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A reciprocal infrastructure deal between Telstra and Google, a new India-Singapore route from FLAG, and a record-breaking fiber transmission test from Japan’s NICT all point to the same thing – that the subsea market is entering a new phase, and …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

November greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City.  The picture will be a familiar sight for those in the fiber industry.  Yes, we are getting a second fiber to the home (FTTH) provider for our 28-home community.  The market is getting crowded …

Yesterday, Air Wireless just popped-up on the radar. They are a new company with a top team of executives who are using a new twist of DOCSIS to help companies offer wireless broadband. This wireless DOCSIS helps cable television, broadband …

Charter Communications saw its customer numbers impacted by the loss of the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) during the second quarter, with more losses anticipated for the third quarter of this year. Charter’s total residential and small and medium business …

Comcast added 322,000 wireless subscribers during the second quarter of 2024, with its wireless customer lines up 20% compared to the same time last year and reaching a wireless customer base of 7.2 million. The cable MSO saw its domestic …

Amphenol will buy CommScope’s outdoor and indoor cellular infrastructure units for $2.1 billion CommScope has struck a deal to sell its Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) business unit and its Outdoor Wireless Networks (OWN) unit to Amphenol for about $2.1 billion. …

The unprecedented governmental investment in infrastructure to provide universal and reliable connectivity for all is hampered by a looming labor shortage. Training the workforce of the future can help us bridge the great divide, but the growing demand for skilled …

Comcast increases wireless revenues more than 13% YoY Cable companies Comcast and Charter Communications both reported quarterly earnings in which mobile growth was a bright spot amid customer losses in other areas of their businesses. Comcast beat analysts’ expectations on …

Rogers Communications has more than 11.3 million subscribers in Canada and is the second-biggest telco in the country Canadian carrier Rogers Communications announced it is collaborating with CableLabs to deploy new technologies for its network. This partnership includes a plan …

Cable Television faces serious growth threats and growth opportunities Samsung recently asked me to give a presentation to their CEO, senior executives and others in the company, worldwide, about how new tech like AI and 5G are transforming the various …

Ongoing losses continue with cable TV, broadband to streaming and FWA Traditional cable television and broadband services are continuing their slide. Is there is nothing the cable TV industry can seem do to stop the continued loss? This has been …

We all know how Cable TV is on the decline. It is slowly switching over to other technologies including wireless pay TV. In recent years, we have seen AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon try to deliver pay TV wirelessly. However, these …

Once again, the cable television industry is struggling through another episode of cord cutting. This time, cable TV companies are not only losing pay TV customers, but now they are also starting to lose Internet customers as well. So, what …

Greetings from Nebraska and Missouri, where we celebrated the Fourth with friends and fireworks!  Hope that your holiday was restful and safe.  Our opening picture today is of the Fastwyre Ribbon Cutting invitation for Sedalia this coming Tuesday.  We look …

In August, Cox piloted the mobile service in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Omaha, Nebraska and Las Vegas At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Cox Communications announced the official launch of Cox Mobile, the company’s new mobile phone service. The offering is now available in its …

Greetings from New York City (pictured), Lake Charles (Louisiana), Nevada (Missouri), and other points across the Midwest.  It’s been great being out on the road and seeing fiber deployments finally coming into shape (Fastwyre’s recent 9-area fiber expansion coverage from …

Cox customers in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Omaha, Nebraska and Las Vegas now have access to Cox Mobile Cox Communications is now piloting its new mobile phone service Cox Mobile in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Omaha, Nebraska and Las Vegas. The announcement …

The three governments want content providers to subsidize EU 5G and broadband buildouts. The European Commission is under increasing pressure to make tech giants pay for the buildout of telecom infrastructure in the EU, Reuters reports. A new paper signed by representatives …

Cable MSOs Charter Communications and Comcast both saw strong growth in their mobile businesses during the second quarter, with each cable company reporting net mobile customer additions greater than 300,000 and outperforming host network Verizon, which added 12,000 postpaid phone …

Comcast’s wireless business added 278,000 total lines during the first quarter of 2021, its best quarter to date, and it reached a break-even point for the first time since it launched in 2017, the cable network operator reported. Wireless revenues …

Greetings from the Queen City, where the IT scene is red hot even though cooler fall temperatures have finally arrived. I was pleased to be the guest of San Mateo-based Aryaka Networks at the 2019 Orbie (CIO of the Year) …

It was exciting when Comcast entered wireless with Xfinity Mobile. The same when Charter entered with Spectrum Mobile. I think the same thing will happen when Altice Mobile enters later this year. However, as exciting as this is, there is …

  The good news is, Charter Spectrum cable television service is getting better. The bad news is, they still have some serious problems with pay TV. New problems. Problems that need an immediate fix since the marketplace is becoming competitive. …

Wireless will be hot during this year’s 2018 National Association of Broadcasters show is being held in Las Vegas this week. In years past, this show has been filled with all the new bells and whistles the television industry wanted …