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Is SoftBank Gearing Up to Buy Charter? (Fierce)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 03/13/2018 - 15:47Verizon, CWA settle New York copper network dispute, agree on repairs, improvements
Verizon and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have reached a settlement requiring the telco to repair and make improvements to its copper network infrastructure throughout New York state. Under the terms of the agreement, the service provider agreed to repair 54 central offices across the state; replace bad cable, defective equipment and faulty backup batteries; and take down 64,000 double telephone poles.
From AT&T to Cable One: Who has the highest data caps in wireline, wireless and cable?
In this report, we consider which carriers have implemented data caps and how large those caps are. Each provider is ranked by the size of the data cap they offer and the charge they incur for exceeding it. Service provider groups that have no caps are ranked according to company size.
Here’s a big reason why wireless churn is at an all-time low (Fierce)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 14:54Cable capital expenditures still peaking with major network investments (Fierce)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 14:51Analysts: Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei score 5G wins, but too early to call winners (Fierce)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 14:50
Ahead of FCC vote, wireless industry tallies ‘excessive’ small cell deployment fees
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled later in March to vote on new rules designed to smooth the deployment of small cells for LTE and 5G, primarily by reducing fees local governments and other entities can levy against those buildouts. And, according to a variety of wireless players, those fees are “excessive,” to say the least.