VoIP Review

JULY 17, 2025

Furthermore, customers of this PoP can access a full array of IP solutions, including DDoS protection, which safeguards against cyber threats, and Virtual NAP, which allows virtual access to leading Internet Exchange Points without necessitating proprietary infrastructures.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

April 11, 2025 - Kansas has officially designated broadband and telecommunications systems as critical infrastructure, a move aimed at strengthening legal protections and deterring tampering with essential internet services. ”

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 17, 2025

"Imagine if you wake up tomorrow and you suddenly realize that you don't have access to the internet. Panelists highlighted alarming vulnerabilities in the nation's internet backbone, including the increasing interdependence between power grids and digital communications systems.

Internet

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

APRIL 4, 2025

The decrepit rural telecommunications infrastructure needs to be fully replaced, not patched. Topic #2: Regulatory Relief The regulatory burden imposed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on the BEAD program will unnecessarily delay construction, increase costs and diminish competition among ISPs for the funding. 

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2025 – The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved by a voice voice 10 bipartisan bills on Tuesday, sending the full House the measures focused on telecommunications, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and domestic manufacturing. Buddy Carter , R-Ga., The bill’s sponsor, Rep.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 10, 2025

Census Bureau, with information provided by the Federal Communications Commission, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and U.S. Department of Agriculture.  ” Second, a lack of reliability in federal data for evaluation purposes. Fourth, a lack of consistent impact assessments.

Broadband

IEEE ComSoc

MAY 3, 2025

A recently published article in Nature states that scientists have sent quantum information across a record-breaking 158 miles using ordinary computers and fiber-optic cables. Quantum data was sent over an ordinary telecom network with fiber-optic cables. Its whats called harvest now and decrypt later.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 29, 2025

Low-Earth orbit satellite constellations have the potential to transform how we extend internet coverage around the world. The connectivity challenge in rural areas According to the International Telecommunication Union, barely 19% of residents in underdeveloped regions have internet access, compared with 87% in more advanced economies.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 25, 2025

I have also been following but nice to see what others day During the week of March 17, Minnesota lawmakers considered two bills related to telecommunications and broadband access. League of MN Cities posts information on two bills ( SF 2045 and HF 1740 ) going through the MN Legislature right now. Check out full article for more details.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 25, 2025

Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a Policy Notice instituting critical reforms to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Financially, satellite internet remains competitive with alternative technologies.

Connectivity

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 6, 2025

Thats prompted a request by the city of Ely, via its telecommunications access board, to get behind legislation that would expand collection of franchise fees, which support the broadcasts of local public access programming. Currently, those fees are only collected for cable television service. Grant Hauschild (D) and State Rep.

Television

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 24, 2025

Section one amends data privacy rules concerning internet service provider data shared with the states broadband office and officially renames that office as the Office of Broadband Development and Digital Equity. At least two certified installers are required for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) of fiber optic cables. 198 at bit.ly/3GajJL6.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 2, 2025

billion investment in universal broadband internet access may be on track for a major overhaul. This would reverse the Biden administration’s “fiber first” policy and likely redirect billions in funding from fiber builds to the satellite internet service sold by Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk ’s SpaceX.

Broadband

IEEE ComSoc

JUNE 18, 2025

IEEE Techblog readers are well aware of the dire state of the global telecommunications industry. In particular: According to Deloitte , the global telecommunications industry is expected to have revenues of about US$1.53 And shouldn’t telcos, whose business is all about connectivity, be able to profit in some way?

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 8, 2025

  Unlike fiber or cable or DSL the service is not available everywhere in a contiguous area.   He spent two decades in the wireless telecommunications industry in strategic planning and as a leading thinker in mobile operator economics. Operators tend to offer service in geofenced areas on an opportunistic basis. 

Hospitality

Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 7, 2024

A NATO-backed initiative is looking to bolster the internet’s resilience against disruption by quite literally taking things to the next level: space. Read more » The post NATO funds satellite backup for subsea internet cables appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

Internet

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 22, 2024

Liberia is the latest African country to be hit with internet service disruptions, which the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has attributed to a cut in the ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) subsea cable.

Cable

Telecom Talk

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Submarine telecommunication cables are the backbone of global communication, carrying approximately 99 percent of internet traffic and supporting critical services.

