close to modernizing a century-old requirement that certain telecom companies guarantee basic voice services to households.

Landline

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

APRIL 8, 2025

The bill, which criminalizes the distribution of non-consensual deepfake pornography and intimate images, was one of more than ten key tech and telecom measures considered during the marathon markup, many of which have already cleared the Senate Commerce Committee. An amendment from Ranking Member Frank Pallone , D-N.J., tech supply chains. 

Router

IEEE ComSoc

MARCH 12, 2025

” The market research firm believes annual satellite telecoms service revenue will reach $165 billion by 2033. She pointed out that in 3GPP Releases 17, 18 and (forthcoming) 19 and 20, the work has progressed from IoT to broadband to low-earth orbit ( LEO ) satellites.

Mobile

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 14, 2025

KSTP TV posts about the BEAD funding coming into Minnesota for broadband Minnesota has been giving grants to broadband providers over the last 10 years through its Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant program to encourage investment in unserved and underserved areas of the state.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 5, 2025

The MN House Ag, Finance and Policy committee heard about HF47 : Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep.

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 – The wireless industry lauded Congress Thursday after the House passed a sweeping budget reconciliation package that delivered a series of major policy wins for telecom providers, including the long-awaited restoration of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 21, 2025

“Petitioners’ opening brief before the panel did not even cite” the sections at issue, “let alone argue that those particular provisions were unconstitutional,” the FCC wrote. The case had centered on the agency’s ability to collect fees from telecom providers to fund the program.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 17, 2025

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, a central focus of NTIA oversight. Rosen vowed in June to respond to the Trump administration’s changes to the BEAD program by opposing all Commerce Department nominees that oversee broadband policy. There's a whole community behind your FREE membership.

Provisioning

Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nokia and ZCorum have developed a DOCSIS Provisioning Adapter (DPA) application for streamlining cable operators’ fibre transition. Read more » The post Nokia and ZCorum streamline cable operators’ fibre transition appeared first on Telecoms Tech News. This development comes as cable operators increasingly.

Cable

Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

Woking, 20 th August 2024 – Strategic Imperatives, the UK’s leading provider of SaaS provisioning, connectivity, and monetisation solutions for the telecom industry, announced today that Netomnia, following its recent merger with Brsk and now the UK’s fourth-largest full-fibre network, has joined The Fibre Café platform.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2024 – In the second quarter, the pattern looked familiar among publicly traded broadband Internet Service Providers: The wireline variety as a group lost subscribers, while fixed wireless access providers posted solid gains. Smaller ISPs’ results also varied based on the technology they provision.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 21, 2025

Now that the lengthy legal beef has been settled and New York’s  Affordable Broadband Act is set to take effect this month, it marks a potentially pivotal moment in a national effort to address one of the biggest barriers to broadband adoption:  Affordability.

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

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Today the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy heard more about: HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MN has good broadband. The certification program set to start this year could bring broadband deployment to a halt.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 29, 2024 – Telecom companies told the U.S. Faced with Petitioners’ arguments that the Rule exceeds the FCC’s authority under Section 222(a) of the Communications Act, the FCC downplays its previous reliance on that provision and instead pivots to Section 201(b).

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to keep alive its April order reclassifying broadband as a Title II service under the Communications Act, subject to more stringent FCC oversight. “[T]he [FCC] says that the major-questions doctrine cannot preclude it from classifying broadband.

Transmission

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Speaking at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event in September 2023 , Hogg also pitched Gigapower’s ability to build open access infrastructure with grants for state broadband offices under the Commerce Department’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.

Mobile

VoIP Review

DECEMBER 16, 2024

By utilizing low-cost mmWave spectrum, this technology ensures a reliable, high-speed wireless broadband service, especially in regions where fiber installation poses challenges. In a strategic advancement earlier, EOLO teamed with Fastweb, another Italian telecom entity, to bolster coverage in digitally deprived zones.

Network

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Key themes will include the technologies enabling network rollout, engineering strategies, supply chain issues and public-private partnerships. Connected Society: Keeping people connected has never been more important.

Connectivity

EldoTelecom

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Thats according to a recently published white paper commissioned by the Fiber Broadband Association and Frontier Communications. That leads to micro market segmentation as seen on so-called broadband maps that an East Texas local government official compared to the spotted coat of a Dalmatian.

