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Content tagged with Satellite posted in July 2019
BBWN Bites: Casa Gets Downgraded
Broadband World News  
7/31/2019   7 comments
Raymond James analyst downgrades Casa Systems' stock, based on industry's growing adoption of virtualization and competitor's success with customers like Comcast and Liberty Global.
BBWN Bites: Charter Promotes Finance Whizzes, Operators Rock Out in Romania
Broadband World News  
7/29/2019   9 comments
As Charter grows, so do its financial executives' responsibilities. And in Romania, investments and mergers should disrupt broadband infrastructure.
BBWN Bites: Virgin Media Plans Speedy Rollout of Gig Broadband
Broadband World News  
7/25/2019   11 comments
Also, Canada looks to Telesat to span its digital divide, Northern Ireland's broadband plan advances and new research ponders next-gen optical networks.
CenturyLink Digs Today's Fiber
Broadband World News  
7/23/2019   3 comments
CenturyLink is expanding on its legacy of fiber, using new cable technologies from Corning to add 4.7 million miles in 50 US cities.
OneWeb Satellites Takes One More Giant Leap for Broadband
Alison Diana  
7/23/2019   2 comments
Joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus opens facility that can make two satellites per day at one-fiftieth the cost of traditional factories that produce one satellite a year, boasts OneWeb Satellites.
BBWN Bites: Subscribers Freeze Out Netflix
Broadband World News  
7/18/2019   24 comments
The heavyweight in the streaming-video market it helped create, Netflix finds itself without Friends and with plenty more nimble competitors.
DOCSIS 3.1 Gains New Ground
Alison Diana  
7/17/2019   7 comments
Some operators expand existing D3.1 infrastructure, while others discover fiber-only is too slow and expensive to meet subscribers' needs quickly enough to keep them happy.
BBWN Bites: Google, Microsoft & WISPA: Fixed Wireless Can Bridge Digital Divide
Broadband World News  
7/17/2019   1 comment
Google, Microsoft and WISPA hope the FCC agrees that by allowing FWA operators to share C-Band, 80 million unserved Americans will get connected.
Piracy to Swipe $12.5B in Video Revenue by 2024 – Report
Alison Diana  
7/16/2019   30 comments
Piracy and account sharing are taking a sizable bite from operators' content revenue, with incumbents and OTT startups feeling the financial hurt.
Pai: FCC Must Crowdsource Broadband Map
Broadband World News  
7/12/2019   6 comments
Crowdsourcing can ensure service providers don't fudge on broadband claims, FCC boss says.
BBWN Bites: BT Explores Fiber Funding Options
Broadband World News  
7/11/2019   5 comments
In the face of more competition and demand, UK incumbent considers how it can pay to deploy full-fiber broadband to 15 million homes by mid-decade.
FCC Seeks to Streamline Satellite Regs as Bezos & Musk Ready for Space Battle.
Alison Diana  
7/10/2019   4 comments
The FCC drafts changes to accelerate its satellite review process about a week after Amazon's Project Kuiper files an application with the agency in the fast-moving space broadband race.
FCC Explores MDU Broadband Regulation
Alison Diana  
7/10/2019   2 comments
Federal agency suggests that mandating competition and infrastructure sharing will discourage MDU buildouts and perpetuate the digital divide.
BBWN Bites: Sony Goes Orange for Security
Broadband World News  
7/8/2019   12 comments
The operator will build Sony Group's new communications infrastructure atop the Orange Flexible SD-WAN solution to enhance Sony's performance, security and scalability.
NBN Moves Goal Post for Rollout Victory
Alison Diana  
7/3/2019   5 comments
Australian broadband operator met lowered targets for premises passed and activated accounts for its fiscal year and most recent quarter.
BBWN Bites: Inmarsat Blasts Arctic With Satellite Broadband
Broadband World News  
7/3/2019   12 comments
Also in today's news roundup: NBN reaches more than forecasted, Eutelsat's latest venture, 5G in rural Japan and Google's new subsea cable.
BBWN Bites: Charter Pitches Idea of C-Band Auction
Broadband World News  
7/2/2019   4 comments
Intelsat and SES, plus Intel, recommended use of C-band for wireless carriers to FCC, but Charter now suggests a C-band auction that could cost providers billions.
BBWN Bites: Openreach Swaps Some VDSL2 Cabinets, Intelsat Soars Into Indonesia
Broadband World News  
7/1/2019   6 comments
Cable One adds TierPoint exec to board, Safaricom CEO loses battle with cancer, ETSI adds 5G and networking features, and BT preps for mass layoffs.




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Charter has sparked RDOF work in all 24 states where it won bids. The cable op booked about $19 million in RDOF revenues in Q1, and expects to have about $9 million per month come in over the next ten years.
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