Total Telecom

AUGUST 19, 2024

News In a new study by UK broadband comparison site Broadband Genie, the city of Lichfield in Staffordshire has been crowned the UK’s fastest for broadband in 2024. In order for a city to be counted, it needed a minimum of 150 speed tests in the area from residential connections. According to the study, 18.7

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across rural Britain, long plagued by sluggish internet speeds, are set for a major connectivity upgrade as the UK Government pledges up to £800 million to modernise broadband infrastructure.

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Telecom Talk

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

OTTplay, India’s AI-based OTT recommendation platform, has announced its latest partnership with Quadrant Televentures Limited (Connect Broadband), an Internet Service

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 14, 2024

Press Release Thousands of rural homes and businesses now have access to lightning-fast broadband through Freedom Fibre and its Internet Service Providers (ISPs). This is just the start of our journey to make full-fibre, high speed broadband available to everyone.”

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 24, 2025

million connections have been made possible through federal gigabit funding The German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) has launched its 2025 Gigabit Funding programme. billion will be available to support infrastructure projects and a pilot programmes to close connectivity gaps in underserved areas.

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Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Ofcom’s new rules mandate that ISPs provide clearer information about their broadband services to consumers. Under the new guidelines, internet service providers (ISPs) must explicitly state the type of network underpinning their broadband offerings.

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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.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 19, 2024

Retail ISP and specialist broadband provider, LilaConnect has announced it has surpassed 15,000 connected customers. The milestone is another step forward in its vision, and commitment, to providing UK homes and businesses with best-in-class full fibre internet connectivity.

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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

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Viewpoints With the recent election behind us, theres a noticeable shift in broadband industry sentiment. As we look to 2025, several key trends and challenges are emerging in the broadband industry; here are my top predictions. Consolidation in the broadband space A significant buzzword for 2025 is consolidation.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For those of us who care about the future of the internet, and the future of our country's infrastructure, it's hard to take a breath when it seems to be everything, everywhere, all at once. The first event is Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, Oct. 23: "Satellite Broadband and BEAD."

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Centranet has achieved a 50 Gbps fiber internet connection for the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, marking a significant advancement in broadband access for rural and Indigenous communities with 50G PON technology.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

Woking, 20 th August 2024 – Strategic Imperatives, the UK’s leading provider of SaaS provisioning, connectivity, and monetisation solutions for the telecom industry, announced today that Netomnia, following its recent merger with Brsk and now the UK’s fourth-largest full-fibre network, has joined The Fibre Café platform.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 29, 2024

News The deal will support AT&T’ ongoing fibre network rollout AT&T has signed a multi-year deal with glass specialist Corning to supply the fibre optics and related technology to help expand its high-speed broadband network to more communities across the US. Join us at next year’s Connected America, 11-12 March in Dallas.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

Join Broadband Breakfast Live Online and other guests attending Mountain Connect 2024 in Denver for a discussion about the themes raised at this year's conference. This year marks the Colorado-based conference's 10th year as an independent broadband event, and Broadband Breakfast has covered the event regularly in the past.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

Department of Agriculture has called rural innovators to apply for its 2025 Community Connect Grants. The Community Connect program defines areas eligible for awards as those receiving Internet service below 10 Megabits per second (Mbps) * 1 Mbps. million to expand fiber broadband to Groton and parts of South Ryegate.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

News The Connected Britain Awards took place last night after a busy first day of the event. Hundreds joined us for an evening of networking and highly anticipated winner announcements.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 9, 2024

DENVER, August 9, 2024 – State broadband and industry leaders must work together to build internet exchange points (IXP) in locations where they do not exist in the United States, urged experts at a Mountain Connect conference on Wednesday. An IXP facilitates the meeting of different providers on that physical layer.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

22, 2024 – Officials in Hawaii have announced a new connectivity initiative aimed at mapping internet speeds and identifying underserved areas. The Connect Kākou Initiative is led by Hawaii Lt. Sylvia Luke (D) with the goal of connecting all Hawaiians to reliable high-speed broadband. 22 until Nov.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Empire Access, a Northeast fiber-based internet service provider (ISP), has announced the availability of its high-speed internet services in Hazleton,

