Tag: rural broadband

October 7, 2022

Tiger Infrastructure Partners (“Tiger Infrastructure”) announced today a control investment of £75 million in Rural Broadband Solutions Holdings Limited (“RBBS”), a fast-growing provider of broadband services to residential and business customers in rural areas of the UK. RBBS initially provided […]

June 4, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequality in our society — and how lack of Internet connectivity can exacerbate that divide. Across the country, as students were sent home to learn remotely and workers were asked to work from home, those […]

September 9, 2020

Cisco is aiming to help service providers bridge the digital divide in rural areas across the U.S. by offering network solutions. In addition to the network gear and software, Cisco also plans to open its Cisco Rural Broadband Innovation Center […]

June 5, 2020

As the United States prepares to pour nearly $30 billion into rural broadband and 5G networks over the coming decade, the question arises of what type of network infrastructure (Fiber? Fixed or mobile wireless access? Traditional or LEO satellite?) should […]

January 30, 2020

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Thursday its new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) for faster broadband speeds in order to help close the digital divide in rural areas. RDOF will push out up to $20.4 billion […]

August 23, 2019

Taking further steps to close the digital divide, the FCC has authorized over $4.9 billion in support over the next decade for maintaining, improving, and expanding affordable rural broadband for 455,334 homes and businesses served by 171 carriers in 39 […]

August 13, 2019

As part of its multi-wave effort to improve broadband mapping across the rural U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized more than $121 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband to 36,579 unserved rural homes and businesses […]

July 18, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized the largest amount yet for rural broadband expansion funded by the Connect America Fund II auction: $524 million, which will be spent on projects over the next decade to connect more than 200,000 unserved […]

May 20, 2019

T-Mobile US and Sprint have committed to building out a nationwide 5G network that will cover the vast majority of the U.S. population, divest Boost Mobile and other concessions, in a move that has won support from two Federal Communications […]

April 30, 2019

More than 100,000 rural homes and businesses in 43 states will get a minimum of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speeds, rather than 10 Mbps/1 Mbps speeds that would otherwise have been deployed, according to the Federal Communications […]

February 18, 2019

Massachusetts-based communications infrastructure provider Altaeros has launched what it claims to be the world’s first commercially available aerial cell tower. The new cell tower, dubbed SuperTower ST200, uses an aerostat (or aerial balloon) platform, combined with automation and control software, […]