Broadband Breakfast

JULY 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 – After years of planning, the remote island community of Isle au Haut, Maine, has completed its high-speed fiber broadband network, made possible by a newly installed undersea fiber cable. ” The one-inch diameter undersea fiber cable comes ashore near the island, and connects to a new central switch.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 25, 2025

These changes would remove rules favoring a specific broadband technology and prioritize cost per location to ensure the funding provided by the program connects the largest number of people without access to broadband service today. The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) supports adoption of a technology-neutral approach to allow U.S.

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 4, 2025

The current trigger for federal investment focuses on areas where connections reportedly operate below 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) down * 20 Mbps up (100 * 20). The NTIA has an extreme interpretation, requiring liens against assets constructed with grant funds. They are struggling to meet the bandwidth needs of 2020, let alone 2055.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2025 – It’s been six months, but a damaged Alaskan fiber cable may soon be back online. Quintillion President Michael McHale announced Friday that the company will dispatch vessels this July to repair an undersea cable line severed by Arctic ice in January. That break took three months to repair.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 18, 2025

Carr claimed it takes more than four and a half years to get the paperwork done to be greenlit by NEPA to complete pre-construction tests.  The August FCC meeting will also include undersea cables, Carr said. There's a whole community behind your FREE membership.

Cable

Telecom Talk

JUNE 26, 2025

“From the spine of the internet running through Ashburn to the transatlantic cables that connect in Virginia Beach, the entire Commonwealth is engaged in supporting the technology which runs the world.

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 1, 2025

Since each route mile of fiber contains hundreds if not thousands of fiber cables, the authors estimated that the U.S. The authors predicted that 573 new data centers would be built in the next three years, and that most of those centers would require fiber connections to at least three different Internet connection points.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2025 – Enhanced federal data collection was needed to strengthen broadband program design and reduce connectivity barriers, a report published Tuesday by the Pew Research Center declared.  Fourth, a lack of consistent impact assessments. ”

Broadband

TDS Connect

JULY 1, 2025

As construction continues, it’s important to note the distinction between what TDS is building vs. what some other providers do. When you get connected to our all-fiber network, you can easily do remote work or school, online gaming, and stream videos without a second thought. This is known as “Radio Frequency over Glass,” or RFoG.

Bandwidth

AT&T Connects

JULY 16, 2025

Public and Private Sectors Collaborate to Combat Rising Infrastructure Crime in California An alarming rise in copper wire theft and infrastructure vandalism in California is threatening public safety and connectivity across the state. Tips can be reported to local law enforcement or AT&T Global Security at (800) 807‐4205.

Cable

Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 30, 2025

Any shift away from fiber will have a definite impact on fiber cable vendors like Corning, CommScope, Lightera (formerly OFS), and Prysmian. It could be that an increase in connections for BEAD just means fewer connections elsewhere for a while. Others are predicting that fixed wireless and satellite will sweep the grants.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 13, 2025

White Paper Where Fiber Doesn't Fit Learn More White Paper provided by Wesco: Because it delivers high speed and reliability, as well as vastly higher bandwidth, fiber is the technology of choice to support robust connectivity. Let’s discuss some of the viable technologies that can be used to overcome connectivity challenges.

Bandwidth

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

The West Central Tribune reports The Willmar City Council on Monday in a split 4-3 vote approved a motion declining to accept the offer by Charter Communications to end the Connect Willmar Initiative. Councilor Carl Shuldes made the motion, which was seconded by Councilor Vicki Davis.

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 2, 2025

Three years into its meticulous planning and implementation process, and with  significant progress  already made, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program may pivot from prioritizing fiber to satellite connectivity. Choosing between funding fiber and LEO satellite connectivity is really about making tradeoffs.

Broadband

Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 25, 2025

Weve seen Starlink partner with T-Mobile, advancements in fixed wireless technology, cable entities claiming a stake in the rural broadband space, others using predatory pricing supported by their scope and scale to compete in NTCA member markets and of course, new entrants into the broadband space enticed by federal funding opportunities.

Broadband

Total Telecom

JUNE 19, 2025

The data regime will also ease the frustrations of traffic by creating a National Underground Asset Register, a map of the country’s underground pipes and cables, which will allow construction workers to instantly see their exact location – information which currently takes six days to access. billion over the next decade.

Media

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 15, 2025

The utilities contend that 30 days, a deadline sought by the cable industry to expedite builds, is not enough time to get a contractor onboarded to do dangerous work next to live electrical equipment. Utilities have maintained ISPs rarely propose new contractors, and the cable industry has pointed to instances where requests went unanswered.

