Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This bill is tangential to broadband but could relate directly to cable franchising, which does connect it to broadband. 1740, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming. Minnesota House reports Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced: HF.

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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.,

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Back in April, a consortium led by telecoms mogul Xavier Niel’s NJJ Holding announced plans to purchase both Ukrainian TV and fixed broadband provider Datagroup-Volia and mobile operator Lifecell, with the intention of merging the two operators.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 — As traditional cable TV subscriptions decline, a debate over the appropriate compensation from communication services using public rights of way took center stage during a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Oct. “The law is clear,” said Amunson.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Press Release Rural broadband provider Quickline has taken a significant step in its commitment to nurturing regional talent by welcoming its first cohort of telecoms apprentices. These contracts will see Quickline bringing gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach communities, bridging the digital divide in rural areas.

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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.

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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. Broadband trade groups trying to strike down the rules had an early success invoking the Supreme Court’s major questions rule.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Viewpoint It’s all too easy to overlook the fact that the quality of the network depends on the quality of the fibre cable, points out Richard Moyes, Digital Solutions Business Director at Prysmian In building an effective digital infrastructure the hero of the network is (or should be) the fibre optic cable.

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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.

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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.

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VoIP Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Rural broadband provider Quickline has launched its first telecoms apprenticeship program, marking a commitment to regional talent development. They shadow qualified engineers in installing full fiber broadband for rural homes and businesses in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 7, 2025

The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society report On March 4, the House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep.Brett Guthrie (R-KY),held a full committee markup to consider twelve bills in totalthe committee’s first legislative markup of the 119th Congress.

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Today the Task Force heard a Presentation on MN Broadband Cost Analysis Report, CTC Technology & Energy. Wireless access to 100/20 (MN broadband Speed goal): Grant funds required: $2.1 Wireless access to 100/20 (MN broadband Speed goal): Grant funds required: $2.1 They created three scenarios of how to spend the BEAD money.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2024 – In a bid to prevent duplication of federal broadband funding, Resound Networks has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver to give up certain Rural Digital Opportunity Fund obligations on Tribal lands.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 5, 2025

The MN House Ag, Finance and Policy committee heard about HF47 : Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep.

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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 Their concerns involve not only video but also broadband. a critical platform that enables 35 million cable customers nationwide to receive TV programming. "As Telecommunications Service Sector.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 27, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration published Monday draft guidance on how states can fund alternative technologies through its flagship broadband subsidy program. The agency is taking comments through September 10.    For the purposes of the $42.5

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Airtel Business is India’s leading and most trusted provider of ICT services with strategically located submarine cables, satellite networks and global networks spanning 400,000 Rkm (including IRU) across 50 countries and five continents. Its sales force is active worldwide and distributed over 33 countries.

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

MinnPost reports on MTA’s reaction to BEAD funding… While Minnesota will be receiving $652 million from the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program to help fund broadband access projects across the state, many internet service providers might not opt-in over frustrations with the program. “My

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

26, 2025 – The cable industry is re-upping its push for federal regulators to set a blanket timeline for large pole attachment orders. The cable representatives met with senior legal staff for FCC Chairman Brendan Carr , plus personnel from the Wireline Competition bureau and Commissioner Nathan Simington ’s office. 

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2025 - Industry experts gathered Wednesday to assess the state of broadband connectivity in America, highlighting both significant progress and persistent challenges in closing the digital divide since the COVID-19 pandemic began. "We " Broadband Breakfast on March 12, 2025 - 5 Years On: Where Is Broadband Now?

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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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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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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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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 4, 2025

The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development passed and referred following bill to Senate Floor SF 0908 – Kupec: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification Below is more info on the bill, video of the meeting and notes.

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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

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2024 –  Broadband is straightforwardly a telecommunications service subject to common carrier regulation, the Federal Communications Commission told federal judges Wednesday. “These companies do not make or alter the food they deliver.

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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. Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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RCR Wireless

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Vocus will gain 24,000 km of fiber, 7,000 km of international submarine cables and 20,000 connected buildings from TPG Australia’s TPG Telecom revealed Monday it will sell its fiber and fixed network infrastructure assets Macquarie Asset Management and Aware Super’s telecommunications group Vocus for $3.54

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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 18, 2024

18, 2024 – Louisiana released Monday the broadband expansion projects it plans to fund with its slice of $42.5 Available to Breakfast Club Members The state confirmed it will reach every home and business lacking adequate broadband, a main goal of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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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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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

25, 2024 – Renewed scrutiny of telecommunications customer service by the Federal Communications Commission has ignited debate over how, or if, industry practices should be regulated to protect consumers. telecommunications employment was slashed nearly in half — from 1.28 WASHINGTON, Nov. Between 2002 and 2022, U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 19, 2025

Broadband Breakfast Peter Murray Jamaal Smith described how his company Kajeet provides a managed service where they own, deploy and manage the network for their clients. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene.

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Dell'oro

APRIL 8, 2024

The cable industry is evolving by investing in fiber infrastructure and 25GS-PON to stay competitive amid rising competition, meeting the growing demand for high-speed broadband services. The post Cable Operators’ Growing Interest in 25GS-PON appeared first on Dell'Oro Group.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 28, 2025

Power and communications cables and gas pipelines  stitch together the nine countries with shores on the Baltic, a relatively shallow and nearly landlocked sea. Why are cables important? Undersea pipes and cables help power economies, keep houses warm and connect billions of people. What's under the Baltic?

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Today the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy heard more about: HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MN has good broadband. The certification program set to start this year could bring broadband deployment to a halt.

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