UPDATE There is no clear need to make technological giants help pay for 5G and broadband rollout, according to Belgium’s telecom regulator IBPT-BIPT, Reuters reported. Europe’s telecoms have lobbied the regulator that Big Tech companies – hyperscalers and cloud providers like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet’s Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Microsoft […]
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U.S. growers and livestock producers increasingly rely on the internet across the farm and ranch, yet many still don’t have access to it. A report the USDA released in August, “Technology Use, Farm Computer Usage and Ownership,” found that 15 percent of farms and ranches have no access to the […]
On this Veterans Day, we say “thank you for your service!” to all our military veterans. Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FYBR) is saying thank you in its own unique way. The company is donating high-speed fiber internet connections, equipment, and training to Tampa, FL-based Learning Alliance Corporation in support of Frontier’s […]
Because of smart decisions, such as a pipeline to make spectrum available for commercial use and easing permitting policies, the U.S. is the global leader in wireless, says WIA President/CEO Patrick Halley. But he cautions that continuing that success is not guaranteed. The country needs a predictable spectrum pipeline, which […]
UScellular (NYSE: USM) owned and operated 4,356 towers across 23 states in the Midwest, New England, parts of the South, and the Pacific Northwest, at the end of 3Q23. In the past 12 months, the company added 27 towers and recently won an award from the Missouri Cell Towers Grant […]
The FCC launched a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to begin the agency’s evaluation of the state of broadband in the U.S., as required by Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. As part of the NOI, the Commission proposes to increase the national fixed broadband speed benchmark to 100/20 […]
SBA Communications (NASDAQ: SBAC) reported 3Q23 results that the company says beat its own estimates. Total 3Q23 revenues were $683 million compared to $676 million in the prior year period, an increase of one percent. Site leasing revenue in the quarter of $637 million consisted of $468 million in domestic […]
Private wireless network provider Betacom has partnered with UScellular (NYSE: USM) to develop one of the first private/public hybrid 5G networks, providing security and control over business data, both on-premises and while roaming in between company facilities. “Today’s enterprises are not looking for what network is best,” said Michael Davies, […]
UPDATE FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks praised the Biden Administration for including key telecommunications and national security policies in its supplemental funding request to Congress. The request included $6 billion to continue the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and just over $3 billion to fully fund the FCC’s effort to reimburse small […]
American Tower (NYSE: AMT) is still the largest independent tower company in the world, according to Inside Towers Intelligence. At the end of 3Q23, the company reported a global portfolio consisting of 222,858 towers in 25 countries across five regions. That figure is up one percent year-over-year compared to 220,096 […]