Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 4, 2025

Here are three proposals for common-sense solutions to improve the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program of the U.S. Topic #1: Fiber Priority When we consider broadband infrastructure as a 30-year investment rather than focusing on speed targets, the case for building fiber networks in rural areas becomes clear.

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VoIP Review

MARCH 13, 2025

The agreement aligns with Jio’s mission to provide reliable broadband internet to small businesses, enterprises, and communities in the country. Beyond retail distribution, Jio and SpaceX plan to explore collaborative opportunities to further enhance digital infrastructure across India.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 - Experts in agriculture and telecommunications agreed Wednesday that effective precision agriculture implementation requires a comprehensive, technology-neutral approach to connectivity, rather than relying on any single broadband solution. "The Broadband Breakfast Rachelle Medalia

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AT&T Connects

AUGUST 26, 2024

A distribution event took place on Friday, August 9, 2024, at the Tobin Community Center in Roxbury. The distribution is part of a broader AT&T employee effort to help bridge the digital divide and equip 22,000 students across the country with laptops and backpacks before they head back to school.

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RCR Wireless

MARCH 4, 2025

SatCo will exclusively distribute AST SpaceMobiles satellite services to European MNOs under a single turnkey arrangement Vodafone and satellite company AST SpaceMobile have established a joint satellite service business called SatCo, with the goal of providing 100% geographic coverage in every part of Europe to give consumers and businesses access (..)

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 10, 2025

Contributed Article The optical distribution network (ODN) is a point-to-multipoint passive optical network (PON), as shown in FIG. In traditional ODN construction, the feeder optical cables, distribution optical cables, and drop cables are stripped or terminated onsite for fiber connection.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 21, 2024

The new FAST channels are powered by Harmonic’s VOS®360 Media SaaS, which simplifies all stages of media processing, including advanced playout, powerful graphics insertion, premium OTT encoding and distribution. Video over IP, audio, transcoding, automation, QM, distribution, archiving, etc.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2024

25 article that new Federal Communications Commission data showed considerable growth in broadband access across the country, particularly in rural areas. In the article, NCTA cited data that the number of locations served with broadband access at 100 * 20 Mbps or higher had increased by 2.6 million new locations.  

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 8, 2024

8, 2024 – A fair distribution of broadband subsidies might not be possible if federal regulators fail to understand who needs assistance – particularly when broadband availability data, especially for fixed wireless coverage, is often overstated in rural and underserved areas. WASHINGTON, Oct.   The $42.5

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) band is experiencing a renewed wave of enthusiasm. The rest of the market comprises fixed wireless broadband networks built using non-3GPP equipment supplied by the likes of Cambium Networks and Tarana Wireless. Billion by the end of 2027. Billion in annual sales by 2027.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 21, 2024 – Expanding broadband access to all Americans will require accurate data collection and mapping to ensure that funding and resources are allocated effectively.  Broadband Breakfast on September 18, 2024 - Measuring Broadband: What’s the Next Step?

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VoIP Review

MARCH 5, 2025

This new entity aims to deliver comprehensive space-based cellular broadband connectivity across Europe. SatCo will distribute AST SpaceMobile’s satellite services exclusively to European mobile network operators (MNOs). The initiative provides both business and consumer access, ensuring connectivity even in remote areas.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 17, 2025

17, 2025 – The national broadband map that has featured significantly in the deployment of the bipartisan infrastructure law will now be used by the Federal Communications Commission for other agency internet programs. WASHINGTON, Jan. “RDOF suffered from the issue that they used census blocks as the building unit.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Vodafone extends its network reach to innovative tech companies with large audiences and digital distribution channels, while driving significant mobile traffic to the Gigs platform. Our services span mobile, fixed-line connections, home and office broadband, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Maura Healey (D) and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute debuted their $9.44 million Launchpad Program , a new initiative to expand internet access, device distribution, and digital literacy training across the state. "The Massachusetts Gov.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 15, 2024

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 2024 – A federal agency is planning to take a close look at whether two broadband providers deserve millions more dollars in future support after what they say was a flawed allocation process. The Enhanced ACAM program is the successor to the Alternative Connect America Cost Model. million locations.

