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Wireless Broadband Alliance Services Launches Commercial AFC Service

Total Telecom

Wireless Broadband Alliance Services (WBA Services), a subsidiary of the Wireless Broadband Alliance , has today announced the commercial launch of WBA Services AFC , its Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) service. The cloud-based platform is fully certified by the U.S.

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Vodafone and AST spacemobile launch European satellite broadband comp 

Total Telecom

News This week, Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile have announced a new joint venture, SatCo, to bring space-based mobile broadband to Europe. The collaboration is set to deliver mobile broadband directly to users without requiring additional hardware or software.

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Inside BSNL’s Quantum 5G FWA: How Indian Engineers Are Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Connectivity

Telecom Talk

In a low-profile launch at BSNL’s Ameerepet Exchange in Hyderabad, India took a confident step toward redefining the future of broadband. The state-run telecom major, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), unveiled Quantum 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) a 100% indigenous, SIM-less, fiber-grade internet solution delivered over 5G radio.

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FCC Space Bureau Chief Highlights Role of LEO Satellites in Broadband Expansion

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2025 — As demand for global connectivity increases, low-Earth orbit satellite broadband is emerging as a key player in bridging the digital divide. "Broadband revenue and subscribers grew by 40% and 27% respectively [.] "I think that we are in a much different place," Schwarz said. "What

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Broadband Breakfast on August 13, 2025 - What's Happening with Canadian Broadband?

Broadband Breakfast

Currently, 95 percent of Canadian households have access to broadband internet at speeds of 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) down and 10 Mbps up, the standard for “broadband” used by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. How is Canada measuring progress toward universal broadband access?

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Office of Broadband Development Updates July 30, 2025: BEAD and Line Extension

Blandin on Broadband

Along with staff from East Central Energy (ECE), officials from the Minnesota Legislature and the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development met in Pine City on July 17 to observe speed testing and review progress tied to state-funded broadband grants as part of the ongoing ECE Fiber broadband expansion project.

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Cisco Working with Indian Telcos, Validates Starlink Integration to Enable Satellite Broadband: Report

Telecom Talk

Cisco Systems, a US-based digital communications technology company, is working with India’s Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), and says it is well equipped to handle space broadband traffic. For example, Jio and Airtel in India, want to go big in broadband. So, it needs to be secure and resilient.