In July 2021, exec Laurinda Pang told Fierce Lumen was planning to ramp its focus on Europe, plotting investments in key growth areas. Lumen Technologies has stated that it will invest in a fibre pair on Google’s Grace Hopper underwater cable, giving it a sixth trans-Atlantic route choice. Lumen’s previous investment in Google‘s Dunant subsea […]
USDA provides extra $502 million for ReConnect Round 3
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continued its efforts to boost rural broadband, announcing today the second group of winners of the Broadband ReConnect Program’s third funding round – distributing $502 million across 20 states. Alaska reaped significant benefits from support for Alaska Telephone Company ($33.02 million) and Arctic Slope Telephone ($31 million). These companies […]
Charter Communications’ CEO, Tom Rutledge, has been replaced
Tom Rutledge has been a mainstay in the cable community for 50 years. What a difference a few years can make. At the height of the pandemic two years ago, Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge was riding high with a firm that was gaining new broadband users every month as people rushed to work and […]
Altice and Charter will provide free broadband to New York City housing residents
New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched a new initiative on Monday in which two of the city’s largest cable companies, Charter (Spectrum) and Altice (Optimum), will provide free, subsidized service to public housing tenants. The new “Big Apple Connect” programme will provide free Internet and basic cable access to New York City Housing Authority […]
Ex-Cisco Executives Launch Networking Startup Nile
Nile, created by two former Cisco executives, aims to reinvent the network and eliminate human dependence by providing “new age” network-as-a-service (NaaS) and adopting “out-of-the-box” automatic zero-trust security. The manufacturer believes that the paradigm is similar to what the cloud did for computers and storage. Pankaj Patel, co-founder, and CEO of Nile, retired from Cisco […]
TDS pursuing broadband funds in three additional states following wins in Tennessee and Wisconsin.
TDS Telecom is competing with Comcast, Frontier Communications, Verizon, and Breezeline for broadband funds in at least three states. So far in 2022, the operator’s grant efforts have yielded mixed results, with a loss in Wisconsin and a gain in Tennessee. TDS SVP of External Affairs Drew Petersen told Fierce that the company had “five […]
Enet, a fibre network, will invest €50 million in a five-year expansion.
Telecoms provider Enet is to invest €50m in fiber networks around the country over the next five years, allowing more service providers and businesses access. Among the areas targeted for expansion by Enet is Dublin, where 45 kilometers of fiber will be installed in the north and west of the city, connecting all the major business […]
Dish Network’s Gen Mobile introduces new prepaid options
Dish’s Gen Mobile, a prepaid MVNO bought a year ago, has announced four new rate plans designed to provide budget-conscious users with more options. Gen Mobile reimagines connectivity by delivering high-quality, low-cost wireless services to underserved communities. Earlier this year, Gen Mobile launched its ACP offering which helps make broadband access more affordable for Americans. […]
U.K. without further investment, 5G deployment may fall short.
The U.K. According to a new assessment from the Digital Connectivity Forum, the UK’s top advisory group, the country is at risk of not reaping the full benefits of 5G. On connectivity, the government. The paper, titled The Investment Gap to Full 5G Rollout, was prepared in partnership with Frontier Economics and assesses mobile network […]
Louisiana is the first state to get a $1 billion broadband planning grant for future investment
Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., U.S. Louisiana will be the first state to receive broadband funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which he helped write and enact last year. This $2,941,542 award will be used to plan the implementation and adoption of affordable and dependable high-speed internet across the state. The Department of […]