Proposal Made To Ban Covered Entity Labs From FCC Certification Program
The FCC is set to vote May 23 on a proposal to ban labs owned by companies deemed to be national security risks from its equipment …
Internet Providers Must Now Be More Transparent About Fees, Pricing, FCC Says
Much like nutritional labels on food products, "broadband labels" for internet packages will soon tell you just what is going into the …
FCC Redefines Broadband As 100 Mbps
A majority of the FCC on Thursday voted to redefine broadband as speeds of at least 100 megabits per second for downloads — a fourfold …
NCTA: Local Governments Can’t Tax Broadband Revenue
Cable’s largest trade association is issuing a new reminder that cities can’t impose fees on cable operators’ broadband revenue. NCTA – The …
NTIA Supports FCC’s 100/20 Mbps Broadband Definition
The telecommunications division of the U.S. Department of Commerce is backing the idea of raising the speed definition of broadband but was …
Biden Administration Gives Broadband Providers More Buildout Flexibility
NTIA adjusts its guidance on the multibillion-dollar Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment subsidy program.
Cable Lobby, Other Groups Push Back On FCC Bid To Change Definition Of ‘Broadband’
Cable lobbying group NCTA–The Internet & Television Association is asking the FCC to reject a proposal made by Google Fiber, ALLO and …
Download Speeds Are Primary Factor In Users’ Broadband Decisions
A recent Ookla report finds download speeds are a primary factor influencing users’ decisions to switch between cable, fiber and fixed …
Senior Republicans Want FCC’s Rosenworcel To Correct Broadband Testimony
Senior Capitol Hill Republicans that oversee the communications sector say they want FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to correct “deeply …
FCC Reasserts Authority Over Internet Access
The FCC has voted 3-2 to begin the process of giving utility-style authority to regulate broadband access by reclassifying broadband as a …
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds FCC Broadband Subsidy Process
A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of the way the FCC hands out billions of dollars in subsidies for broadband and …
Charter Communications Chooses Harmonic To Accelerate Network Evolution
Charter Communications has selected Harmonic as its strategic technology partner to deploy virtual CMTS technology for next-gen broadband …
Amazon Unveils Three Satellite User Terminals, Plans Broadband Service In 2024
Amazon has designed three satellite broadband user terminals and will start offering Internet service in 2024, the company announced …
FCC Approves Amazon’s Satellite Broadband Play
The FCC has paved the way for Amazon’s satellite-delivered broadband company, Project Kuiper, and its constellation of low-earth-orbit (LEO) …
Comcast Bags $45M As Florida Dishes Out $144M For Broadband
Florida awarded more than $144 million for broadband projects across 41 counties there, with Comcast scoring nearly a third of the money …
Comcast Raising Prices On Xfinity Broadband Plans
Most customers will see their bills go up by $3, including those on promotional contracts.
Analyst Asks If Cable Is A Good Business And The Answer Doesn’t Mention TV
Craig Moffett says bearish investors are concerned about broadband capex, but overlooking wireless.
FCC Unveils New Broadband Map
The FCC has released its first draft of a new broadband availability map meant to more accurately represent broadband coverage as the Biden …
Carnegie Mellon Proposes Extensive Broadband Label
Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security & Privacy Institute has come up with what it says is a better and more consumer-friendly …
FCC Approves $800 Million More In Broadband Aid
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized almost $800 million dollars more in rural subsidies from its Rural Digital Opportunity …
Comcast and Charter May Need New Focus As Broadband Growth Stalls Amid Competition
Comcast and Charter, the two largest U.S. cable companies, have a broadband growth problem. As tens of millions of Americans canceled their …
Could Cable Come Back With A ‘TV-Lite’ Future Of Re-Aggregation And Upselling?
Mix a skinny version of the traditional bundle with a few choice streaming services, add some cloud-based video gaming, deliver it all …
Home Broadband/Mobile Has Become Comcast’s ‘Lead Bundle,’ CFO Says
With pay-TV losses likely to continue, wireless has rapidly emerged as the primary pairing with home broadband at Comcast. "You're really …
Fixed Wireless Could Add 10 Million Subscribers by 2027
Wells Fargo’s Eric Luebchow and Steven Cahall predict cable broadband market share could be halved in five years.
ACA Connects Names Veteran Telecom Executive Grant Spellmeyer As New CEO
The trade group’s new president will focus on piloting independent broadband providers in a rapidly changing market climate.
Federal Agencies To Share, Standardize, Broadband Data
The FCC, Department of Agriculture, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (all of which oversee broadband subsidy …
White House Says Internet Providers To Discount Fee For Poor
Twenty internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans. The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed …
FCC Issues Plan To Combat Systemic Barriers To Broadband Equity
The FCC has issued its "Equity Action Plan," which it said was "pursuant to the president's executive order on advancing racial equity and …
FCC Adopts Rules Boosting Broadband Choice For Tenants
The FCC has unanimously voted to close what it says are loopholes that have allowed broadband providers to evade rules meant to give tenants …
NTIA Seeks Comment On Handing Out Broadband Billions
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration, the lead agency overseeing the Biden Administration's tens of billions of …
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu To Oversee Historic Biden Broadband Investment
President Joe Biden has named former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee the administration's massive infrastructure plan, …
Kentucky Cable Operator Drops Cable
Barbourville (Ky.) Utilities moves to a broadband video model. It is not signing up any new cable customers, but will help any current …
Comcast Touts 10G Connection Using Virtualization And FDX-Based DOCSIS 4.0
Comcast has established a successful 10 Gbps network-to-modem connection using virtualized CMTS and the full duplex version of the new …
FCC Handing Out $163 Million More In Rural Broadband Bucks
The FCC has authorized more than $163 million to 42 providers in the second round of phase one of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund broadband …
Comcast Stock Falls As CFO Signals Broadband Slowdown
Comcast stock fell Tuesday after its chief financial officer signaled a third-quarter slowdown in broadband subscriber growth, which had …
Hurricane Ida Takes Toll On Broadcasting, Cable
As of Monday, over 350,000 cable subscribers were without service in the path of Hurricane Ida, with 338,115 of those in Louisiana, where …
FCC Won’t Make Broadcasters Pay Share Of Broadband Mapping
In a victory for local broadcasters, the FCC has decided not to make them shoulder some of the costs of the FCC's congressional mandate to …
Gigabit-Speed U.S. Broadband Subscribers More Than Doubled In 2Q
Those who take 1 gig or higher now account for 10.5% of the market, OpenVault says.
White House Promotes $65 Billion In Broadband Investment
The White House led off an infrastructure promotion fact sheet distributed to the media Thursday (July 8) with the impact of a bipartisan …
AT&T Wants To Be Premier Broadband Provider
Less than a month after it basically severed the last arm of its previous content-centric future strategy, AT&T Communications CEO Jeff …
Report: Gigabit-Speed Broadband Subscribers Increase 75%
Although data usage moderated in the first quarter of 2021 after pandemic-fueled rapid growth last year, subscribers continued to adapt to …
Rosenworcel Asks Broadcasters To Promote Broadband
Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants broadcasters to promote their over-the-top (broadband) competition, but in a good cause. In …