Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 23, 2025

History has shown that when public dollars fund fiber projects en masse, major telecom operators secure priority access to infrastructure providers, leaving regional operators with reduced supply, higher costs, and longer wait times. There’s limited manufacturing capacity for fiber cable and high-quality components.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Back in April, a consortium led by telecoms mogul Xavier Niel’s NJJ Holding announced plans to purchase both Ukrainian TV and fixed broadband provider Datagroup-Volia and mobile operator Lifecell, with the intention of merging the two operators.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 11, 2024

News The new agreement creates a joint working group to address the risks posed by children’s interactions with social media and emerging technologies The UK and US have signed a new agreement aimed at improving online safety for children, led by UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 11, 2024

News SK Telecom (SKT), KT, and LG Uplus allegedly coordinated to keep their sales incentives at the same level This week, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a preliminary decision to impose fines of up to $4.1 According to local media , if the FTC’s decision is finalised, the regulator intends to charge SKT between $1.05

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – A small Texas city is finding out what it's like when the cable TV company cuts the cord. 6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. Alpine, Texas (pop.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The ASA issued rulings on ads from BT, its subsidiaries EE and Plusnet, as well as TalkTalk, Virgin Media, and O2, after finding they did not adequately inform customers about mid-contract price rises. The crackdown follows new guidance introduced by the ASA in December last year.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

stake in TIM currently held by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) The ownership of Italys incumbent network operator Telecom Italia (TIM) continues to be a hot topic this week, with the Italian government agreeing to a stake swap between national postal service Poste and state lender CDP. The swap will see Poste take control of CDPs 9.8%

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Under the MoU, signed during the Capacity Europe 2024 event in London, the parties agreed to leverage on Sparkle’s and Mobily’s terrestrial networks and the AAE1 cable in Jeddah to create a diversified and low latency route that will connect Italy to Saudi Arabia reaching Singapore.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 10, 2025

However, don’t think that they won’t switch back to competing fiber or cable connections if their experience changes. The views expressed in Expert Opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of Broadband Breakfast and Breakfast Media LLC. Please send pieces to  commentary@breakfast.media.

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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.  Heading North, on August 29, 2024, the tiny cruise ship town of Sitka, Alaska suffered an undersea cable cut which required about two weeks to repair.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

WINNER: CityFibre The finalists were: 4 Fibre Limited Freedom Fibre Ltd NETS International Openreach, Fibre Build plan “Virgin Media O2 & Deloitte – Smart Planning tool “ The Access Innovation Award The winner of this category is doing some amazing work across the country, including here in London.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Sipartech immediately saw the benefits of deploying our DigitalAsset service across key areas of their network to deliver real-time actionable data and insights to deliver a greater than 50% reduction in cable breaks year on year. link] Media Enquiries: info@fibersense.com

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For nearly two decades, it has been caught in a battle over whether independent providers should have fair access to networks built by larger telecom companies—and at what price. But Canada’s telecom sector isn’t a free market. Sometimes, telecom giants complain about regulatory burdens.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 31, 2025

Globalstar empowers its customers to connect, transmit, and communicate in smarter ways easily, quickly, securely, and affordably offering reliable satellite and terrestrial connectivity services as an international telecom infrastructure provider. mike@mwgco.net +1 917 397 2272

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Other solutions for network providers to consider include: Bury where possible For communities building their own broadband networks or incumbent telcos expanding their coverage, the ideal method is to place the cabling underground.   In these circumstances, your only option is likely placing cable on utility poles.

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Telegeography

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In 2024, we saw many telecom headlines in the mainstream media. There were stories on the evening news about submarine cables relating to geopolitics, network outages, and even the potential impact of AI.

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EldoTelecom

JULY 11, 2024

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Investor owned telephone and cable companies and their trade associations hope the courts will put the U.S. That would conceivably bolster their case if the underlying statute here – the 1996 Telecom Act – was unclear or ambiguous or failed to grant the FCC authority for its rules.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 8, 2024

” Meanwhile, the FCC’s latest status report said 4 percent of the cell sites were offline in areas affected by Hurricane Helene on Monday – the number was more than 14 percent in parts of North Carolina that were hit – and more than 325,000 cable and wireline subscribers were without service, down from 654,000 on Oct.

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EldoTelecom

MAY 15, 2024

For years cable operators such as Comcast, Charter and Cox have fought hard against municipal broadband projects, always crying that it’s wrong for taxpayer dollars to compete against their private investments. But now, the competitive landscape is shifting. link] This story lacks so much context it's misleading.

