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Gigapower fiber joint venture sets expansion into Minneapolis-St. Paul
Gigapower, the AT&T-BlackRock joint venture, has identified several towns in the southern Minneapolis-St. Paul area as expansion targets for a multi-gigabit fiber network that will be underpinned by an "open access" framework. Gigapower's expansion there will include Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Eagan, Savage, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Farmington, Lakeville, Rosemont and Shakopee.
'Significant errors' plague FCC's broadband map, says ISP alliance
A broadband coalition called the Accurate Broadband Data Alliance (ABDA) is warning the Federal Communications Commission that its national broadband map contains errors that "will hinder and, in many cases, prevent deployment of essential broadband services by redirecting funds away from areas truly lacking sufficient broadband." In a filing, ABDA alleges that "significant errors" exist throughout the broadband map, due in part to incorrect reporting by some internet service providers. "A number of carriers, including LTD Broadband/GigFire LLC and others, continue to overreport Internet se
Charter Super Bowl ad takes a shot at T-Mobile Home Internet (Light Reading)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 02/12/2024 - 15:13This week in broadband deployments (Light Reading)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 02/09/2024 - 11:37Lumen to maintain fiber buildout pace in 2024—but is it fast enough?
Lumen Technologies expects to build fiber to an additional 500,000 locations in 2024, matching its pace for 2023. However, some industry watchers believe Lumen could open itself up to fiber overbuilders if it can't accelerate its pace. During Q4 2023, Lumen deployed fiber to another 126,000 new locations, down from 141,000 in the prior period, but ahead of the 113,000 that analysts were expecting.
Is T-Mobile facing static over its latest 5G spectrum purchase?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it's going to more carefully look at the "competitive effects" of T-Mobile's plan to purchase more 2.5GHz spectrum for its 5G network.
Congress poised to gift billions to internet service providers
Legislation currently wending its way through Congress could extend 100 percent bonus depreciation of property for US businesses.
US telecommunications jobs are disappearing
The top three telecommunications companies in the US are shrinking quickly. Across the industry, telecommunications companies are shedding employees as quickly as they can as they automate their networks, outsource tasks to other companies and do less when it comes to customer service.