Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 10, 2024

but the cost of broadband is not to blame. In comments filed Tuesday with the Federal Communications Commission, NCTA noted that the price of broadband had risen far less sharply than the overall rate of inflation. Consumers also have access to more broadband options than ever before, NCTA said. WASHINGTON, Oct.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 19, 2024

Retail ISP and specialist broadband provider, LilaConnect has announced it has surpassed 15,000 connected customers. Unlike other regular broadband connections, or ADSL, that use copper wires to transmit data, all LilaConnect services offer highly competitive internet speeds thanks to the ISP’s full Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) set up.

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VoIP Review

APRIL 3, 2025

This strategic move marks an effort by the mobile operator to expand its fixed broadband offerings. While Lumos customers will retain their current fiber service, they are set to benefit from T-Mobiles robust support infrastructure , which includes retail presence and bundled offerings.

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VoIP Review

MAY 26, 2025

In a landmark development for the UK’s broadband landscape, Netomnia and Adtran have successfully launched the first commercial 50G PON service in the country. This places them among the UK’s leading scalable retail and wholesale networks. billion in funding.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 14, 2024

Press Release Thousands of rural homes and businesses now have access to lightning-fast broadband through Freedom Fibre and its Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These include LilaConnect, the retail internet service provider (ISP) owned by Freedom Fibre Group alongside other providers such as TalkTalk, Squirrel, Fusion Fibre, MTH and Beebu.

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VoIP Review

MARCH 12, 2025

In a strategic move, Bharti Airtel has joined forces with SpaceX to bring Starlink broadband services to India. By partnering, both companies plan to offer reliable broadband, expanding coverage especially in remote regions. To facilitate this, Airtel plans to introduce Starlink equipment through its retail facilities.

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Telecoms Tech News

JANUARY 27, 2025

The merger brings together FullFibre, a wholesale full-fibre network operator with its in-house retail ISP arm BeFibre, and Zzoomm, an established and fast-growing player. Read more » The post FullFibre and Zzoomm merger creates a UK full-fibre leader appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 16, 2025

16 JANUARY 2025 – High-speed broadband provider LightSpeed has joined forces with Neos Networks, one of the UKs foremost business connectivity providers, to expand its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale services. ENDS About Neos Networks Neos Networks has the UKs largest business-dedicated network.

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Cisco Wireless

MARCH 31, 2025

The convergence of optical and IP technologies is making service provider networks more efficient and sustainable to support bandwidth and resource-intensive applications like AI, 4K/8K video, and virtual reality applications.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 3, 2025

Vodafone Spain will use FibreCo to deliver services to both retail and wholesale customers. FibreCo will use existing infrastructure, with nearly 40% of the combined FTTH network already in use by 4.5 million customers. It plans to deploy the latest technologies, such as XGS-PON, to improve service quality.

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Light Reading

MAY 21, 2025

Thai operator AIS said it has not reached an agreement with National Telecom amid reports that it is seeking to acquire NT's mobile phone and retail fixed broadband Internet subscriber base.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 6, 2024

In December last year, Ofcom proposed the introduction of stricter rules surrounding mid-contract price hikes for mobile, pay-TV, and broadband customers, after an investigation found that many customers were confused about inflation-linked price increases.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 20, 2025

20, 2025 – The shockwaves from the first state law regulating retail broadband rates are still being felt. ” “As of the date of this filing, SpaceX provides broadband to [ Begin Confidential ] [ End Confidential ] residential customers in New York. WASHINGTON, Jan. ”

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ogis investment in Cardiff is part of its ongoing commitment to revitalising urban centres and supporting communities with reliable, high-capacity broadband technology. This latest phase in its city centre rollout, equips the business, retail and residential zone for the digital demands of the 21st century. restoration.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In response, CEO Allison Kirkby outlined several measures to mitigate this impact, including potentially passing costs on to mobile and broadband customers. Reported profit before tax sits at £1 billion, down 10%.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 – Two tech think tanks want the Supreme Court to block states from regulating retail broadband rates. For almost twenty years, the Federal Communications Commission adhered to Congress’s deregulatory directive, correctly classifying broadband as a Title I service. WASHINGTON, Sept. Signed into law by Gov.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 21, 2024

T-Mobile is set to acquire the majority of UScellular’s wireless operations, including its customers, retail stores, and around 30% of the company’s spectrum holdings, for $4.4 All of these transactions hinge on the closing of UScellular’s sale of wireless operations and select assets to T-Mobile, which was announced earlier this year.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

16, 2024 – Broadband ISPs have a request for the highest court in the land: Don't let the 50 states set the retail price of Internet access. Broadband industry groups including USTelecom and CTIA asked the high court to toss out the decision last month. WASHINGTON, Sept. The cable industry and the U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Broadband workforce discussions often focus on “starting early” by recruiting high school students. Broadband employers need to act now to create on-ramps into the industry for working adults who want to change careers or upskill into a higher-level broadband occupation. Which workers are ripe for recruitment?