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IEEE ComSoc

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Japan’s government and private sector will offer support for telecommunications infrastructure in Pacific island countries, starting with a data center and telecom project in Palau, in an effort to improve the security of vital networks connecting Asia and North America. Australia and Southeast Asia. Japan, the U.S.,

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NetWork Telecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

Ever felt overwhelmed by the telecom jargon (technical terms and acronyms) that seems to dominate the world of telecommunications? Whether you’re a small business owner trying to choose the right phone system or an IT professional tasked with managing your company’s network, understanding telecom jargon can be a daunting task.

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Mark Goldberg

DECEMBER 23, 2024

My year-end wrap up posts are also good holiday reading material: “Checking my scorecard” and “So the years spin by…” Howard Law has an interesting blog looking at Media Policy. 30 years ago, I was the executive responsible for a national voice telecom network. Both sites have places to sign-up.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Prior to joining NSR he led the Telecom, Cable & Satellite research teams at Credit Suisse and JPMorgan where he was recognized as a top ranked analyst and stock picker by Institutional Investor, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Jonathan Chaplin  leads the US Communications Services research team.

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Mark Goldberg

MARCH 12, 2025

When I have written about the subject in the past, it was in the context of telecom, with arbitragers exploiting loopholes in certain mandated rates. “The inefficiencies of regulatory arbitrage multiply when different services that serve similar functionssuch as broadcast, cable, and streamingare regulated under different frameworks.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 21, 2025

Fallout from the big ISPs At least one major telecom company has already signaled its petty prerogative, perhaps hoping to give other states pause before enacting similar laws. The views reflected in Expert Opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of Broadband Breakfast and Breakfast Media LLC.

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NTIA

AUGUST 22, 2024

Before joining NTIA, Mr. Patrick was a wireless, media, and technology attorney in private practice, counseling telecom, cable, broadcast, and broadband companies on a wide range of policy, transactional, and regulatory matters.

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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. Breakfast Media LLC CEO  Drew Clark  has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008.

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HCL Tech

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

With digital platforms reshaping the consumption landscape, social media redefining content creation and streaming services overtaking traditional cable TV, this swift evolution presents significant opportunities for industry leaders.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Cable companies are now important competitors for mobile service and have more than 15 million subscribers. The NCTA states that more than 80 percent of cable operators’ mobile data traffic is offloaded to Wi-Fi networks. [16] Non-China based social media sites such as Google, Facebook, X and YouTube are blocked. [22]

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NetWork Telecom

APRIL 30, 2024

Contact Network Telecom Today Session Initiation Protocol 1. These sessions can range from a simple two-way telephone call to collaborative multi-media conferences. Cable Specifications: The quality of SIP calls can be significantly affected by internet bandwidth and the upload/download speeds provided by one’s internet service.

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NetWork Telecom

APRIL 29, 2024

SIP supports not just voice calls but also the following services: Video meetings Instant messaging Sharing various types of media You can think of SIP as one way to use VoIP that connects your company’s phone system directly to the regular phone network, eliminating the need for traditional phone lines. Upgrade to SIP today.

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NetWork Telecom

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Explore their websites to gather information about the following: Services Features Pricing plans Customer reviews You should also read reviews and testimonials on independent review platforms, social media, or industry-specific websites. Contact Network Telecom. Thank you to the team at Network Telecom!”

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission defended its media ownership rules in federal appeals court in Minnesota on Wednesday. Carr has long supported relaxing media ownership rules and is expected to roll back the 2023 order regardless.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 15, 2025

2019 Mixed-Use Cable OrderThe FCC's reinterpretation of Section 621 of the Cable Act allowed cable providers to exclude broadband services from franchise agreements and deduct the cost of public interest obligations (like PEG channels) from franchise fees.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

The Trump administration’s plan to impose substantial tariffs on imports critical to ISPs, telecom companies, and all those in the broadband space, is likely to cause disruption, at least in the short-term. Proposed tariffs include a hefty 25% on aluminum and steel imports. Please send pieces to  commentary@breakfast.media.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Brooke Donilon , VP of government relations at NCTA, which represents the cable industry, also wasn’t keen on reconciliation as the vehicle for auction authority. In the near term, Jennifer McCarthy , a longtime telecom attorney, said the FCC could potentially open up bands for lower priority, interruptible use in the near term.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

Well, due to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision in  Ohio Telecom Association v. In its  National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. The views expressed in Expert Opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of Broadband Breakfast and Breakfast Media LLC.

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