Cable

Waveband Communications

JULY 8, 2025

Budget & Pricing In addition to the noise reduction rating, connectivity, and use case, you also need to consider price. Connectivity Options for Walkie Talkie Headsets Understanding connectivity is crucial when selecting a walkie-talkie headset for your communication needs.

Radio

Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 19, 2024

EllaLink and SPLANG are extending the EllaLink subsea cable to French Guiana with the Lum@link system, providing low-latency, high-capacity connectivity.

Cable

Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Liberty Networks and Gold Data announced on Wednesday that Telecom Italia’s international telecoms arm Sparkle has joined their plan to construct a new subsea cable system – renamed MANTA – connecting the US, Mexico, Panama and Colombia.

Cable

Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Insight Access to backbone connectivity varies significantly across the European Union (EU) and, in some regions, inadequate connectivity can impact the development and performance of access networks. To date, the programme has awarded 420 million in grants to 51 projects, the majority of which focus on subsea cables.

Connectivity

Total Telecom

JANUARY 14, 2025

News The Finnish tech giant will provide the optical network to connect eight new renewable energy platforms in the North Sea Nokia has been selected by TenneT, a European offshore transmission operator, to supply key technology for a large renewable energy project in the Dutch North Sea.

Connectivity

Total Telecom

JANUARY 10, 2025

In traditional ODN construction, the feeder optical cables, distribution optical cables, and drop cables are stripped or terminated onsite for fiber connection. In both OSP and ISP scenarios, cable distribution boxes need to be opened before optical cable installation and connection.

Technology

Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Cable Landing Station will act as an interconnectivity node providing carrier and hosting facilities to anchor international subsea optical fiber cable systems from Europe and the Middle East crossing the Eastern Mediterranean, connecting Cyprus with Greece, Israel, Egypt and other East and West destinations.

Cable

Developing Telecoms

APRIL 24, 2025

AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom said they have awarded a supervision services contract to subsea cable project management firm Pioneer Consulting to oversee construction of the Trans-Caspian Submarine Cable System connecting Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

Cable

Telecom Talk

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Orange and SETAR have announced the construction of the CELIA-CETC (Caribbean ELIte Alliance – Caribbean European Territories Cable), a new

Cable

Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Today, instead of partnering with traditional carriers for cable projects, these players are increasingly building their own private cable systems. These new cable projects are some of the largest in the world, often dominating the areas in which they are deployed. In the past, Meta had leased capacity on subsea cables.

Cable

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. This partnership will utilise machine learning.

Telecoms

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

Light Reading

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Telin has started construction of the Minahasa cable landing station of the Bifrost System, which will strengthen the digital backbone of Indonesia's second international connectivity gateway in Manado.

Cable

Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

of the population but, as says Shailin Sehgal, Group Executive Global Networks and Tech at Telstra, points out, the sheer scale of Australia means much of the country is still without connectivity. Beyond the Cable discusses Telstras mobile network already covers 99.7%

Construction

Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

As we extend our full fibre build from 16 million homes and businesses today to 25 million by the end of 2026, having the most efficient, sustainable electric vehicles will give our engineers the edge as they connect customers at pace to our next generation networks. Beyond the Cable discusses Get discounted tickets here!

Construction

Total Telecom

JANUARY 7, 2025

The company rolled out more than 17,600 miles of fiber cable in 2024 bringing the total fiber deployed since the build launch to more than 103,000 miles. When we launched in 2022, we made a multi-billion-dollar investment and a pledge to bring transformative fiber broadband connections to the communities we serve.

Construction

Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Teset Capital , an independent fund manager with assets in the Eurozone, has formalised a strategic investment agreement with Valencia Digital Port Connect (VDPC) to support the development of the Barracuda Project. The submarine cable will feature 12 fibre pairs, each with a capacity of 32 Tbps per pair.

Cable

VoIP Review

AUGUST 23, 2024

Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel have announced a strategic alliance to establish open-access cable landing infrastructure in Cyprus. The joint venture will utilize the Cable Landing Station owned by Tamares Telecom Cyprus on the western coast of Cyprus.

Telecoms

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

million and will see Wessex Internet expanding its existing network in the Wylye Valley, going across the Salisbury Plain, connecting villages surrounding Amesbury, and going as far north as Chisbury and Little Bedwyn. The first communities to be connected will be Stapleford, Wylye and Bapton. The contract is worth £18.8

Cable

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. Glades Electric Cooperative and Conexon Connect announced the connection of their first fiber customer back in  January of 2024.

Connectivity