Broadband's Role in Equity Action Plans
Friday, April 29, 2022
April 2022
Intel CEO Sees Chip Shortage Lasting Into 2024 (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 06:36Comcast’s Peacock Added About Four Million Subscribers in First Quarter (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 06:35Apple Only Gainer As Smartphone Market Shrinks Again in Q1 2022 (C|Net)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 06:35Weekly Digest
Weekly Digest
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg: C-band continues to be a top concern for aviation (Fierce)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/28/2022 - 18:57Fiber Surging in North America (Fiber Broadband Association)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/28/2022 - 17:35RWA Emphasizes Importance of Wireless Deployments in Closing Digital Divide
In a meeting with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Rural Wireless Association discussed the important role of fixed and mobile wireless solutions in the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. RWA stressed how factors such as serving difficult terrain, speed of deployment, lower construction costs, and future-proofing networks through network virtualization are all strong reasons to include funding for wireless networks.
Comcast added 262,000 broadband customers in the first quarter 0f 2022
Comcast added 262,000 high-speed internet customers in the first quarter 0f 2022. Revenue increased 4.7% to $16.5 billion in the first quarter of 2022, driven by increases in broadband, business services, wireless, advertising, and other revenue, partially offset by decreases in video and voice revenue. Broadband revenue increased 8.0% due to an increase in the number of residential broadband customers and an increase in average rates. Wireless revenue increased 32.0%, primarily due to an increase in the number of customer lines.
Groups discuss findings in USF contribution report with FCC
Representatives from Ad Hoc Telecom Users Committee, INCOMPAS, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, Public Knowledge, the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (“SHLB”) Coalition, and the Voice on the Net Coalition met with State members of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service to discuss the findings in the USForward Report.