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UScellular CTO says fIxed wireless access offering is ‘wildly successful’
Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a bright spot for UScellular, which is struggling to turn around its mobile business. The regional operator now has close to 100,000 FWA subscribers, according to UScellular EVP and CTO Mike Irizarry.
Telecommunications companies should prepare for junk fee regulation
Legislation aimed at regulating telecommunications operators is in the works and companies should hasten to prepare for what’s to come. A bill introduced to the Senate in March 2023 proposes to do away with “junk fees,” which are financial charges that President Joe Biden denounced in his State of the Union address.
UTOPIA Fiber hits 55,000 subscribers, touts growing public partnerships
UTOPIA Fiber, an open-access network provider operating in the Western US, disclosed on May 3 that it reaches 55,000 subscribers.
Brightspeed gets $500 Million investment from Abu Dhabi firm Mubadala
North Carolina-based broadband provider Brightspeed has caught the eye of Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala, which will invest $500 million into the operator. The investment, subject to regulatory approvals and conditions, would make Mubadala a minority shareholder alongside Apollo Global Management, Brightspeed’s parent company.
T-Mobile tackles the hard part about 5G mid-band build
With T-Mobile’s mid-band 5G buildout at 275 million points of presence (POPs) and a year-end target of 300 million POPs, the question is: How easy or difficult is it to cover that last 25 million people? “It gets harder and harder. And as a rule of thumb, I would say that it’s about 3 times harder for every 10 million that you add.
Shentel reached 165,000 fiber passings in Q1 (Fierce)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 05/01/2023 - 13:26Department of Justice review underway in T-Mobile’s proposed acquisition of Mint Mobile (Fierce)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 14:43Vodafone names Margherita Della Valle as permanent CEO (Fierce)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 14:22Shiv Putcha: Wiring legacy buildings with cost-effective broadband
As economies around the world rebound from the pandemic, there are significant variations in the pace and strength of the recovery.