Cable

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 21, 2024

There have been further developments in the controversy in Pakistan reported yesterday relating to slow internet speeds. A new contribution from regulator the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has moved the blame away from VPNs.

Internet

Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

News The two companies first signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cable in 2022 Saudi Arabian telco Mobily has partnered with Telecom Egypt to launch the first submarine cable connecting Saudi Arabia and Egypt through the Red Sea. The cable will land at two stations: Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Duba in Saudi Arabia.

Cable

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Rome, 13 September 2024 Sparkle , the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces a new agreement with Nexim Global, Italo-American telecommunication operator, for the provision of International IP Transit and other IP services.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – A small Texas city is finding out what it's like when the cable TV company cuts the cord. 6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. Alpine, Texas (pop. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co.,

Cable

Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

News The heavy reliance on undersea cables remains a major risk as over 95% of global internet traffic depends on them UK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has urged European leaders for increased cooperation on subsea infrastructure defences at a European Council meeting in Brussels. Get tickets here.

Cable

VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Saudi Arabian telecom company Mobily has teamed up with Telecom Egypt to establish a submarine cable across the Red Sea. This new cable is set to enhance connectivity between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, addressing the rising demand for internet services in both regions.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 28, 2024

about Chinese technology infiltrating telecommunications networks, subsea cables carrying nearly 98% of global internet traffic have surfaced as the latest potential targets for sabotage, with China and Russia identified as primary threats. WASHINGTON, August 28, 2024 – Amid escalating concerns in the U.S.

Cable

VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A recent series of submarine cable cuts in the Baltic Sea have set off alarm bells among European nations, with potential implications pointing towards deliberate sabotage. Arelion, which operates the BCS East-West Interlink, confirmed the cable suffered complete damage.

Cable

Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

SK Telecom intends to leverage SK Group’s energy-efficient technologies to make these centres regionally and globally connected, supported by submarine cables. The company plans to build large AI data centres (AIDCs) in key regions, powered by renewable energy sources such as hydrogen, solar, and wind.

Telecoms

EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

The task is complicated by a FCC rulemaking issued in 2019 ( DA/FCC #: FCC-19-80 ) that bars states from regulating most non-cable services including Internet access service offered over a cable system by an incumbent cable operator. That led a shift in regulatory policy, creating "video franchises."

Telecommunication

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 - Cable operators that need satellite services to receive TV programming are concerned about SES's proposed $3.1 NCTA, The Internet and Television Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on Monday regarding the planned merger between the satellite operators. Telecommunications Service Sector.

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 – Modern broadband should be considered a telecommunications service subject to utility-style regulation, a former Federal Communications Commission staffer told federal judges Tuesday. Now, he argued, “the capabilities listed in the definition of information service are not offered by broadband internet access service.

Broadband

Total Telecom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Under the MoU, signed during the Capacity Europe 2024 event in London, the parties agreed to leverage on Sparkle’s and Mobily’s terrestrial networks and the AAE1 cable in Jeddah to create a diversified and low latency route that will connect Italy to Saudi Arabia reaching Singapore.

Connectivity

VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Globe Telecom has been chosen to manage the Philippines landing of the extensive MYUS cable system. This 19,000 km cable aims to link Malaysia with the United States, passing through the Philippines and Guam, with further branches to Indonesia. The submarine cable industry is experiencing rapid growth.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

5, 2024 – An Internet Service Provider serving the Lowcountry region of South Carolina has requested a six month extension on its obligations to replace insecure telecommunications equipment. WASHINGTON, Nov. The program was passed by Congress on March 12, 2020 and made more than $1.8

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 25, 2024

25, 2024 – GoNetspeed, an Internet Service Provider serving New England locations, says pole attachment regulations in Massachusetts are broken. WASHINGTON, Oct. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities declined to comment on GoNetspeed’s concerns over pole attachment regulations in the state.

Cable

PTC

AUGUST 21, 2024

It’s not just about faster internet or more data storage –it’s about how new developments are becoming essential to national security and economic strength. Submarine cables, data centers and satellites, predominantly private sector assets, are now front and center in the geopolitical arena.

Cable

PTC

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

How can telecommunications technologies help humanity? Telecommunications technologies have enhanced communication, connectivity, and access to information. Last, telecommunications are at the core of advancements in AI, blockchain, virtual reality, and other emerging technologies.

Telecommunication