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Connected America 2025: Is there a US–China 5G rollout race?

Total Telecom

Interview At Connected America this year, we caught up with Brooke Donilon, Vice President of Government relations at the NCTA – The Internet & Television Association to discuss unlicensed spectrum and how it can benefit consumers and businesses, spectrum policy in the US, competition with China and much more.

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DTH and TV Market in Numbers: 333 Pay Channels, 918 Satellite TV Channels in India

Telecom Talk

India’s television broadcasting ecosystem remains one of the most expansive and resilient in the world. As per the same TRAI report, rural India accounted for 44.53% of the total telecom subscriptions and showed continued growth in tele-density and internet usage.

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Big Tech-backed Group Supports Musk at FCC

Broadband Breakfast

In a Monday filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the group argued that Equivalent Power Flux-Density regulations governing LEOs should be updated to reflect the current technological landscape. Musk’s Starlink has deployed about 8,000 satellites that provide internet in 140 countries.

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Copper Theft and Vandalism Threatening Critical Infrastructure, Say Industry Leaders

Broadband Breakfast

there were nearly 4,000 acts of vandalism," said Alex Minard , vice president and lead legislative counsel at NCTA, the Internet and Television Association. "That . "Over a three-month period where we focused on our survey. "That translates into more than 1,300 a month, more than 40 instances every day."

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Broadband Industry Coalesces in Support of ‘SPEED for BEAD’

Broadband Breakfast

The core of Hudson’s “SPEED for BEAD” bill isn’t about changing the technologies being deployed for the program, argued Fiber Broadband Association CEO Gary Bolton , but about addressing regulatory restrictions, including a letter of credit requirement as well as other rules. ”

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Bharti Airtel IPTV Plans Now Live in Delhi

Telecom Talk

Bharti Airtel officially launched its IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service in the last week of March 2025 across 2,000 cities in India. At the time of launch, Airtel stated that the service would soon be available in Delhi and other regions in the coming weeks.

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FCC Flooded With Opposition to NextNav’s GPS Backup Proposal

Broadband Breakfast

A wide range of tech companies, internet providers, and public safety advocates, urged the FCC to reject NextNav’s bid to rework the 900 MegaHertz ( MHz) band as a GPS backup system. 25-110) to explore complementary PNT technologies to GPS, after NextNav petitioned the FCC in April 2024.