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  • Ericsson shareholders withhold approval of board’s actions over corruption scandal

    by Diana Muratov
    March 31, 2023

    March 31, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Ericsson shareholders have for the second year in a row voted against a proposal that would have cleared board members of liability for alleged corruption charges. This means that investors can potentially sue board members. Shareholders who own at least one-tenth of all shares in the company voted against discharge from liability for most of […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Annika Salomonsson, Börje Ekholm, Ericsson

  • Telecommunications
  • Windstream completes removal of Huawei equipment from Its network with full cost coverage from FCC

    by Diana Muratov
    March 30, 2023

    March 30, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Windstream, a privately held company that provides wired broadband services, has announced that it has successfully removed all Huawei equipment from its network. The move is in compliance with the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act that was passed by Congress in 2019, which mandates the removal of Huawei and ZTE equipment from American telecom […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Art Nichols, FCC, Huawei, Windstream

  • Telecommunications
  • Zayo manages to overtake other U.S. SD-WAN carriers

    by Diana Muratov
    March 28, 2023

    March 28, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    According to the most recent U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard published by Vertical Systems Group (VSG), the SD-WAN market is still experiencing intense competition. The number of providers on the year-end 2022 roster expanded from seven to nine with the addition of Zayo. In VSG’s ranking, Zayo moved up from the market tier, where businesses […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Dedicated Internet Access, SD-WAN, Zayo

  • Telecommunications
  • FCC wins as the court affirms the validity of USF

    by Diana Muratov
    March 27, 2023

    March 27, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    A three-judge panel in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals supported the validity of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the agency’s choice to assign management of USF services to a third party, giving the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a significant victory. Blair Levin of New Street Research described the decision as “a pretty unambiguous […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Blair Levin, FCC, USF

  • Telecommunications
  • Altafiber invests $100M in Ohio for fiber deployment.

    by Diana Muratov
    March 24, 2023

    March 24, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Midwest telecom operator, Altafiber, formerly known as Cincinnati Bell, has announced that it is investing $100 million in delivering fiber services to approximately 52,000 addresses in Warren County, Ohio as part of a public-private partnership deal with the county government. The construction for this project has already started and the fiber service is expected to […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Altafiber, Cincinnati Bell, Fibre

  • Telecommunications
  • SCTE notes that convergence priorities differ among operators

    by Diana Muratov
    March 23, 2023

    March 23, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Convergence has been a buzzword in the telecommunications industry for years, but as SCTE’s CTO Chris Bastian noted in an interview with Fierce, the concept still means different things to different people. Furthermore, operators have different priorities when it comes to which parts of the network they want to converge on first. According to Bastian, […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: CableLabs, Fibre, Miriam Sorond, SCTE

  • Telecommunications
  • Bluepeak commits $55 million to advancing Oklahoma’s fibre expansion

    by Diana Muratov
    March 22, 2023

    March 22, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    In order to provide fibre connectivity to roughly 55,000 individuals and companies in Norman, Oklahoma, Bluepeak said on Monday that it has signed a franchise deal with the city. The operator is investing $55 million in the buildout, making it Bluepeak’s largest investment outside of South Dakota in a single market. When asked why Norman […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Bluepeak, Fibre, Jeff Seidenfaden, Rich Fish

  • Telecommunications
  • Windstream exceeded its targets for the year by 300,000 passings in 22

    by Diana Muratov
    March 21, 2023

    March 21, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Earlier this month, residents of Morgantown, Pennsylvania, became the most recent users of Windstream’s Kinetic fiber network. But according to Jeff Small, President of Kinetic, Windstream has much more planned for this year than just Morgantown. The most recent approvals in Pennsylvania are a part of Windstream’s nationwide initiative to create more fiber networks on […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Jeff Small, Windstream

  • Telecommunications
  • With the Bullitt dongle, Android and iOS phones can connect to satellite

    by Diana Muratov
    March 20, 2023

    March 20, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Recently, Bullitt unveiled two new devices to provide its satellite-to-mobile messaging service — the Motorola Defy 2 rugged Android smartphone and the Motorola Defy satellite link, a Bluetooth device that provides satellite connectivity to any smartphone. For outdoor adventurers, Motorola built the Defy 2 smartphone. It can withstand drops and tough climatic conditions. It has a small […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Android, Bullitt, Bullitt dongle, iOS

  • Telecommunications
  • Broadband gear revenue surged to $19B in 2022, with 2M XGS-PON ports shipped – Dell’Oro

    by Diana Muratov
    March 17, 2023

    March 17, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    In 2022, the market for broadband access equipment generated $19 billion in revenue, which was mostly driven by PON investments, according to a new analysis from Dell’Oro Group. The income for PON OLTs and ONTs grew to $11.7 billion last year, indicating the fifth year in a row that PON equipment has seen an increase […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: CPE, Dell’Oro Group, Heynen, ONT, PON

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