Broadband
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AlixPartners, along with Andrew Lipman, a partner at Morgan Lewis and an expert in broadband funding, closely examined the BEAD program to unearth its potential rewards and pitfalls. Together, we have developed five uncomfortable truths of participating in BEAD.
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Wim Van Thillo, CEO and co-founder of Pharrowtech discusses raising the US’s national broadband speed benchmark.
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Asianet, a division of the Lightstorm Group, confirms a collaboration with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson for a strategic network expansion, in line with digital transformation goals of Indonesia.
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Speaking in a presentation of Nokia’s Q3 2023 financial results, CEO Pekka Lundmark has expanded on a number of announcements made by the Finish company this week.
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Bach is tasked with monitoring and managing revenue growth of Broadband provider, LiveOak Fiber, in his new role.
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Consumer association Which? says the price hikes planned by the likes of BT and Vodafone are “unacceptable” during a cost-of-living crisis.
Forthcoming events
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Li Zhengmao, former CEO of China Telecom, is the new chairman of the board of the World Broadband Association (WBBA).
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The price of internet access is going down, but 2.7 billion people – roughly one-third of the global population – remain unconnected to the internet.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that it will auction two lots of 100MHz in the 3.5GHz spectrum band as it looks to accelerate 5G deployment in the country.
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Residents of Aarhus, Denmark’s second biggest city, are about to have their broadband provider switched, after the network ended its contract with Stofa after 44 years.
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Northern Ireland has the fastest broadband in the UK, with a median download speed of 65.21Mbps, faster than the UK’s average of 61.69Mbps.
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Customers of Veon’s Banglalink are to benefit from faster 4G services after the company has started to use the new spectrum it procured in April 2022.
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Japanese telco NTT says it has increased the capacity of optical devices by 50%, so that fibres can carry data at 1.2Tbps.
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Broadband in the UK is slower than in 34 other countries, mainly in Europe, according to a new study out today.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected Starlink’s application for US$885 million in federal subsidies that would see it provide satellite internet to rural areas.
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Globe Telecom is looking to grow its roster of property development partners as it steps up its push for built-in broadband.
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Liberty Global has taken a significant step to upgrade its cable networks to deliver 10Gbps into its 85 million customers’ homes.
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Millicom has announced that it has signed a wholesale network access agreement with Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB).
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State-owned electricity company Kenya Power is to compete with Safaricom and other operators to offer fixed internet services.
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More than a dozen companies in the UK telecoms infrastructure and content industries have formed a new organisation to advise government on digital connectivity.
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The UK’s biggest broadband and mobile operators have made a range of commitments to help customers with the rising cost of living crisis.
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Cox Communications is to spend more than $400 million over the next three years on delivering symmetrical gigabit broadband connectivity to more than 100K households across the US.
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Customers of Fibernet, a new alternative network provider in Finland, are to be offered speeds of up to 10Gbps in their homes.
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Italian wholesale fibre provider, Open Fiber, has selected a centralised optical test solution from VIAVI to support its goal of delivering 100% gigabit broadband coverage in Italy.
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Rogers has successfully completed tests in both lab and customer trials of download and upload speeds of up to 8Gbps on its fibre network.
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Digital 9, the UK-based investment firm that owns subsea company Aqua Comms has acquired broadband provider Host Ireland for approximately €60 million.
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service is giving consumers across Europe faster speeds than fixed broadband, according to Ookla.
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Ukrtelecom, Ukraine's incumbent telco, reports that as of this morning, 75% of its regional hubs remain operational and that its national carrier network is still working
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Orange chooses 5G SA network partners in Europe
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Macquarie Capital has invested in Spain’s Onivia wholesale fibre network alongside Arjun Infrastructure Partners.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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The economic potential of unlicensed access to the 6 GHz band could add up to US$187.63 billion to the Indonesian economy, and up an accumulated $150.19 billion to the economies of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
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The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has added Orange to its board of directors.
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ICT arm of PLDT is set to build the additional data centre capacity in Santa Rosa, Laguna province
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Vodafone is looking to sell its entire 28.1% stake in India’s largest cell tower firm Indus Towers according to several reports.
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Amdocs has introduced a new billing solution to help service providers to evolve their billing in the 5G era.
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UK operators will make it more difficult for fraudsters to use their networks after plans unveiled today by Ofcom.
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Netcracker has launched a digital platform to help CSPs accelerate business growth in the digital economy.
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Zoom Video Communications and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating to offer a jointly developed product for the German market called ‘Zoom X’.
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US cable TV operator Cox Communications is to upgrade its customers’ home connections to 10Gbps