Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

To date, the programme has awarded 420 million in grants to 51 projects, the majority of which focus on subsea cables. We are especially prioritising projects that incorporate state-of-the-art technological solutions, such as smart cables.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This work is part of Project Gigabit, a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to get fast, reliable broadband. All the homes and businesses being connected across South Wiltshire and North Dorset will benefit from full fibre broadband, also known as Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). The contract is worth £18.8

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 7, 2025

Press Release Brightspeed, one of the nations largest fiber broadband builders focused on empowering more homes with ultrafast, reliable internet, today announced its multi-gig-speed network has passed approximately 1.82 million locations surpassing its year-end goal of 1.75 million fiber-enabled premises across its 20-state footprint.

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 9, 2025

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. To address these concerns, the Minnesota Legislature passed the 2024 Broadband Safety Bill.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 16, 2025

“Then we'll move to permitting and start constructing.” “It’s not lit, it’s dark fiber, but that’s what makes it ideal for carriers, hyperscalers, and potentially even federal and defense agencies that need secure, direct access to the cable landing station.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Viewpoint At the 10th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) 2024, the Autonomous Driving Networks (ADN) Summit was held under the theme of “Advancing Toward AN L4: Empowering Superior UBB Operations.” The solution will bring revolutionary value improvement to carriers through both premium broadband and premium transmission scenarios.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

1, 2024 – Charter would have returned to net broadband subscriber growth in the third quarter if not for the shut down of the Affordable Connectivity Program, executives said Friday. Like other cable companies, Charter had been losing broadband customers this year. WASHINGTON, Nov. billion this year.

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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 This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. million in civil penalties and $500,000 in criminal penalties.

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Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 8, 2024

Governing posts an opinion piece from Michael Powell, president of NCTA-the Internet and Television Association, which represents America’s cable industry… The real work takes place on the ground. Take, for example, a recent build in the northern Minnesota community of Lakewood Township.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Think of a broadband network as a railroad, with the tracks representing a network of fiber cables, and trains representing internet services. Broadband Breakfast Jericho Casper The company’s move kicked off a land grab across Sweden, as infrastructure providers raced to compete for a share of the wholesale fiber market.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Institute of Local Self Reliance (ILSR) has been tracking Indigenous Broadband Networks in the US. They provide a great history and analysis of broadband in tribal areas. When completed, the network will pass more than 3500 households and include nearly four hundred miles of fiber optic cable.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

They include a little background (of a story I have also been following) This decision comes after Charter, which does business in the city under the name Spectrum and is the city’s largest provider of internet and cable television services, on Feb.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Erie County, New York’s  ErieNet  broadband initiative is poised to begin construction in Buffalo, NY, after the Buffalo Common Council recently passed a resolution approving the Telecommunications License Agreement with ErieNet LDC. New York Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New York.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

20, 2025 – Shenandoah Telecommunications Company added 5,879 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company reported Thursday. The net additions came almost entirely from Glo Fiber markets, with incumbent areas remaining flat. The company’s footprint encompasses 585,340 locations.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Connecticut-based GoNetspeed, a fiber-optic provider in the region, maintained that without regulatory changes, current pole owners’ practices in Massachusetts may block the effective use of $147 million in broadband expansion funding designated for the state to deploy fiber and other broadband technologies.

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VoIP Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

Brightspeed, a major player in the fiber broadband arena, is reaching new heights. This expansion spanned across a 20-state area with over 17,600 miles of fiber cable deployed just last year, totaling over 103,000 miles since the project’s inception. The company recently surpassed a significant milestone by enabling 1.82

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A California telecom and electrical cooperative says the state’s ongoing last-mile broadband grant program will help deploy affordable fiber to multiple communities across four heavily unserved and underserved California counties. million to upgrade 1,029 locations in Quincy from coaxial cable-based broadband to fiber.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 25, 2025

The conversation did allow me to tee up that the broadband landscape in 2025 is certainly not your father's/mother's broadband business. I heard about data center support, owning construction companies and even NTCA members building fixed wireless networks to help their fellow community-based providers fulfill service obligations.I

