Indie telco beat: Cobridge offers digital voice, Calix wins another rural deal
Rural telcos in Montana and Missouri also make progress with IPTV deployments by picking vendors...
Willingness to lay fiber likely helped Level 3 win Verizon LTE backhaul business
Microwave will be part of the solution for rural areas...
MCNC picks network builders for Phase 2 of regional project
Three vendors hired for North Carolina non-profit's broadband expansion with partner ERC Broadband...
Verizon now has seven rural LTE partners, vindicating McAdams’ vision
S and R Communications becomes the latest company to join its LTE in Rural America program ...
FCC adopts data roaming order
But two commissioners dissent, saying commission overstepped its authority...
Traffic pumpers come forward
High access charges (and high call volumes) offer an alternative to Universal Service subsidies for high-cost areas, free conference call operator argues...
SaskTel prepares seven-year FTTP, 4G project
Canadian telco announces network investment as U.S. independents push ahead on their own projects...
Commnet Wireless creates joint venture with tribal stimulus winner
Partnering with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, the network operator will build 3G and 4G networks. Also seeking funding through Lifeline low-income program...
Traffic study: Traffic pumping minutes rose 48% in 2010
Overall cost to some carriers decreased because they renegotiated better terminating charges...
New Comptel chairman wants access to copper--or whatever replaces it
In a Q&A with Connected Planet, Dale Schmick talks about network unbundling, special access, AT&T/ T-Mobile merger concerns...
Cox Business: Local cable infrastructure helped win bid to build OSHEAN broadband stimulus project
Rhode Island anchor institutions will gain high-speed network that interconnects with Cox facilities...
Community advocate: Muni-broadband networks top 100
Institute for Local Self-Reliance wants the FCC to step in where legislative lobbying may hurt trend...
LocaLoop and Runcom partner on rural 4G deployment solution
Offering includes a cloud-based network operations center and 4G equipment optimized for low-density networks...
New NTCA president: "Don't take advantage of us"
In an interview with Connected Planet, Vandevender discusses special access pricing, USF reform, and why some members declined stimulus funding...
CenturyLink-Qwest merger gets FCC stamp, awaits Oregon
Conditions include $10 broadband for low-income sector, speed upgrades, phasing down of USF support...
Calix lands stimulus deployments in Iowa, Virginia
HTC Communications digs in with E7 ESAP, while Virginia utility BVU chooses C7 MSAP...
Washington state OKs CenturyLink-Qwest, FCC advances
Julius Genachowski reportedly has asked FCC commissioners for deal approval with some conditions...
NRTC lands two new smart grid product offerings
Utility company members like knowing that products area "rural-ready;" telco members still seeking smart grid synergies...
NTCA offers alternatives to proposed Universal Service reforms
Advocates "surgical" approach to ROR reform, says incumbents should get right of first refusal for unserved areas. No longer shooting for 100 Mb/s minimum speeds...
FCC moves to reform low-income Universal Service programs
Recommendations under consideration include capping fund, pilot test of broadband-focused offering...
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