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DonBrowne I was surprised a few day ago to see an "Amazon Prime" van in my pretty rural SW Florida neighborhood. I'm not sure what they are delivering, maybe only to prime customers or maybe some larger purchases.... Articles Nokia's Fixed Broadband Gear Sales Stall in Q1 Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/25/2019 Nokia reported a "weak" start to 2019 as it detailed its first quarter financials Thursday morning, and that slow start included the vendor's fixed broadband access business. USDA Opens Up Rural Broadband Funding Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/25/2019 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) began accepting online applications for at least $600 million in first-round funding via its new ReConnect Rural Broadband Pilot Program on Wednesday. The program is aimed at promoting partnerships between the federal government, the private sector and rural communities to deploy infrastructure in areas with ... BBWN Bites: SoftBank's High-Flying Data Drone, Net-Neut Backers Boo Biden Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/25/2019 Also in today's BBWN Bites: Frontier may face some business challenges, but it's all-in with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Horizon Networks keeps on growing; and could operators soon enter the bot biz? It might be worth checking out. BBWN Bites: AT&T Spews Vid Subs, UK OK With Huawei Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/24/2019 Also in today's BBWN Bites, ACE charges Dragon Box in Omniverse-linked copyright lawsuit; Eastern European economy does not help pay-TV's already poor regional outlook; smart speakers, on the other hand, are hot and getting hotter; Hughes Network inks big-money, long-term deal with Canadian provider; Virgin Media to get a new CEO this summer; and Afghan ... 4 comments Latest comment:I"m still perflexed at the growth of smart speakers. While it's an inexpensive device,... Verizon's YouTube TV Deal, TiVo Expands Its Comcast Lawsuit Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/23/2019 Also in today's roundup: Rogers Communications has mixed video results, the European Space Agency chooses a router partner and some new leadership takes over at a Vodafone subsidiary. 2 comments Latest comment:It does seem that the newest marketing gimmicks include "free" extra services to... Huawei Finds a Home With Consumers, Says Q1 Revenue Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/22/2019 Also in today's Broadband Bites, Algar Telecom digs into XGS-PON, career Chunghwa Telecom executive gets to the top of the ladder and nothing can stop smart speaker sales. 1 Comment Latest comment:It looks like Huawei is growing at amazing speeds even with the U.S. trying to prevent... China Mobile Building 'Dual-Gigabit City,' UK & India Expand Full Fiber Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/19/2019 Also in today's roundup: Clikia leaves OTT, the FCC cracks down on shady boxes, Zone goes direct to viewers, Zzoomm and Jurassic Fibre almost ready to dig and Reliance Jio preps JioGigaFiber for India market. 11 comments Latest comment:It seems the industry has caught the attention of the FCC in the new efforts to... ADTRAN Starts 2019 With More Revenue & Customers Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/18/2019 ADTRAN began 2019 with increased sales and revenue across an expanding geographic reach, coupled with reduced operating expenditures and a growing customer base. 1 Comment Latest comment:It does seem that ADTRAN is moving along the right track with little standing in... SVoD Heats Up, WiFi Warms Siberian Winter Gatherings Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/18/2019 - Subscription video on demand (SVoD) is becoming an integral part of consumers' viewing lives. Today, SVoD reaches 60% of households in North America, 26% in Western Europe, 21% in Asia-Pacific and 19% in Latin America, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. Last year, consumers spent $29 billion on SVoD, up 38% from 2017, said David ... 1 Comment Latest comment:Seems like an interesting idea to utilize satellie service providing internet to... AT&T Health VP Takes Holistic Approach Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/17/2019 By partnering with other groups across the company, AT&T's health care unit addresses the complex mix of medical customer communications, security and IT needs, according to Maria Lensing, vice president of Global Healthcare at AT&T, and this month's BBWN Radio guest. 2 comments Latest comment:Telemedicine is really growing in popularity. I'm curious to see how AT&T plans... Subscribers Like Mid-Tier Speeds & HughesNet Loves NY Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/17/2019 Also in today's roundup: The chief resilience officer trend could be a telco sales opportunity in smart cities and CenturyLink cut thousands from its workforce in 2018. 