Nokia and ZCorum streamline cable operators’ fibre transition
Telecoms Tech News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Nokia and ZCorum have developed a DOCSIS Provisioning Adapter (DPA) application for streamlining cable operators’ fibre transition.
Strategic Imperatives welcomes Netomnia to The Fibre Café, expanding fibre broadband access for UK ISPs and Service Providers
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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Connexin completes first stage of significant Project Gigabit contract
Total Telecom
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The £58 million contract, awarded in January 2024 by the UK government, will see Connexin roll out lightning-fast, reliable broadband to rural communities throughout Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire. Connexin will soon move onto the build stage, which will see the first premises connected by early 2025.
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Senate Bill Requiring NTIA to Overhaul Federal Broadband Efforts Is Back
Broadband Breakfast
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
has reintroduced a bill directing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop a national broadband strategy. “The PLAN for Broadband Act would prevent wasteful spending and help streamline communication and coordination between the agencies tasked with rolling out broadband initiatives.
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Q2 Broadband Numbers: Wirelines ISPs Slipped, Fixed Wireless Access Gained
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. Smaller ISPs’ results also varied based on the technology they provision.
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ISPs Fear Other States Following NY on Affordable Broadband Act
Broadband Breakfast
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
5, 2024 – Broadband providers looking to block New York’s Affordable Broadband Act are worried other states would enact similar laws, they told the Supreme Court last week. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 reply brief. “The ABA was enacted more than three years ago,” she wrote.
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Sean Gonsalves: States Should Consider Adopting Affordable Broadband Laws
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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ISP Seeks RDOF Waiver to Solve Duplicative Broadband Grants
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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Advice from Midwest State Broadband Heads on BEAD
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 8, 2024
DENVER, August 8, 2024 – State broadband directors from the the midwest shared updates on their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program rollouts, and discussed efforts to prevent provider defaults at a Tuesday Mountain Connect panel. Wisconsin's Volume 2 proposal was approved on August 6, the same day of the panel.
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Cable, Chamber of Commerce Ask SCOTUS to Toss N.Y. Broadband Law
Broadband Breakfast
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
16, 2024 – Broadband ISPs have a request for the highest court in the land: Don't let the 50 states set the retail price of Internet access. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld in April New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, which requires ISPs to offer service at $20 per month or less for low-income households.
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Air Wireless extends bridge between DOCSIS and wireless
Light Reading
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Air Wireless says it has developed a way for cable operators to extend broadband wirelessly off of the fiber node using a platform that taps into existing DOCSIS backoffice and provisioning systems and DOCSIS 3.1 cable modems.
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MN HF47 moves forward: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified
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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EVENT Feb 20: MN House Committee to hear about Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified
Blandin on Broadband
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified II. Dave Baker Location: Capitol G3 Agenda: H.F.
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National Conference of State Legislatures’ Broadband Policy Toolkit
Blandin on Broadband
JANUARY 24, 2025
The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.
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EVENT Jan 29: MN Senate Committee on Ag, Vets, Broadband and Rural Development to talk about broadband
Blandin on Broadband
JANUARY 24, 2025
Looks like broadband is on the agenda January 29 for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development … Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 3:00 PM Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development Chair: Senator Torrey N. Westrom and Senator Aric Putnam Location: 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg.
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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) set to connect barracks-type housing to broadband
Blandin on Broadband
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society reports This week, Congress passed the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 , this year’s version of theNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Free Internet for Certain Service Members in National Defense Bill
Broadband Breakfast
DECEMBER 9, 2024
9, 2024 – Service members living in unaccompanied housing may soon enjoy free broadband internet access under a key provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. WASHINGTON, Dec.
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FCC Approves Transfer of Unbuilt CAF II Locations
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 5, 2024
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission has approved RiverStreet Communications’s request to hand over more than 3,700 subsidized locations to EMPOWER Broadband.
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Nokia and ZCorum Unveil Game-Changing DPA for Easier Fiber Transition
VoIP Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Nokia and ZCorum have collaborated to develop a DOCSIS Provisioning Adapter (DPA) application designed to streamline the transition of cable operators to fiber networks. DPA will allow them to focus on fiber deployment where needed, without the need to immediately deploy a second provisioning system.”
