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‘A Complete Disaster’: Albuquerque Residents Sound Off on Fiber Construction Damage

Broadband Breakfast

June 5, 2025 – After months of mounting complaints, Albuquerque residents finally got their say Thursday on new city rules aimed at reining in disruptive fiber construction. The city issued a stop-work order on all fiber construction in mid-May, as the volume of frustration grew too high.

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GTC and EXIM Bank deal will boost tower rollout in Cambodia

Developing Telecoms

Global Tower Corporation Pty Ltd (GTC), described as an independent player licensed for the construction and provision of telecommunication tower and related infrastructure services in the Kingdom of Cambodia, has secured US$19.97

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The future evolution of ODN technologies

Total Telecom

In traditional ODN construction, the feeder optical cables, distribution optical cables, and drop cables are stripped or terminated onsite for fiber connection. The resource silence rate of some carriers outside China reaches up to 10% to 20%, wasting the initial construction investment. It improves the O&M efficiency and quality.

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Tom Reid: Common-Sense Solutions to Closing the Digital Divide in Rural America

Broadband Breakfast

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.  They are struggling to meet the bandwidth needs of 2020, let alone 2055.

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Tilson Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Gigapower Contract Fallout

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2025 – Telecom engineering and construction firm Tilson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, citing financial distress triggered by the abrupt cancellation of major contracts with Gigapower, a joint venture between AT&T and BlackRock.

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Reps McEwen and Johnson oppose HF47: a bill that relaxes recent legislation on certification for telecommunications installers

Blandin on Broadband

Pete Johnson on HF47: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified Before last year, the broadband industry was an outlier in the utilities world, with almost no worker-training requirements. McEwen and Rep.

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MN House Agriculture and broadband finance and bills bill is held over

Blandin on Broadband

Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Office of Broadband Development budget established; policy and technical changes made to agricultural and broadband provisions; rulemaking authorized; reports required; and money appropriated. Bill was held over.

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