Frontier Reports First-Quarter 2024 Results
Frontier Communications reported first-quarter 2024 results. Highlights include:
May 2024
Altice USA Reports First Quarter 2024 Results
Altice USA reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Highlights include:
Balancing E-Rate Funding and Social Media Access in Schools
Congress is currently deliberating changes to the E-rate program, and one proposal has raised eyebrows: requiring schools to ban social media access over their networks as a condition for receiving E-rate funding. While the intention—to protect children from social media risks—is commendable, we have reservations about using the E-rate program as a lever to address this issue.
Witnesses will be announced and are by invitation only, and the hearing livestream will be available at http://energycommerce.house.gov.
If you have any questions concerning this hearing, please contact Noah Jackson at noah.jackson@mail.house.gov.
T-Mobile Completes Mint Acquisition
T-Mobile completed its acquisition of Ka’ena Corporation, which includes direct-to-consumer (D2C) prepaid wireless brands Mint Mobile, internationally-focused value brand Ultra Mobile, and wholesale wireless solutions provider Plum.
Spectrum Launches Gigabit Broadband, Mobile, TV and Voice Services in Rural Lincoln County, Missouri
Spectrum announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 1,300 homes and small businesses near the communities of Famous, Moscow Mills, New Hope and Troy, Missouri.
Memphis Launches Pioneering Fiber Broadband Infrastructure Project
In a step toward transforming Memphis (TN) into the nation's most digitally-equitable large city, Mayor Paul Young (D) broke ground on Memphis' first citywide fiber network. Memphis' median fixed broadband speeds currently rank among the slowest of any major US cities and less than 25 percent of residents have access to superior fiber internet. The citywide infrastructure being designed, built, financed, and managed by Blue Suede Networks, is being designed to pass 85 percent of Memphis' business and residential premises, including 85 percent in low-income communities.
GoNetspeed’s Fiber Network in Pinson, Alabama (GoNetspeed)
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Tennessee Announces $163 Million in Funding to Further Expand Broadband
Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) and Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) Commissioner Stuart McWhorter announced that Tennessee will award $162.7 million in broadband and digital opportunity grants. In total, these investments will provide broadband access and digital opportunity programs to more than 236,000 Tennesseans across 92 counties. With this announcement, TNECD has invested more than $715 million to expand the state’s broadband infrastructure, connecting more than 689,000 Tennesseans across 275,000 residential and business locations.