Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 – The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill to require AM radios as "standard equipment in passenger motor vehicles" coming off the factory line.  ” Last December, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act looked as if it was on its way to Senate passage until Sen.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The collaboration will see IOH deploy Nokias advanced multiband radio technology and baseband solutions to improve network coverage and service quality in key regions. By leveraging our state-of-the-art Radio Access Network solutions and AI-driven capabilities, we are empowering IOH to build a robust, future-ready network.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 31, 2024

31, 2024 - A large portion of Virginia and West Virginia residents within the National Radio Quiet Zone are now eligible to receive high speed satellite internet service after a nearly three year effort. WASHINGTON, Oct.   The announcement was made on the NSF website on Oct.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 30, 2024

The FCC has also allocated up to $900 million in incentives for networks that use Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) technology. Join the conversation around America’s broadband ecosystem at next year’s Connected America, 11-12 March in Dallas, Texas. Tickets are available here!

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In 2022, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program largely excluded satellite broadband from its Notice of Funding Opportunity, due to reliability concerns over the technology's nascent state. David Zumwalt  is President and CEO of WISPA – Broadband Without Boundaries.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 1, 2025

Willmar has been in the news a lot lately because of its broadband plan. The Alliance for Quality Broadband on its website says it is supporting high-quality internet solutions, and Charter is one of its coalition partners. They presented it at a City Council meeting last month.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

We primarily use VHF radios to communicate with our base and other team members on the hill. Also in the news: Verizon extends US defence contract in $98m deal Top 5 stories from Broadband Communities last week UScellular sells spectrum to AT&T for $1 billion Get hugely discounted tickets here for a limited time only!

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VoIP Review

MARCH 5, 2025

This new entity aims to deliver comprehensive space-based cellular broadband connectivity across Europe. AST SpaceMobile’s satellites function as remote radio heads, allowing MNOs to retain core network capabilities. The initiative provides both business and consumer access, ensuring connectivity even in remote areas.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

None of us should be under the impression that customer take-up of full fibre broadband will rocket from mid-September onwards. Using the word ‘fibre’ without qualification will now be banned by Ofcom, and according to them, consumers should also be informed about the technology used to deliver their broadband.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 25, 2025

On a recent Broadband Breakfast webinar, a CTIA speaker suggested that a lack of suitable 5G spectrum might somehow hinder AI development and usage. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene. More traffic?

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 6, 2025

The company said it will provide alternate, third-party connectivity for low-bandwidth services via satellite and radio wave during the 8-day maintenance period.  Josh Edge , a spokesperson for GCI, told Broadband Breakfast in an email that the company’s technical team detected what looked like damage to a strip of undersea cable.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The week’s top 5 telecoms stories from Broadband Communities The network performance in the already implemented area is delivering the best customer experience. USA regulatory revamp?

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Were readers of this publication to present at a telecom conference on the topic of broadband reliability, outages might not be top of mind.  More pointedly, in today’s technology-centric ecosystems, to not have broadband means the real potential for societal catastrophe. 

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In addition to this agreement with Verizon, UScellular has struck deals with two additional unnamed mobile carriers to sell more spectrum, including licenses in the CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service; i.e., 3550–3700 MHz), C-Band, and 700 MHz bands. “We are pleased that significant value for a portion of the remaining licenses will be realized,” (..)

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

News AT&T has announced an extension of its partnership with Nokia in a multi-year deal to improve its voice network As part of this upgrade, AT&T will add Voice over New Radio (VoNR) and move its Nokia IMS Voice Core to a cloud-based system.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 30, 2024

New Hampshire is getting the gift that keeps on giving: $191 million in federal money to put every last residence and business in the state within reach of broadband internet service over the next five years. Get Broadband Breakfast's free daily newsletter every morning, Mon.-Fri. Want top news about tech and politics?