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Light Reading

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Cox has become the fourth US cable operator to distribute the Xumo Stream Box, joining Comcast, Charter and Mediacom Communications. Cox has yet to integrate its own pay-TV streaming app onto the platform.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Beyond Telecom Law Blog reports In March 2022, we published a blog post explaining that broadband grants are apparently subject to federal income taxation. As discussed in 2022, the taxability of broadband grants seems to be an unplanned quirk of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Three years later, and with $42.5

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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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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 26, 2024

KTTC report s on what legislators are saying about State and Federal funding for broadband… The grants represent the end of the well of funding from the 2023 ag bill, but it’s not likely to be the end of the broadband push. Recent federal funding for broadband has encouraged state lawmakers to continue making investments. “I

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RCR Wireless

MARCH 12, 2025

Jio also noted that it plans to distribute Starlink solutions through its retail stores and online platforms Indian operator Jio Platforms, which is part of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has announced an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlinks broadband internet services to its customers in India.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society outlines reasons Congress should make affordable broadband a priority in 2025 The ACP’s purpose was well-founded. The ACP was evenly distributed. The program promoted investment in broadband infrastructure , benefiting everyone whether they participated in the ACP or not.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

11, 2025) Thousands of Miami County residents and businesses will soon have access to faster, more reliable Internet with a joint investment from Comcast, the Indiana Broadband Office (IBO) and the Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs (OCRA).

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 13, 2025

million people without mobile broadband following the 3G sunsetting. Given handset distribution in the UK and the fact that retailers have been gradually taking 2G/3G-only devices off the shelves for a number of years it is likely that the majority of the phones reported in the do not know category are, in fact, 4G/5G ready.

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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. Minnesota House reports Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced: HF. 1740, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming.

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Waseca County News reports … As part of $52 million in investments made in rural areas across Minnesota, local broadband provider Bevcomm has secured funding to extend high quality broadband to 160 currently unserved or under-served households in rural Waseca County. Backed by roughly $1.6

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Broadband Task Force got updates from the Office of Broadband Development, including an in depth report on the Line Extension programs as they distribute their Round 3 funding. Welcome from Teddy Bekele, Chair, Minnesota Governor’s Task Force on Broadband 10:10 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. . – 10:35a.m. –

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Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 12, 2024

NTIA just released their 2023 Federal Broadband Funding Report. It shows fiscal year (FY) 2022 data reported by 13 agencies across 70 programs making investments in broadband. Today I posted Minnesota county rankings for broadband access and subscriptions. Population with access to broadband services of at least 25/3 Mbps: 97.5%

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 31, 2024

billion digital equity capacity grant program, one of multiple programs set up by the Infrastructure Act to address gaps in broadband access that persist after infrastructure is deployed. The money comes from the agency’s $1.44 The NTIA made $800 million of that money available to states in a first round of funding this summer. 

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AT&T Connects

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Key highlights: At the CLC launch at the Boys & Girls Club of Kumeyaay Nation Wellness, AT&T distributed 700 laptops to students and families from 7 local Tribes and pledged $50,000 to the Southern Indian Health Council to further support the Center. “To

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

7, 2024 – User hesitation to share personal information in a speed test app is hindering participation in the Federal Communications Commission's efforts to improve national broadband data.  as the FCC prepares to distribute $9 billion through the 5G Fund for Rural America. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Here’s the agenda for the next meeting… Governors Task Force on Broadband February 13, 2025 10:00 a.m. Welcome Teddy Bekele, Chair, Minnesota Governors Task Force on Broadband 10:05 a.m. Approval of minutes from January Task Force Meeting 10:10 a.m. Minnesota Legislative Updates 10:15 a.m. Break 11:40a.m.12:00

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Development program   has made significant strides in its mission to bring reliable high-speed Internet service to all Americans in every state, the District of Columbia and five territories. Upon final proposal approval, NTIA will distribute the remaining 80 percent of allocated BEAD funds.

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Rural Broadband Association

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Broadband Empowers Small Business - From Flowers to Weddings user_1153020 Tue, 11/26/2024 - 13:44 DTC Communications (Alexandria, Tenn) launched its monthly audio and video podcast, The Local Click, in September 2023 to celebrate the impact of DTC’s world-class broadband solutions on improving the quality of life in the regions it serves.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 – Despite concerns over widespread disconnections following the expiration of a federal broadband subsidy program that served one-in-six U.S. households, a new study shows more than 90% of participants who subscribed to wireline broadband have remained connected.  WASHINGTON, Nov.

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AT&T Connects

OCTOBER 30, 2024

These backpacks were stuffed with school supplies to complement the laptops distributed through local non-profit organizations, providing students resources they need to thrive. Treehouse (August 6 & 15): Through Treehouse, we distributed 100 laptops and backpacks to students in Spokane, Vancouver, and Seattle.

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