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MN Bill introduced: SF883 provide sales tax exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband
Blandin on Broadband
JANUARY 31, 2025
883 :A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and Internet access services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, new text end new text begin Fiber and conduit; broadband and Internet access. 68, by adding a subdivision.
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New Study Proposes Funding Reforms for ACP
Broadband Breakfast
OCTOBER 17, 2024
16, 2024 – With millions of Americans still struggling to afford internet access, a new report sheds light on how future broadband affordability programs could better target those in need. Broadband Affordability: What Should Change? WASHINGTON, Oct. It eventually reached more than 23 million American households.
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The future evolution of ODN technologies
Total Telecom
JANUARY 10, 2025
As the scale of the broadband access network increases, the traditional ODNs face a series of challenges in applications. The traditional ODN cannot meet the requirements of high-quality development of fiber broadband networks due to long construction period, high deployment cost, difficult fiber management, and slow troubleshooting.
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NCTA Urges Caution in SES, Intelsat Transaction
Broadband Breakfast
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Their concerns involve not only video but also broadband. The association specifically cited GCI in Alaska as relying “ exclusively on satellite technology for the provision of basic telephone service, medical service, and distance learning.” WASHINGTON, Oct. billion purchase of Intelsat.
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ISPs Say 1996 Law Blocks FCC's New Data Breach Rules
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 29, 2024
Faced with Petitioners’ arguments that the Rule exceeds the FCC’s authority under Section 222(a) of the Communications Act, the FCC downplays its previous reliance on that provision and instead pivots to Section 201(b). Section 201(b) requires telecom carrier practices be “just and Reasonable."
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Bill introduced in MN House: HF844 getting more data on broadband deployment from providers
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, 395, subdivision 9; 216B.17, new text end Sec.
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Require Tribal Consent for 5G Fund, Tribes Say
Broadband Breakfast
OCTOBER 22, 2024
“Tribal communities will only receive adequate broadband service if they are provided the resources to do it themselves, or the ability to choose their provider partnerships.” Other RDOF defaults have cited existing Tribal broadband projects.
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MN Bill Introduced: SF740 repeal certain labor standards requirements in MN broadband grant applications
Blandin on Broadband
JANUARY 29, 2025
740: A bill for an act relating to labor; modifying grant award requirements for the border-to-border broadband development grant program; repealing certain labor standards for broadband industry installers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.395, MN Senate Journal reports Senator Westrom introduced– S.F.
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Lumen Defaults on 3,500 RDOF Locations
Broadband Breakfast
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Run by the FCC, RDOF is set to disburse more than $6 billion in total to get broadband to nearly 3.5 The program requires participants to serve every location in the census block groups they won, with provisions that allow for some increased support in the event a company finds more homes and businesses than expected in a given area.
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ISPs to Court: Net Neutrality is a Major Question
Broadband Breakfast
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission is trying to keep alive its April order reclassifying broadband as a Title II service under the Communications Act, subject to more stringent FCC oversight. “[T]he [FCC] says that the major-questions doctrine cannot preclude it from classifying broadband.
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BEAD Director Optimistic About Participation, More Guidance Coming
Broadband Breakfast
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
13, 2024 – Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Director Evan Feinman is pleased with the program’s participation as states begin fielding grant applications, he said Wednesday. Broadband Breakfast Broadband Breakfast Colorado’s broadband office, which took applications for the program through Oct.
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Some Educators Urge FCC to Go Beyond Wi-Fi Hotspots
Broadband Breakfast
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Both parties petitioned the FCC to reconsider provisions of Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel ’s E-Rate Hotspot Order. LAUSD, serving over 500,000 students, echoed this in its petition Friday, urging the FCC to allow cellular broadband service to be eligible for E-Rate funding without requiring a hotspot device.
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NTIA BEAD Uniform Guidance Policy Notice Primer
Blandin on Broadband
OCTOBER 23, 2024
As a result of the 60+ comments received, NTIA opted to move forward with certain modifications. On December 26, 2023, NTIA released the Uniform Guidance Policy Notice providing final guidance regarding modifications that will apply in the BEAD program.
