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UK govt looks to satellite to solve rural connectivity woes 

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Sweden asks Chinese ship to return for investigation after Baltic Sea cable damage EE CEO Marc Allera to bow out in Spring The first of these projects takes place on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. Located seven miles off the mainland, the island has 141 residents but attracts 40,000 visitors annually.

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Top 5 American news stories from Broadband Communities 

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News Change is in the air at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with a new review of rules around submarine cables, the first such review since 2001. 20, 2025.

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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

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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. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co.,

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GCI to shut down pay-TV services, signals 'more support' for Xumo

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GCI, Alaska's largest cable operator, will shut down its pay-TV services by mid-2025, including its app-based Yukon TV streaming platform. GCI said it will shift more resources toward broadband and mobile.

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Deutsche Telekom surpasses German railway connectivity targets 2 years early

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.” In an additional investment, DB is spending €50 million to install over 70,000 train windows that are more easily penetrated by mobile signals. This technology uses a laser to etch a fine pattern into the ultra-thin metal layer that shields the train windows from sunlight, thereby allowing better signal penetration.

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EE takes coverage to the top of Ben Nevis 

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The site’s strategic location in Glen Nevis, a popular area that attracts over 400,000 visitors annually, is crucial for addressing coverage gaps, particularly in ‘shadowed’ areas where the natural terrain had previously blocked signals.

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HS2 project could boost rural broadband, new analysis reveals 

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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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