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Articles Frontier forks over $750K to settle complaint with Minnesota AG Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/14/2020 Frontier Communications is on the hook to pay $750,000 as part of an agreement with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison that settles a complaint stemming from alleged "deceptive, misleading and fraudulent practices" related to the telco's billing and sale of Internet services. Crosslake Fibre gets set to dive into English Channel Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/14/2020 The English Channel is to see its first fiber-optic subsea cable in almost two decades, courtesy of Crosslake Fibre. Shaw loses broadband subs due to COVID Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/13/2020 In a sign of what may be in store this summer for other broadband service providers in North America and elsewhere around the world, Shaw Communications ended a long string of quarterly Internet subscriber gains in its fiscal third quarter, largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Charter's RDOF plan could target 2.5M homes Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/13/2020 Charter Communications is sizing up a plan to bid for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) subsidies that will put the cable operator in position to expand to "multi-million" residential and business passings over an eight-year period, the cable operator disclosed Monday in this 8-K filing. Frontier pays for probe into hidden fees, 'misrepresentation' of Internet speeds Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/10/2020 Frontier Communications will pay for past sins related to alleged hidden fees and the "misrepresentation" of Internet speeds. BBWN Bites: The return of Google Fiber Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/10/2020 Also in this roundup: New report explores broadband business models; California nonprofit calls for "one gigabit or bust"; KCOM, ADVA go full steam for full fiber in Hull; Internet balloons go live over Kenya. Loon goes live in Kenya Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/8/2020 Telkom Kenya and Google-spinoff Loon have announced the official availability of balloon-powered Internet in Kenya, starting this month. MTN is fastest South African network during lockdown – report Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 7/8/2020 A new report from MyBroadband Insights analyzing speed tests performed across South Africa rates MTN as the best network during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Openreach goes live for 80K premises in Edinburgh Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/7/2020 BT-backed Openreach announced yesterday that FTTP service is officially live for 80,000 homes and businesses in Edinburgh. BBWN Bites: RIP to FCC pledge to Keep Americans Connected Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/3/2020 Also in this roundup: Virgin Media launches gigabit services in Edinburgh and Liverpool; rural Mississippi gets the "equivalent of the initial delivery of electricity" with broadband legislation; and the Georgia Broadband Availability Map reveals huge disparities. Podcast: What’s the story with mobile data in Africa? Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/3/2020 Sub-Saharan Africa is on track for mobile data traffic to skyrocket in the next five years, according to Ericsson's June 2020 Mobility Report. Meanwhile, fixed-broadband subscribers in South Africa have been declining. Podcast: US Ignite touts brave new broadband business models Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading, 7/1/2020 The pandemic has been a wake-up call to broadband's overall importance in the US economy. While some big telcos are waiving data caps and other penalties to make it easier for consumers to stay connected, those companies are not necessarily speeding up their efforts to connect underserved and rural communities. Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles The 'Agile Titan' – an Advanced Supplier Model to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Networks Josh Hirschey, General Manager, Amphenol Broadband Solutions and Mette Brink, General Manager, Amphenol Procom & Amphenol Antenna Solutions EMEA & APAC, , 5/7/2020 The need to stay ahead of the technology curve is integral to developing networks that can meet or exceed the bandwidth demand of consumers. Within the broadband industry, we've seen first-hand the approach leading equipment providers have taken, which is to acquire companies that will help fill product or service voids and absorb them into their ... All blogs		Industry Announcements Jade Communications cuts integration time with Calix Tuesday, July 14, 2020 OCBA teams with ADTRAN on rural broadband Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Crosslake Fibre building submarine cable in English Channel Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Norway taps Telia Carrier for secure fiber route Monday, July 13, 2020 Jim Lynch appointed interim CEO at FiberLight Monday, July 13, 2020 Virgin Media rolls out FTTP for 4K Warsop homes Monday, July 13, 2020 Report explores new broadband business models Thursday, July 9, 2020 More Industry Announcements Sponsored Video Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO, EMEA & APAC, shares his thoughts on the regulatory and government policy, technology adoption and consumer services ... Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO, EMEA & APC, shares his thoughts on industry operators leveraging virtualization, disaggregation and open SDN control, ... Network slicing promises to be a panacea, but the biggest hurdles are not technological. The grand ambition of enabling intelligent, adaptive, ... F-Secure has been providing security for endpoints for 30 years, and using AI and machine learning algorithms, for example in the labs to automate ... Fahri Diner, CEO and Co-founder of Plume, unveiled a new open source initiative, OpenSync, at Broadband World Forum 2018. Announced together with ... All Videos Information Resources >> Spring Showers Bring Lightning Surges – Learn How to Protect Your Network >> Fixed Wireless – Broadband over the Air >> Home Networking Applications Outpacing your Wi-Fi? >> Accelerate Your Time to Revenue by Simplifying Your OSS/BSS Integration with AXOS >> Open for Business: Future Flexibility for Smart Home Services >> Improving Wi-Fi capacity and efficiency in the Connected Home with Wi-Fi 6 >> Tracking Critical KPIs to Improve the Subscriber Experience >> When Less is More… the Power of Aggregation Simplified. >> Harbour ISP Supports Three Times as Many Users With netElastic >> Telpin Saves 70% With netElastic All resources Video The US government has moved to block Huawei's access, not only to US technology but to any technology made with US expertise. Light Reading's Iain ... OBS CEO Helmut Reisinger and SVP of Customer Services and Operations Aliette Mousnier Lompre discuss keeping customers connected and adapting ... The lines are blurring between streaming media and pay-TV devices and CSPs need to figure out how to manage that change, says Omdia analyst Paul ... Omdia's principal research analyst, John Kendall, discusses whole home solutions and the importance of WiFi strategies to communications service ... Ahead of Mobile World Congress, Omdia's principal research analyst, John Kendall, talks about developments in the broadband CPE market as WiFi 6.0 ... All Videos Webinars ARCHIVED Tuesday, March 24, 2020 11:00 a.m. New York / 3:00 p.m London Transforming Your Network Through Virtualization Over the next two years, approximately 60% of service providers (both large and small) will adopt virtualization on a wide scale across their networks, according to the latest survey report from Ovum. Why are providers making these moves? Is there an easy way to start? Learn how and why service providers are using virtualization to transform their networks. This webinar will look at how providers are leveraging virtualization to create more flexible and agile networks while also providing a better customer experience. Expert speakers from netElastic and Heavy Reading will address the industry drivers for network virtualization, the benefits that can be realized, the challenges to face and the results of virtualization being achieved by providers today. Key topics will include: Current network infrastructure and the move to virtualization Benefits and challenges of network virtualization How providers can get started Service provider success stories: the decision to virtualize, the solution, and results More Webinars Webinar Archives Partner Perspectives - from our sponsors The 'Agile Titan' – an Advanced Supplier Model to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Networks By Josh Hirschey, General Manager, Amphenol Broadband Solutions and Mette Brink, General Manager, Amphenol Procom & Amphenol Antenna Solutions EMEA & APAC Evolving unlicensed 5G applications: Closing the divide in mobile and last-mile connections By Sivers IMA What Service Providers Should Know About WiFi 6 By Greg Owens, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Calix Turning the Keys to State-of-the-Art 5G mmWave By Sivers IMA Necessity Is the Mother of Invention By Mark Weller All Partner Perspectives Broadband World Forum Perspectives 9/27/2019 BBWF Interview: Rogers Communications' Lindsey Omelon on the Evolving Customer Digital Experience As the Senior Digital Experience Strategist at Canadian operator Rogers Communications, Lindsey Omelon build on her years of marketing experience to approach her strategy with a hybrid ... Post a Comment 9/11/2019 BBWF Interview: KT's JP Lee on AI in Telecoms There's certainly no shortage of hype around the use of AI in the telecoms sector, but fewer instances of real-world deployments. South Korean national operator KT is one of those ... Post a Comment 9/9/2019 BBWF Interview: MyRepublic's Jay Shah Cuts Through the AI Hype Do a Google search of 'artificial intelligence broadband' and you'll get more than 9 million results in less than a second: The sheer volume of content out there shouldn't surprise anyone ... Post a Comment 8/30/2019 BBWF Interview: Comcast's Michael Soileau on Tackling Transformation Comcast, like any other major communications service provider, is undergoing significant changes in the way it grows its business, how it runs its business and the technologies it uses to ... Post a Comment 8/19/2019 BBWF Interview: NOS's Manuel Eanes on the Smart Home Opp for Telcos Five years ago, NOS board member Manuel Ramalho Eanes banked big on smart homes and smart cities. Post a Comment All Broadband World Forum Perspectives