BROWSING: wireless broadband

For years, fiber has been considered the gold standard for delivering fast broadband speeds to residential customers, particularly in areas where broadband subscriber density justified the cost. But other areas that fiber couldn’t reach remained mostly underserved, forcing service providers to look for alternative...

U.S. Department of Agriculture program provides loans and grants for a dozen rural broadband projects The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a dozen projects in 11 states with loans and grants to provide or improve rural broadband service. The USDA allocated about $88 million in...

  CFO Matthew Ellis said Verizon is already deploying commercial nodes in initial markets Verizon aims to launch residential broadband services through 5G fixed wireless access in additional geographies in 2019, the telco’s Chief Financial Officer Matthew Ellis said during a recent earnings call. The executive said...

Wireless technology and costs are set to support reach of broadband, while advanced capabilities bolster convergence, IoT plans. Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they expect to see...

Google notes Webpass to focus on expanding scale using wireless broadband technology, will maintain its own hybrid plans using fiber and wireless Google’s plans to tap wireless technology for its broadband deployments continues to gain steam as the company this week announced closing on its...

Siklu looks at alternate ways in getting gigabit-to-the-home Building a gigabit network is like a game of chess. In chess, you maneuver your pieces to occupy the best positions and to protect them from the opponent. In the end, any successful strategy must use a...