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

13, 2025 – A bipartisan group of senators reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would increase oversight of broadband supply chains to prevent disruptions that could slow federal broadband deployment efforts. WASHINGTON, Feb. The bill was led by Sen. John Hickenlooper , D-Colo.,

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 29, 2025

Today the MN Seante Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development heard from the Office Broadband Development, Minnesota Telecom Alliance and MN Cable. Broadband is the first topic discussed about 15 minutes into the livestream.) We need to incentivize rural providers to build broadband.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

  This initiative, in partnership with the Indiana Broadband Office and the Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs, will connect underserved and unserved communities through the final round of the state's Next Level Connections broadband grant program. Preparations continue in Boone, Shelby and Delaware counties.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 19, 2024

West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6 Conexon was initially known for rural fiber-optic network design and construction, but launched its own last mile public facing retail ISP, Conexon Connect,  in 2021.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 – Minnesota is set to receive an historic $652 million for broadband expansion, but key requirements of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program could keep many in-state internet service providers from participating. billion broadband expansion program. WASHINGTON, Dec.

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US Telecom

OCTOBER 18, 2024

October 18, 2024) – Broadband providers continued to demonstrate their strong commitment to connecting the country to stronger and faster communications infrastructure last year, with $94.7 This level of investment demonstrates how fiercely broadband companies are competing for customers. The post Broadband Companies Invested $94.7B

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 4, 2025

The company said that construction was currently underway, but did not specify when Lumos expects to complete the project. Providing symmetrical upload and download speeds, our 100% Fiber Optic technology will be life-changing for thousands of families and small businesses,” Standing said in a press release.

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AT&T Connects

JANUARY 14, 2025

FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network, played a pivotal role during and after the hurricane and provided essential communication support for first responders and the public safety community. Their efforts encompass the design, construction, and maintenance of our network infrastructure in North Carolina.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The West Central Tribune reports The Willmar City Council and staff on Monday said a meeting would be conducted later this week with the company after its letter asking the city to hold off on the construction of an open-access broadband network. Representatives from Broadband Corp. Representatives from Broadband Corp.

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 24, 2024

One of the platform’s standout features is its construction using F/UTP, F/FTP, and S/FTP cables and patch cords, offering superior EMI and RFI rejection. The GigaSHIELD X10D platform promises flexibility and reliability, which are trademarks of the CommScope brand.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The rollout of fast and reliable broadband in South Wiltshire has taken a significant step forward under the government’s Project Gigabit initiative. Last week, Wessex Internet began laying the first cables in Stapleford to bring full-fibre internet to 14,500 homes and businesses in the region.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, From the Minnesota House Schultz and Baker introduced: F.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Spectrum’s multi-year Rural Construction Initiative is an investment of approximately $9 billion – a portion of which we will offset with over $2 billion in government support funding – that will ultimately connect approximately 1.75 million new homes and small businesses across the country.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

On a regular basis I keep reading about how Fixed Wireless Access ( FWA ) continues to gain ground at the expense of cable operators, especially in the USA (see articles by Ookla , OpenSignal ). One of the challenges with FWA is the need to (generally) install external antennas, especially when higher frequencies like mmWaves is involved.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

20, 2025 — The nation’s major wireless carriers are increasingly investing in fiber infrastructure, recognizing the economic and technical advantages of converging mobile and broadband networks, industry experts said at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Feb.

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USTELECOM

AUGUST 26, 2024

The story of broadband across the country is told one mile at a time, with hundreds of broadband companies painstakingly building out the capability to connect their customers. Construction season officially kicked off at the end of March, as the company’s crews prepared to tackle “100 miles of territory in desperate need of bandwidth.”

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Under this model, multiple ISPs can offer services over the same broadband infrastructure. The Fiber Broadband Association is the voice of fiber. Using an active ethernet infrastructure and operating at the wholesale level, UTOPIA Fiber supports open access and promotes competition in all broadband and telecommunications services.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 21, 2025

Like the other major carriers, T-Mobile is looking to expand its wireline footprint in a bid to offer bundled home and mobile broadband services, which appear to keep customers around longer. ” The cable giants are also pursuing a convergence strategy. “This work has no connection whatsoever to mobile technology.

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