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Internet, Modern Media

Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet

April 2, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

Have you ever wondered how an email sent from New York arrives in Sydney in mere seconds, or how you can video chat with someone on the other side of the globe with barely a hint of delay? Behind these […]


Internet, Modern Media

Some Minnesota cities want to impose fees on internet providers, but customers could pay the price

March 27, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

Minnesota cities are asking the Legislature for power to slap internet providers with new fees, an idea they say will lead to more broadband in the state with the added bonus of helping to pay for basic government access programming […]


Modern Media, Worldwide equipment

FTTx Blown Fibre Cable Market Size to Grow USD 5372 Million by 2029 at a CAGR of 12.6% | Valuates Reports

March 15, 2024

Via: PR Newswire

FTTx Blown Fibre Cable Market revenue was USD 2536 Million in 2022 and is forecast to a readjusted size of USD 5372 Million by 2029 with a CAGR of 12.6% during the forecast period (2023-2029). Major Factors Driving the Growth […]


Editorial

Discovering the Submarine Cables That Wire the World

February 29, 2024

Via: Caitlin Simmons

Have you ever thought about the mechanisms that enable your digital content to trek the longest of distances across the globe? Or considered the infrastructure that allows the uninterrupted streaming of digital media from servers located continents away? The answer […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

AT&T expands its FWA service

January 31, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

AT&T has substantially expanded the eligible service areas for its A&T Internet Air Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service, and now serves parts of 59 markets, up from 35 at the end of the year. The company announced an additional 26 […]


Modern Media, Unified communications

Security in 2024: Five Heroes To Protect Your Communications Kingdom

January 18, 2024

Via: No Jitter

Businesses have experienced persistent attacks on their IT infrastructure in 2023 and it looks like that trend will continue in 2024. According to Cisco, crypto mining, phishing, ransomware, trojans, and command and control were the leading attack types in 2023. […]


Internet, Modern Media

Kagan: FWA 5G home internet and satellite are changing home broadband

January 5, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Traditional broadband is being threatened by new competitors and changing technology. It’s out with the old, and in with the new. This is both a real challenge and a new growth opportunity. FWA and satellite technologies are impacting the marketplace. […]


Editorial

Project Kuiper: Amazon’s Answer to Internet Connectivity Coming 2024

December 25, 2023

Via: Camila Mendes

In the Battle of the Billionaires, Bezos and Musk go head-to-head in the telecommunications sector, with Project Kuiper being launched to challenge Starlink. Amazon is looking to solve the issue of connectivity in unserved and underserved communities around the world, […]


Regulations

Net Neutrality Is Coming (Soon)

October 23, 2023

Via: No Jitter

In an anticipated move, the FCC, now with its full complement of three Democratic commissioners, voted at the October monthly Open Meeting to move forward with a proceeding to reestablish open internet protections for millions of American consumers and businesses. […]


Regulations

Net Neutrality May Be Returning to the U.S.

October 11, 2023

Via: No Jitter

Perhaps this hasn’t affected you yet, but my email has been coming in in clumps—three emails at once, a pause, then another six emails at once. While I can only read one message at a time, the reason for my […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

Regional Roundup: Mobilitie, DC BLOX, Colt, Hurricane Electric

May 31, 2023

Via: Telecom Ramblings

Three expansion projects of US local and regional interest and one new subsea landing item from the southeast: Mobilitie, which will soon be called Boldyn Networks, will be deploying a 5G event network down in Tennessee. The DAS buildout will […]


Internet, Modern Media

The digital divide is changing – for better and worse.

May 19, 2023

Via: Telecom Ramblings

The past few years have shown us that humans can adapt to ever-changing conditions, even with the disruption to schools and workplaces, through ingenuity and resilience. Connectivity was one of the driving forces behind this transition, becoming integral in linking […]


Broadcast, Modern Media

The digital divide: Rural vs. urban

February 20, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

There is a persistent and well-known gap between rural and urban populations in terms of their internet usage. But when you look at sheer numbers, the number of unconnected urban/metro-area users is far larger than the number in rural areas—which […]


Networks & Systems

2023’s Big Question : Subsidize or Innovate?

January 31, 2023

Via: No Jitter

Everyone probably knows by now that the European Union (EU) is likely to decide that “big Tech”, meaning the content and social media companies, has to somehow subsidize the telcos. (If not, check this Reuters report from September 30, 2022, […]


Internet, Modern Media

5G Substrate Materials Global Market Report 2022: High Demand for Faster Internet Catalyzes Rollout and Boosts Growth

December 30, 2022

Via: PR Newswire

The “5G Substrate Materials Market- Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2018-2028 Segmented By Material (Polytetrafluoroethylene, Polyimide, Liquid Crystal Polymer, Others), By Application (Smartphones, Base Station, Others), By Region, and Competition” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

NTIA continues stream of grants for broadband planning

December 13, 2022

Via: RCR Wireless News

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced dozens of planning grants to states in recent weeks, which will be used to support five-year plans for broadband deployments nationwide that are intended to ultimately make internet services available to every […]


Networks & Systems

The Metaverse: The age of (r)evolution for Telcos

December 13, 2022

Via: Telecom Ramblings

The internet is being reshaped and evolving into a spectrum of digitally enhanced worlds, realities and business models. This is a game changer for communications service providers (CSPs) who will serve as an endpoint for consumers and businesses to the […]


Internet, Modern Media

Lumen to Pull More Than a Little Fiber

December 7, 2022

Via: Telecom Ramblings

Lumen said yesterday that it plans to significantly increase its potential capacity nationwide. The company plans to add 6 million fiber miles to its intercity fiber network over the next several years. The move takes advantage of Lumen’s existing extra […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

One in five US households don’t have broadband. Most say they don’t want it.

October 13, 2022

Via: RCR Wireless News

Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau or other agencies have been asking Americans about their use of computers and the internet. Broadband access and usage has increasingly come to represent full participation in the modern economy, from […]


Networks & Systems

Rethinking Security Best Practices in the Age of the Cloud

October 11, 2022

Via: No Jitter

Fully 30% of enterprises tell me they spend as much on acquiring capital equipment and software to support security technology as they do on network technology. With an investment this prodigious, you’d think enterprises were focusing on how the cloud […]