Common Carrier

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Under this model, multiple ISPs can offer services over the same broadband infrastructure. The Fiber Broadband Association is the voice of fiber. Using an active ethernet infrastructure and operating at the wholesale level, UTOPIA Fiber supports open access and promotes competition in all broadband and telecommunications services.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The $9 million deal allows ALLO – a Nebraska-based telecom company available to 1.2 The council first committed to community broadband in 2018 but faced funding challenges for a municipally owned utility. Boulder, located about 40 miles northwest of Denver, has a population of just over 105,000.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

22, 2024 – A small Vermont wireless provider is fighting to prevent a telecom giant from tightening its hold on dozens of megahertz of critical 5G spectrum. WASHINGTON, Oct. The decision to grant EchoStar a three-year extension was controversial within the FCC.

Provisioning

IEEE ComSoc

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Reliance Jio has argued that India’s telecom regulator incorrectly concluded that home satellite broadband spectrum should be allocated and not auctioned , according to a letter seen by Reuters. The Telecom Ministry has granted in-principle approval, and the Home Ministry is expected to finalize the vetting process.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

12, 2025 – The conservative nonprofit challenging an $8 billion-per-year broadband subsidy urged the Supreme Court to find the program unconstitutional Tuesday, calling it a “bureaucrat’s dream” and a “nightmare.” WASHINGTON, Feb.

Broadband

IEEE ComSoc

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By including already provisioned devices, customers can use their own highly secure and robust private cellular network almost immediately. It’s a pre-built, plug and play kit with multiple options available (see below) to cater to different use cases, such as surveillance, fixed wireless access and point of sale.

Network

Rural Broadband Association

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

On a more global scale, we are seeing newcomers take part in the provision of telecommunications and broadband. These blogs are brought to you by NTCA Women in Telecom, a program dedicated to empowering women in the telecommunications industry. To learn more about WIT or get involved, visit ntca.org/wit Awareness. Momentum.

Telecommunication

VoIP MS

MAY 16, 2025

This booming sector is creating massive opportunities for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), IT resellers, and telecom entrepreneurs looking to expand their recurring revenue streams. Developer-Friendly API Automate provisioning, billing, number porting, and account management with ease.

Provisioning

IEEE ComSoc

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

At the 10th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2024) in Istanbul, Turkey , James Chen , President of Huawei’s Carrier Business , delivered a speech entitled “Network+AI, Unleashing More Business Value.” AI supports high-level network autonomous driving and improves network operation efficiency.

Bandwidth

Rural Broadband Association

JULY 18, 2024

It was a great chance to speak before representatives from various media outlets, communications industry executives and a few NTCA members in town for the Women in Telecom Fly-In about NTCA and to highlight some of our important advocacy goals for this year and beyond. Remarks: “What really is universal service?

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 2, 2025

21 that stripped many of those provisions from the final version. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2025 – Despite including telecommunications and technology proposals in earlier drafts, Congress passed a government funding bill on Dec. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar , D-Minn., Ted Cruz , R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar , D-Minn.,

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The 12 Days of Broadband (click to open) On the First Day of broadband, my true love sent to me: An extra-planetary-life-promoting tech billionaire set on electing a president. On the Second Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me: 23 million served by the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

16, 2025 – At the top of AT&T’s telecom policy wishlist are: Restoration of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority and opposition to more broadband affordability laws like the one in New York State. WASHINGTON, Jan. AT&T has 477,000 Internet Air subscribers nationally.

Broadband

Mark Goldberg

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In early January, in my look at the year ahead , I said these items topped my telecom agenda: Driving universal broadband adoption Online harms Regulatory overreach Mandated wholesale access Impacts of investment on coverage and resilience Digital literacy How did we do? Solving the supply problem is relatively easy.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Latta chairs the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, which deals with telecom issues. A provision in a major defense spending bill would allow the agency to auction spectrum in a single band, one that was already auction off but ultimately returned to the FCC after a legal fight with Dish. "That

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 4, 2025

” Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? said he was "working with the Senate parliamentarian” to rule the provision out of order under the so-called Byrd Rule. ” Nvidia’s senior vice president of telecom Ronnie Vasishta brought urgency to the issue.

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