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Brsk, one of the fastest-growing networks in the UK, has announced that work is underway to bring full fibre broadband to the Salford borough of Greater Manchester. Areas to be connected include Blackfriars in the city centre, Seedley, Pendlebury, and Irlams o’ th’ Height.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

12, 2024 – Officials from the state of Hawaii met with representatives from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Tuesday to announce new funding for the state to connect underserved Native Hawaiian residents with high-speed broadband. Sylvia Luke (D) stated.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

Conexon Connect  has completed its first fiber to the home project in Florida, a 2,000-mile network launched in partnership with  Escambia River Electric Cooperative. million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Viewpoints California is aggressively attacking the digital divide with investment and a belief in broadband. By Brad Randall, Editor at Broadband Communities As America’s most-populated state, California still has a population density lower than Ohio, despite having a land area nearly four times larger. Here’s why that matters.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 14, 2025

14, 2024 – Nearly four years after its passage sparked a heated legal battle with internet service providers, a New York law mandating affordable broadband access for low-income residents will finally take effect on Wednesday.    The law faced immediate opposition from broadband industry groups. WASHINGTON, Jan.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 – Canadian government officials in Ontario announced last week they are partnering with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service to connect thousands of rural locations in the province. Since the program’s inception in 2022, more than 100,000 locations have been connected to high speed internet.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 23, 2025

January 23, 2025 – State officials in Massachusetts Thursday announced a plan to use state money to expand Internet connectivity in almost 100 underserved areas. Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) said it will give more than $12.6 million in state grants to ISPs Comcast and Verizon. million to serve 93 communities.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

15, 2024 – An isolated Alaska community reachable only by air and sea lost its main internet and mobile service last month, causing thousands to adjust their lives and businesses to a vexing Internet-age disruption. WASHINGTON, Sept. "GCI teams worked through the night and have successfully restored all services in Sitka.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 27, 2025

27, 2025 – Texas has taken a big step forward in connecting underserved residents with high-speed broadband.   A majority of the projects will be focused on bringing fiber connections that will bring Internet speeds of 1 gigabit per second to all residents at a low cost. WASHINGTON, Jan.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 21, 2025

Now that the lengthy legal beef has been settled and New York’s  Affordable Broadband Act is set to take effect this month, it marks a potentially pivotal moment in a national effort to address one of the biggest barriers to broadband adoption:  Affordability.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Mole ploughs broke the ground in Stapleford last week, as Wessex Internet began its physical work to deliver full fibre internet to 14,500 homes and businesses in South Wiltshire. This work is part of Project Gigabit, a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to get fast, reliable broadband.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 13, 2025

million people without access to mobile internet Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced it will begin its 3G shutdown in the city of Durham in April, before expanding to the rest of the UK by the end of the year. million people without mobile broadband following the 3G sunsetting. How is the UK telecoms market evolving in 2025?

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 – A key Alaska city and a popular port of call for cruise ships has not had landline internet and cell phone service for days, and it could be at least another week before the restoration of normal service. Some Sitka businesses went cash-only because credit cards sales required Internet access. WASHINGTON, Sept.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2024 – In the second quarter, the pattern looked familiar among publicly traded broadband Internet Service Providers: The wireline variety as a group lost subscribers, while fixed wireless access providers posted solid gains. Comcast lost 120,000 subscribers ending the quarter with 32.1 With over 1.8

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

With New York’s  Affordable Broadband Act  (ABA) now in effect, lawmakers in other states are filing similar legislation that requires large Internet Service Providers to offer low-cost plans for financially-strapped households in their respective states. In Massachusetts,  State Sen.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 4, 2025

As states like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington receive their BEAD funding and additional federal funds towards broadband expansion, creativity in implementation is ripe for the picking. For years, rural communities in the Mountain States region have faced a consistent challenge - lack of access to high-speed internet.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The broadband landscape in 2024 has been nothing short of transformative. From the appointment of a new FCC Chairman, the landmark overturn of the Chevron Doctrine, and the lapse of the popular Affordable Connectivity Program internet subsidy, this year has reshaped the industry against the backdrop of a historic election.

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