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RCR Wireless

MARCH 12, 2025

Jio also noted that it plans to distribute Starlink solutions through its retail stores and online platforms Indian operator Jio Platforms, which is part of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has announced an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlinks broadband internet services to its customers in India.

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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.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 13, 2025

million people without mobile broadband following the 3G sunsetting. Given handset distribution in the UK and the fact that retailers have been gradually taking 2G/3G-only devices off the shelves for a number of years it is likely that the majority of the phones reported in the do not know category are, in fact, 4G/5G ready.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Novos Fiber, a retail fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) internet service provider (ISP), and its sister company, Prime Fiber, a commercial open-access fiber

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The agreement significantly expands CityFibres addressable market, which now covers 49% of the UK broadband market. Also in the news: Vitrifis cloud technology transforms M&A in the global fibre broadband market French energy giant EDF offers up land for data centre projects Connected America 2025 is now less than one month away

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

ALICE workers include childcare providers, home health aides, cashiers, retail clerks, waiters, nonprofit professionals and others working low-wage jobs, with little or no savings, and one emergency from poverty.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 17, 2025

Part 1: Explaining BEAD, Broadband Abundance? Part 2: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide As a brief recap, the nation has been working for decades to achieve universal access to broadband. Instead, Congress structured the BEAD program as a state and territory broadband grant program.

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The map provides a multi-layered look into the near future of community broadband networks. The darkest shaded layers show the footprint that is already built representing data from the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection. This layer is based on FCC Study Area Boundaries & HIFLD Retail Service Areas. (

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Aatrox Communications

JUNE 12, 2025

For small businesses in Australia—whether you’re a café in Melbourne, a retailer in Sydney, or a consultancy in Brisbane—effective communication is the key to success. Why It Matters Uninterrupted Communication : Employees can switch to mobile apps during office outages, ensuring continuity with mobile broadband.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 31, 2025

883 :A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and Internet access services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, new text end new text begin Fiber and conduit; broadband and Internet access. 68, by adding a subdivision.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 29, 2024

29, 2024 – With a federal court recently declaring the funding mechanism for a major low-income connectivity program unconstitutional, telecom policy experts are actively discussing alternative solutions to keep essential broadband programs funded. WASHINGTON, Oct. Indeed, there is already a bipartisan bill outlining a way forward, S.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6 Conexon was initially known for rural fiber-optic network design and construction, but launched its own last mile public facing retail ISP, Conexon Connect,  in 2021.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 28, 2024

28, 2024 – A coalition of broadband advocates has urged the nation’s telecom regulator to abandon its proposal to regulate bulk billing for internet in apartment complexes, arguing the federal regulators lack the legal authority to enforce such a rule.  WASHINGTON, Oct. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Aug.1,

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IEEE ComSoc

APRIL 1, 2025

This deal marks a major milestone in T-Mobiles broadband growth and builds on the Un-carriers success in delivering best-in-class connectivity. By bringing more value and choice to the millions of Americans who have previously been underserved, T-Mobile continues to deliver on its mission to change broadband for good.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 7, 2025

“And now we’re showing how slicing can serve retail, healthcare, and first responders.” “We built this network to deliver personalized experiences on demand,” said Ulf Ewaldsson , T-Mobile’s president of technology.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Most notably, the UK giant’s revenue declined by 3%, affected by issues beyond the UK and a fiercely competitive retail market. In response, CEO Allison Kirkby mentioned measures to absorb these costs, such as passing them onto mobile and broadband users and intensifying cost-cutting through automation and AI.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 19, 2024

LilaConnect, a retail ISP specializing in broadband services, has recently announced that it has surpassed 15,000 connected customers. Unlike traditional broadband connections that rely on copper wires, FTTP delivers highly competitive internet speeds by using fibre optic cables.

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 13, 2024

billion into a new joint venture that plans to acquire broadband internet company Metronet, a key move in a larger plan by the Bellevue, Wash.-based As part of the deal, T-Mobile will absorb Metronets residential fiber retail operations and customer base. MSN reports T-Mobile will invest $4.9

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