Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 6, 2025

home to 75,000 residents, may soon have a competitor to Comcast in the cable TV market, Mayor Paige G. The proposed agreement with Astound Broadband would give the company three years to build the local cable network at no cost to the city. Astound would be the first cable competitor to Comcast in Scranton.

Cable

Total Telecom

JUNE 9, 2025

Rome, 9 June 2025 Sparkle , the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the availability of its “Quantum Safe over Internet” (QSI) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. The service is already available through Sparkle’s commercial channels and will soon be accessible on AWS marketplace.

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2025 – Charter Communications lost 60,000 internet subscribers in the first quarter of 2025, continuing a trend of stagnation, but showing improvement over the 72,000 lost in the same period the year prior. In January 2025, Charter launched its 2x1 Gbps service in two markets. technology.

Internet

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 3, 2025

In its 4-3 vote in early March, the City Council opted to continue work on the  Connect Wilmar Initiative , something it says is an answer to the ongoing failures by regional incumbent telecom monopolies to provide uniform, high quality, high speed, affordable Internet access. Remember this network is about the community and not profit.”

Network

Telecom Talk

JUNE 10, 2025

Also Read: TRAI Backs Proposal to Merge DoT, I&B, and IT Ministries AirFiber Services of Airtel and Jio TRAI has raised questions about whether 5G FWA services—marketed under names like Jio AirFiber and Airtel AirFiber and designed for fixed-in-location usage—should be classified as mobile broadband.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 23, 2025

  In response to this threat, Congress passed the Secure and Trusted Networks Act of 2019 , which enabled the FCC to blacklist firms whose products posed a national security risk by providing telecommunications equipment on the American market.  This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast.

Cable

Telecom Talk

JULY 9, 2025

The secure local hosting ensures sovereignty over health information, while the cloud infrastructure allows future scalability to incorporate AI and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Nidhi Jain, Founder and CEO of KareXpert , reportedly said: “Telecom Egypt will give us faster market access and quicker rollout.

Healthcare

Telecom Talk

JUNE 26, 2025

” Governor Glenn Youngkin welcomed the announcement, emphasizing Virginia’s global leadership in internet infrastructure. “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

All West Telecommunications

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In today's fast-paced digital world, small business internet and phone services have become indispensable tools for driving growth, enhancing customer interaction, and ensuring operational efficiency. Clear Understanding of the Essentials For small businesses, maintaining a reliable internet and phone infrastructure is critical.

Phone

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 16, 2025

The cable operators noted in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission, which will have to approve the deal, that fiber and fixed wireless have been gaining ground in recent years, while cable companies have been steadily losing subscribers. WASHINGTON, July 16, 2025 – Charter’s proposed $34.5

Cable

IEEE ComSoc

JUNE 26, 2025

Home internet prices in the U.S. are being driven down by fierce competition between mobile carriers offering Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and cable internet companies offering legacy Hybrid Fiber Coax connections. The price of home internet service fell 3.1% They’re seeing churn rise in their broadband subscriber base.

Internet

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

Charter CEO Chris Winfrey said on the company’s earnings call the drop was the result of continued competition from fixed wireless and fiber, plus higher levels of non-pay churn – people disconnecting after failing to pay their internet bill – in the wake of the Affordable Connectivity Program’s cancellation last year.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 7, 2025

April 7, 2025 – Charter Communications has officially acquired Bardstown Connect, the city-owned broadband and cable utility, for $49.5 Bardstown Connect had roughly 9,500 broadband and 5,000 cable TV customers at the time. million, ending nearly four decades of municipal ownership. ” Bardstown has about 14,000 residents.

Connectivity

Total Telecom

JUNE 4, 2025

million kilometres of fibre, 7 subsea cables, and connects 17 metro markets across 8 European countries. By combining its own Internet Exchange platform GNM-IX with direct access to Tier-1 ISPs, GNM provides optimized routing and cost-effective traffic exchange across key interconnection hubs.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 15, 2025

Federal subsidies therefore are necessary for ubiquitous access to internet service. Primarily, these are rural markets, although some suburban, exurban, and even urban areas suffer from poor coverage economics as well. The value of mobile phone service has changed market dynamics and today more than 99.1%

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 16, 2025

“We’ve done that in all the markets we operate — where BEAD money, RDOF money, state grants are coming out. The acquisition, expected to close by June, would give FiberLight one of the most direct, lowest-latency routes linking the largest U.S. We already have the infrastructure in place.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 8, 2025

The cable operator gained 68,700 fiber subscribers for its best quarter yet on that front. Cable companies have been leaning into bundling their fixed and mobile broadband services in a bid to stave off subscriber losses. The subsidy program provided internet discounts to more than 23 million low-income households.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 4, 2025

Global Newswire reports … Mediacom Communications today announced the company has launched multi-gig and symmetrical speed broadband services to nearly 1,800 households located in the rural Minnesota communities of Webster and Elko New Market. Internet 1 Gig Symmetricaltier with speeds of 1000 Mbps down by 1000 Mbps up.

