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The Divide: North Dakota's broadband director on building the state's BEAD program
Brian Newby, broadband program director for the state of North Dakota, joined the state's broadband office as it was in the process of being created in early 2023. Since then, his primary focus has been on developing the state's Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
As public broadband networks ramp up, so do new attacks
The US has gained an additional 47 municipal broadband networks since January 2021, bringing the total to nearly 450.
Cable industry puts its weight behind Internet routing security
CableLabs, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, and several large and midsized cable operators are promoting a new framework profile for secure Internet routing that they hope to expand and enhance by engaging with other types of service providers, Internet organizations and IP networking groups. CableLabs has released a "Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Internet Routing" that aims to serve as the foundation for improving the security of the Internet's routing system, with an emphasis on core routing protocols such as the Border Gateway Protocol, the Resource Public Key Infr
MoffettNathanson: Cable snared nearly half of US mobile line adds in Q3 (LightReading)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 11/17/2023 - 10:19Dish's Ergen continues to pursue spectrum from 800MHz to 12GHz (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/20/2023 - 10:41Dish looks to undermine T-Mobile's 5G spectrum aspirations
T-Mobile is hoping to significantly improve the depth and reach of its lowband 5G network. But Dish Network is looking to block that move. A 2019 agreement among Dish, T-Mobile, and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) ultimately paved the way for T-Mobile to close its $26 billion purchase of Sprint.
Podcast | The Divide: Why the Affordable Connectivity Program is key to closing the digital divide (LightReading)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 12:49A fifth of China's broadband users access speeds of 1 Gbps or above
Twenty-two percent of broadband customers in China have access to downlink speeds of at least 1 Gbps. China is progressing in fixed-line broadband as well as mobile, according to its latest government statistics. The country's three big operators reported 622 million fixed-line broadband users at the end of August, which is up 32.1 million from the start of the year. All told, of the 587 million Chinese broadband users, 94 percent are on 100 Mbps and above. The country's success in rolling out advanced infrastructure and racking up big subscriber adds is due to several factors, such as a su
Cable jumps into the mobile subsidy game
Some of the nation's top cable operators have begun to ramp up promotions focused on smartphone subsidies. These cable-led promotions mark a shift in the dynamics of the US mobile market, according to MoffettNathanson. Analyst Craig Moffett said this new wave of mobile promotional offers from operators such as Comcast, Charter, and Cox illustrates that they're indeed needed in today's competitive market. "Cable's emergence as a promotional discounter was entirely predictable, notwithstanding their early protests to the contrary," Moffett explained. However, he tempered predictions on how we