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Lakes Area Radio reports … Otter Tail Telcom (Park Region) is expanding its fiber broadband network in Otter Tail County, providing high-speed internet access to 286 homes and businesses in six townships near Fergus Falls. Townships included in the project are Aastad, Buse, Carlisle, Orwell, Oscar, and Western.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 31, 2025

31, 2025 – Charter Communications lost 177,000 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024, worse than Wall Street had expected but closer to expectations than the results reported by fellow cable Internet access giant Comcast on Thursday. Charter is the second-largest broadband ISP in the country with about 30.1

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Mark Goldberg

MARCH 5, 2025

The communities are connected to the TELUS backbone network using microwave radio links using the 3500MHz band. The radio systems used in these communities are outdated, manufacturer discontinued, so the equipment is no longer supported. Indeed, the manufacturer (SR Telecom) went bankrupt more than 15 years ago.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 21, 2024

About RTL Deutschland RTL Deutschland is Germany’s leading entertainment company, spanning across all types of media: TV and streaming, print and digital, radio and podcasts. The basis of the netorium solutions are the products of the partner manufacturers.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 15, 2024

KNSI radio reports … Stearns County is getting the last piece it needs to wire its rural residents with high-speed internet. million in grants through the Minnesota Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, which is run by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The county has received $1.25

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 14, 2024

The Canadian regulator CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) has decided to extend the fiber networks of large ISPs (Internet

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Telecoms Tech News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The regulator has also expanded radio spectrum availability to unlock more opportunities for satellite and fixed wireless services. UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has granted Amazon an earth station network licence for its Kuiper satellite constellation.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

MetTel is now delivering its award-winning SD-WAN broadband service over Starlink , enabling a whole new range of applications and expanding the definition of a “network.”

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RCR Wireless

JANUARY 21, 2025

ACP produces integrated circuits, radio frequency (RF) transceivers, and systems-on-chip (SoCs) for cellular IoT and 5G mobile broadband modules. France-based cellular IoT chip maker Sequans Communications has acquired Swiss firm Advanced Circuit Pursuit (ACP) for an undisclosed fee. The firm has placed its […]

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Over the past 30 years, Madden has predicted digital predistortion, remote radio heads, small cells, 5G fixed wireless, as well as accurate growth forecasts for IoT, virtual RAN, and open RAN. He has worked as a radio frequency engineer and managed product lines in mobile infrastructure and in handset components.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – Los Angeles County’s transportation agency joined hundreds of amateur radio operators in asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny a proposal to reconfigure the lower 900 megahertz band.   Hundreds of amateur radio operators have also written to the agency to oppose a rulemaking.

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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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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The device transmits an optical version of the incoming radio signal through the glass window so the data can then be distributed to a router or other device once inside the room. “The idea is to help the signal get through glass,” explained pureLiFi CEO, Alistair Banham.

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IEEE ComSoc

MARCH 12, 2025

She pointed out that in 3GPP Releases 17, 18 and (forthcoming) 19 and 20, the work has progressed from IoT to broadband to low-earth orbit ( LEO ) satellites. WP 4B plans to hold a workshop on IMT2030, focusing on satellite radio interfaces.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) used a tiered licensing system, with incumbent government users, priority license holders, and general access users sharing 150 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band sits right in the midband range, considered an ideal combination of speed and coverage area for 5G.

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This new agreement will allow du to deploy an advanced 5G network incorporating technologies such as enhanced mobile broadband and massive IoT connectivity. Under the expanded deal, du will implement Nokia’s 5G AirScale Radio Access Network portfolio, including baseband and Massive MIMO radios.

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VoIP Review

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This collaboration will utilize Nokias cutting-edge multiband radio technology and baseband solutions to enhance network coverage and quality in significant regions of the country. Beyond mobile services, this partnership will investigate Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solutions to deliver broadband to regions with limited service.

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RCR Wireless

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Nearly 70% of the more than 400,000 CBRS sites are in rural areas, according to a new NTIA report on CBRS usage Use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum continues to rise, according to a new CBRS usage report published by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

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Day Wireless Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Day Wireless Systems (DWS) understands this better than most, which is why we’ve been hard at work expanding our TRBOWest Digital Radio and Communications Network across Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, and Utah. “This upgrade will allow users to travel all over the region using a single radio,” explained Vetsch.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

315 – AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act : Introduced by Sens. and Cruz, this bill would require automakers to include AM radio in all new vehicles, citing its role in emergency communications. 98 – Rural Broadband Protection Act : Introduced by Sen. Ed Markey , D-Mass., John Curtis , Utah, voted no on this measure.

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VoIP Review

MARCH 24, 2025

Insights from this trial will help shape future radio access network rollouts. A temporary “O-RAN Cell on Wheels” was deployed at the O2 Blueroom to manage network congestion as tens of thousands of fans accessed the stadium.

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