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 30, 2025

"Expanding into the Kansas City market is a key step in our strategic growth across high-demand U.S. The industry has seen marked growth in recent years, driven by increased demand for reliable high-speed internet. "We're thrilled to raise a toast to this exciting milestone," Freitas said. "Expanding

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 15, 2025

The cable operator spent more than $460 million on priority licenses in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band in 2020. ” He reiterated that the company would deploy CBRS spectrum in 23 markets this year, but didn’t specify where. “Now that’s all done,” he said.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 25, 2025

Fiber advocates argue that it is the most reliable technology, but many in places that have lost internet service for weeks such as western North Carolina would disagree. The “symmetrical speeds” argument against satellite and other technologies ignores actual internet usage patterns.

Connectivity

Telecom Talk

JUNE 22, 2025

Reliance Jio’s latest foray into home networking the AX6000 WiFi 6 Universal Router brings impressive hardware capabilities and aggressive pricing to the Indian market. The Transparency Gap For all its strengths, the DHCP-only support raises valid concerns around marketing clarity. extendable via Jio’s True AI Mesh system.

Router

VoIP Review

JUNE 23, 2025

For an enterprise of any size, reducing communications costs, and at the same time, improving service quality is easier than ever, thanks to the technological advancements and smart strategy implementation of Voice over Internet Protocol. These components are expensive and onerous to install and maintain.

Phone

Total Telecom

JUNE 26, 2025

Project Reach will initially see Neos Networks deploy 1,000 kilometres of ultra-fast fibre optic cable along the East Coast Main Line, parts of the West Coast Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, with ambition to expand beyond 5,000 kilometres in the near future. How is the UK’s telecoms market changing in 2025?

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 5, 2025

TDS, an internet service provider serving 35 states, reported in its Friday earnings call that it added 2,800 broadband subscribers in the first quarter, up from only 300 net adds in the previous quarter. The company gained 8,300 subscribers from fiber markets, but lost 5,500 who were subscribed to DSL and cable technologies.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 4, 2025

” Consolidated, under its  Fidium Fiber brand , offers locals symmetrical fiber at 100 megabit per second; 300 Mbps; 1 gigabit per second; and 2 Gbps speed tiers, with pricing that  can vary by market  but is usually lower than most regional monopolies. Enter CUDs.

Broadband

IEEE ComSoc

JUNE 18, 2025

There are gen AI markets for connectivity: Inside the data centers there are miles of mainly copper (and some fiber) cables for transmitting data from board to board and rack to rack. And shouldn’t telcos, whose business is all about connectivity, be able to profit in some way?

Telecoms

IEEE ComSoc

JULY 14, 2025

Alternate Protocol Use Case Benefits DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) A low latency safety Wi-Fi-like messaging system that lets vehicles talk to each other and to traffic lights or signs Fast and reliable for safety alerts like crash warnings or red-light violations—even when there’s no cellular network available [5] VANETs (Vehicular (..)

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 6, 2025

  For example, BABA applies to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, which aims to expand high-speed internet access across the United States and is currently funded at $42.45 Compliance with BABA is also vital to the American steel industry which faces increased global competition.

Manufacturing

Developing Telecoms

JUNE 18, 2025

Subscribe to Developing Telecoms FREE twice-weekly newsletter. Together, the companies will help service providers in rural and underserved Africa deploy government-approved telecom equipment at competitive pricing, along with training and technical support.

E-Mail

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 9, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2025 – Federal regulations designed to make it easy to cancel a cable TV bill just got tossed out in court. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule just days before it was set to take effect. 

Provisioning

VoIP MS

JUNE 3, 2025

If you don’t believe us, read this: The landline phone market is projected to reach 247.1 The market is even projected to grow by 1.0% However, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is increasingly replacing traditional systems. Reliability: Provides consistent call quality when connected to a stable internet connection.

Telephone

Telecom Talk

JUNE 25, 2025

With the launch of its IPTV bundled fiber plans, Airtel isn’t just giving users fast internet. The Market Is Changing: TRAI’s Numbers Confirm It According to TRAI’s Q1 2025 report , India has 969.10 million internet subscribers, but only 41.41 million internet subscribers, but only 41.41 Cable TV Is Dying.

Entertainment

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

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

For the quarter ending June 30, 2025, Charter saw a decrease in its total Internet customer base, which fell by  117,000 , bringing the total number of Internet customers to  29.9 But now there’s a problem, and it’s called competition. 

Broadband

Telecom Ramblings

JULY 28, 2025

Four bits of infrastructure news from Europe, Asia, and Africa to catch up with: The data center market in China is about to get some possibly unwanted

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 9, 2025

Heckmann, along with a colleague and veteran cable attorney  Eric Breisach , described the approach as a  “social contract”  in a meeting with top aides to FCC Chairman  Brendan Carr  and a virtual meeting with a top aide to FCC Commissioner  Anna Gomez.

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