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Bill Targets Rural Broadband With $5B in Matching Grants
Jeff Baumgartner   6/28/2019   14 comments
Two US Senators introduce the American Broadband Buildout Act of 2019, targeting 'unserved' areas and aimed at protecting against overbuilds in areas where sufficient broadband already exists.
All Fiber: Build It & They Might Come
Iain Morris   6/26/2019   17 comments
There is no point in building an all-fiber network if it remains empty, says BT. And yet much of it still is.
Orange Adopts Controversial Approach to 10G PON
Ray Le Maistre   6/25/2019   11 comments
Driven by economics, the French giant is planning to follow the Chinese model of 'combo cards' for the deployment of 10G PON.
DOCSIS Is Go for '4.0'
Jeff Baumgartner   6/24/2019   15 comments
New specs will repack recent additions of DOCSIS 3.1 and tack on new capabilities, including support of services up to 1.8GHz.
Better Broadband Gets Better Scores for USDA Funding
Alison Diana   6/17/2019   15 comments
The US Department of Agriculture gives high points to those operators providing symmetric, high-speed infrastructure when considering loan and grant applicants.
Three Preps 5G FWA Launch in London
Ray Le Maistre   6/10/2019   8 comments
UK mobile operator will use its 5G spectrum to launch a fixed wireless access (FWA) service in London in August and plans to have that offer, plus mobile 5G services, in 25 UK cities by the end of this year.
FCC Lets Loose Another Wave of Rural Broadband Funding
Jeff Baumgartner   6/10/2019   10 comments
Authorization of $166.8 million over next decade earmarked for 60,850 unserved rural homes and businesses across 22 states.
NG-PON2 Tunable Optics Prices Too High for Nokia
Alison Diana   6/5/2019   7 comments
Tunable optics components add up to about $1,000, says Nokia's Stefaan Vanhastel, too high an admission cost for the $26-plus billion corporation in a market estimated at $204 million in 2022.
CenturyLink Enterprise: Shining a Light on Network Opportunities
Alison Diana   6/3/2019   11 comments
As enterprises adopt public networking, their adoption of dark fiber for high-security uses grows, said Ed Morche, president of enterprise and government markets at CenturyLink.




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