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NTCA CEO Wants Stronger Copyright Protection for ISPs
Broadband Breakfast
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The lack of regulatory clarity around the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has placed Internet Service Providers in an impossible situation, warned Shirley Bloomfield , CEO of NTCA – the Rural Broadband Association, in a recent blog. Supreme Court to provide clarity on the DMCA's safe harbor provisions for ISPs.
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Exclusive Series: AT&T, T-Mobile Bet Big on Open Access
Broadband Breakfast
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Speaking at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event in September 2023 , Hogg also pitched Gigapower’s ability to build open access infrastructure with grants for state broadband offices under the Commerce Department’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.
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Verizon Submits $20 Billion Frontier Merger for FCC Approval
Broadband Breakfast
OCTOBER 16, 2024
16, 2024 – Verizon said its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications won’t harm competition in the broadband market. WASHINGTON, Oct. The company filed a joint application with the Federal Communications Commission on Oct. 11, seeking approval for the deal which would integrate Frontier’s 7.2
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Experts Address RDOF’s Unanswered Questions
Broadband Breakfast
DECEMBER 5, 2024
billion federal initiative launched in 2020 to bring high-speed broadband to unserved areas has hit its midway point. However, for increases below this threshold, there is no provision for extra support, CostQuest reports. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2024 – A $20.4
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FCC Fines T-Mobile More Than $15 Million for Data Breaches
Broadband Breakfast
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
T-Mobile also committed to a number of other provisions, including segmenting its network to limit the “blast radius” of a given breach, more secure authentication methods for employees, and more oversight of virtual network operators that provide service on T-Mobile’s infrastructure, among other things.
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Pew recognize conundrum for State and households over loss of ACP
Blandin on Broadband
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The impact of losing the Affordable Connectivity Program subsidies gets a lot of attention, because it is leaving many of low income households without broadband and has changed the math for BEAD funding. Others—such as those in New York , North Carolina , and Pennsylvania —considered legislation to establish their own broadband subsidies.
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Connected Britain 2024: which tracks are right for me?
Total Telecom
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Don’t forget, last minute tickets are still available – register here today! Key themes will include the technologies enabling network rollout, engineering strategies, supply chain issues and public-private partnerships. Connected Society: Keeping people connected has never been more important.
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Notes from BEAD Challenge weekly office hours Aug 8: specific questions – multiple address challenge and polygons
Blandin on Broadband
AUGUST 8, 2024
Q: If there are a flurry of 11 th hour challenges and it takes the State a longer while to get back to folks – are there provisions to extend the rebuttal to 30 days? And if you had done something wrong it likely would not have submitted. Yes – you will get the 30 days to rebut.
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Italy to Launch First 5G SA mmWave FWA Network
VoIP Review
DECEMBER 16, 2024
By utilizing low-cost mmWave spectrum, this technology ensures a reliable, high-speed wireless broadband service, especially in regions where fiber installation poses challenges. The joint effort amplifies their service provision abilities, promising download speeds up to 1 Gbps.
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Rosenworcel Appoints Eight to Serve on USAC Board
Broadband Breakfast
JANUARY 8, 2025
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided in July 2024 that the USF’s funding mechanism may violate provisions of the U.S. The USAC Board of Directors consists of 20 telecommunications experts who provide guidance on managing the broadband fund. Constitution, mainly concerning how taxes and fees are collected and used.
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Automated End-to-End PON Fiber Test
Fierce Telecom
AUGUST 26, 2024
Automated End-to-End PON Fiber Test Download this white paper to learn how to reduce provisioning time, improve QoS, and lower maintenance costs by automatically testing the physical layer of a PON from the central office. png Sun, 09/01/2024 - 09:00 Broadband Broadband Landing Page Url Learn More Byline Sponsored By: VIAVI Solutions
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Universal Service Fund a ‘Nightmare’, Says Litigation Foe
Broadband Breakfast
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
12, 2025 – The conservative nonprofit challenging an $8 billion-per-year broadband subsidy urged the Supreme Court to find the program unconstitutional Tuesday, calling it a “bureaucrat’s dream” and a “nightmare.” WASHINGTON, Feb.
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