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. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep. In a 7 to 6 vote the bill is assed and moved onto the general register. Paul Anderson Location: Capitol G3 Agenda: Bills may be added.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This was “primarily due to lower revenue, higher specific costs and higher net finance expenses,” the company explained. The UK incumbent reported a 3% decline in revenue, primarily driven by issues in non-UK operations and a competitive retail environment. Reported profit before tax sits at £1 billion, down 10%.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

As part of the railway deployment plan for HS2, mobile and broadband providers would be offered access to spare capacity in the 2,000km of fibre cabling and 80 telecoms masts being constructed alongside the railway, which will connect London and Birmingham.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This included mastering key skills such as cabling, pole climbing, and splicing. Opportunities have also been created in areas including IT support, finance, and HR. Among the new recruits is 44-year-old Chris Bedford from Barnsley, who transitioned from a career in cyber security to pursue a fresh challenge.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

From the manufacturing sector to the finance industry, the use of AI is helping enterprises to leverage more data points than ever before, driving efficiencies through automation and generating novel – and more personalised – services and revenue streams. Digital and intelligent transformation should not be a privilege for the few.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

22, 2024 – A major cable industry group is warning that a proposed 60-day mobile phone unlocking standard could open the door to billions of dollars in fraud. “Handset fraud has blossomed into a billion-dollar industry: criminals obtain handsets under a subsidized/financed arrangement in the U.S., WASHINGTON, Oct.

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VoIP Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Skills such as cabling, pole climbing, and splicing were part of their education. They also offer apprenticeships in IT support, finance, and HR, broadening opportunities within the organization. These structured programs not only invest in future industry talent but also empower individuals to contribute to Quicklines expansive plans.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association – which represents wireless resellers Comcast and Charter Communications – has pushed for a 180-day unlocking rule, arguing that a shorter timeframe could disrupt current financing models or increase fraud risks.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 6, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2024 – Broadband providers and banking groups are continuing to ask that the Federal Communications Commission ditch the bank rating system it has relied on for its subsidy program’s financing requirements.

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PTC

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In addition, quantum cryptography promises near-unbreakable encryption, which is crucial for secure communications in sectors like finance, healthcare, and government. These innovations have the potential to transform various sectors, including healthcare, education, finance, and more, serving global communities without borders.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

” Conexon’s Alexis Madison told ILSR that the EREC project will be financed with approximately $21.8 million in grants, including an Escambia County grant of $6.3 million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6

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EldoTelecom

MARCH 25, 2024

Some limited interest by private infrastructure funds (Macquarie) and Euro pension funds as sources of more patient capital to finance FTTP construction. High existing debt loads also severely limit in house debt financing. Investment community realizes incumbents unable to meet demand and seriously explore investment opportunities.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The cable operator gained 56,600 fiber subscribers. That would come from a mix of “mid-split” upgrades to its cable networks, which allow higher speeds more comparable to fiber, and fiber deployments. WASHINGTON, Feb.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Revenue thinks this has to do with finances. 0735 Rest Exemption modification for telecommunications or pay television services machinery and equipment SF 735 (PDF) sf735 telecom equipment_1 (PDF) SF 735 CTIA MN Support Testimony (PDF) Senate File 735 Support – MN Cable (PDF) This is another primarily bill. Next bill: S.F.

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IEEE ComSoc

JANUARY 31, 2025

Cuba’s national monopoly telco, Etecsa (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba) is chronically starved of the foreign currency which it needs to buy telecom infrastructure equipment, such as cables and network hardware. Etecsa only has Cuban pesos, which are completely worthless outside its borders.

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EldoTelecom

APRIL 1, 2024

Cable companies, publicly owned and coop networks and smaller fiber network owner/operators will be offered buy outs of their existing footprints on highly favorable but time limited acquisition terms, according to sources close to the negotiations leading up to the deal.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy. deleted text beginTelecommunications and cable communications systemsdeleted text endnew text begin Utility infrastructure new text end. (a) From the Minnesota House Schultz and Baker introduced: F.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

Previously, Brian was with McKinsey & Company's Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice and Macquarie's Private Equity Group. Brian Vo  is the Chief Investment Officer for Connect Humanity, a non-profit impact investor providing structured credit to broadband projects serving low-income and rural communities.

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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 Cable) We reached out to contractors and members. There was a lot of discussion before it was moved onto Ag.

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EldoTelecom

JUNE 27, 2024

Stankey however raises a broader policy issue of how universal service is to be attained and specifically the high cost of the ownership, financing, and operation of its infrastructure in the digital IP era as it was for copper cable delivered analog voice telephone service in the previous century.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Vikash has been covering the US Cable, Media and Telecom industries for over 15 years and has extensive knowledge about the broadband industry. Vikash Harlalka is a member of the Communications Services team at New Street Research focusing mainly on the large-cap broadband operators.

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Aatrox Communications

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

VoIP is an advanced technology that uses a strong internet connection, rather than physical landline cables, to send and receive messages. As a business person, you know that being smart with your finances is essential. Cost-Efficient Communication Management.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A mammoth piece of arctic sea ice had scraped the ocean floor 34 miles north of Oliktok Point,  cutting a fiber optic  cable buried 13 feet underground, below about 90 feet of water. Finance and more. Overnight, residents suddenly couldn't withdraw money from ATMs, set up doctors appointments or  call 911.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy. A local government unit may not recover costs from a telecommunications right-of-way user or an owner of a cable communications system awarded a franchise under chapter 238 caused by another entity’s activity in the right-of-way. (b)

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ersi

MARCH 4, 2020

So we set out to ask a few geographically enlightened participants in the telecom and cable industry for their thoughts about resource optimization. Resource optimization is all about making the most of out of the assets at your disposal, whether that’s people, finances, equipment, or time.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The deal will be financed through the proceeds from BCE’s sale of its Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment stake, alongside a discounted Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Earlier this year, BCE announced it would cut 4,800 jobs, roughly 9% of the company’s 44,610 workforce, as the company reported “declining legacy phone and news business”.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 31, 2025

Vital sectors of society and the nation’s economy, such as public safety, health care, energy, transportation, finance, information technology, and education increasingly rely on communications infrastructure. A Fort Worth, TX, technician and contractor walking a job site witnessed theft of copper cable.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 11, 2025

The League of MN Cities reports… Building on last sessions momentum to update Minnesotas cable act, lawmakers have reintroduced the Equal Access to Broadband Act in both the House and Senate. Support community media efforts, similar to the authority cities already have under the Minnesota Cable Act. HF 974 , sponsored by Rep.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 13, 2025

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy. c) “Broadband conduit” means a conduit, pipe, innerduct, or microduct for fiber optic or other cables that support broadband and wireless facilities for broadband service. (d) 391, subdivision 1; 116J.394;

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 17, 2025

More than 80 percent of the state’s 51,600 eligible locations are set to receive fiber, with the rest split between satellite and fixed wireless, plus a small amount of cable. Nevada tapped Amazon’s nascent Kuiper Systems for its satellite locations.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Feature Week For a man never shy of speaking his mind, returning US President Donald Trump has been remarkably quiet on the topic of submarine cables, an area of increasing geopolitical tension. Consolidating regulatory power The end of 2024 saw the FCC propose the first changes to their submarine cable regulation rules since 2001.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 1, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program for various requirements, including climate resilience, fair labor practices, and even the program’s preference for fiber-optic cable. Some GOP members of Congress and the Federal Communications Commission have blasted the $42.5

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