4 comments Latest comment:I regularly test my speeds as speedtest .net and while it is rarely a reflection... USAC Release 2 Maps Out Broadband's Path Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/16/2019 The Universal Services Administrative Co. recently updated the Connect America Fund Broadband Map to show more complete and current data about federally funded broadband initiatives across the United States' rural and under-served regions. 3 comments Latest comment:Yes, it's probably much more useful than the news related "maps" we see on the TV... Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles New Initiative Looks to Open the Mesh & Help ISPs Fight Back Plume, , 10/23/2018 For many of us, home WiFi systems continue to be a pain almost as often as they are a pleasure. For the operators however, they may just turn out to be an untapped window of opportunity. 55 comments Latest comment:I was surprised a few day ago to see an "Amazon Prime" van in my pretty rural SW... All blogs Discussions Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: New Initiative Looks to Open the Mesh & Help ISPs Fight Back I was surprised a few day ago to see an "Amazon Prime" van in my pretty rural SW Florida neighborhood. I'm not sure what they are delivering, maybe only to prime customers or maybe some larger purchases. Normally, Amazon products seem to arrive... Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: USAC Release 2 Maps Out Broadband's Path Yes, it's probably much more useful than the news related "maps" we see on the TV news programs, often only appearing for a few seconds and not providing anything useful to TV news viewers as the news reader tried to explain what happening... Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: BBWN Bites: AT&T Spews Vid Subs, UK OK With Huawei I"m still perflexed at the growth of smart speakers. While it's an inexpensive device, which always has the possibility of fueling impulse sales and can provide a bit of fun or entertainment initiallly, I'm not sure just how useful or even... Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: Verizon's YouTube TV Deal, TiVo Expands Its Comcast Lawsuit It does seem that the newest marketing gimmicks include "free" extra services to customers ala Verizon with YouTube. I would guess at some future date, after customer get their fill of the free extras, providers will come up with yet another... Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: Huawei Finds a Home With Consumers, Says Q1 Revenue It looks like Huawei is growing at amazing speeds even with the U.S. trying to prevent companies here and other countries from buying their products espcially 5G. And even the growth of smart speakers is being fed by the demand from China's... 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Post Your Reply Posted by Susan Fourtané \| In reply to: BBWN Bites: AT&T Spews Vid Subs, UK OK With Huawei I love the new BBWN Bites. :) Post Your Reply Posted by Susan Fourtané \| In reply to: BBWN Bites: AT&T Spews Vid Subs, UK OK With Huawei "The UK opted, this week, to consider Huawei products for parts of the country's new 5G network -- something undoubtedly unpopular with the US government which has been making an all-out effort to ban Huawei across Europe." Honestly, the U.S.... Post Your Reply Next 5 messages + All messages All messages Chat 4/23/2019 12:05:35 PM BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare: If you cannot hear the speakers, please refresh your browser :) Hnewmansmart Narrowbander 4/23/2019 12:04:25 PM BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare: Unable to hear webinar audio Vkhanna01 Narrowbander 4/23/2019 12:02:37 PM BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare: Hi both! Hnewmansmart Narrowbander 4/23/2019 11:52:37 AM BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare: Only a few more minutes before we are live! Alison’s Wonderland Author 4/17/2019 10:14:54 AM BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare: Looking forward to it, @Lessa! Please bring questions, too. We plan to include plenty of time for audience questions so don't be shy: Just type them in this message board whenever you'd like and I shall get to as many as possible with Maria.... Alison’s Wonderland Author 4/12/2019 10:08:06 PM BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare: See you then lessa27usa@yahoo.com Narrowbander 2/20/2019 12:46:57 PM BBWN Radio: Orange Business' Isch on Realities, Myths & ROI of SD-WAN: Great interview. This was very insightful. It is great the senior executive take out time to discuss their experience, challenges and new projects and initiatives. More executives need to connect like this. freehe Gigamaster 2/14/2019 12:28:38 PM BBWN Radio: Orange Business' Isch on Realities, Myths & ROI of SD-WAN: could not agree more :) batye Gigamaster 2/14/2019 12:28:22 PM BBWN Radio: Orange Business' Isch on Realities, Myths & ROI of SD-WAN: yes batye Gigamaster 2/14/2019 11:49:17 AM BBWN Radio: Orange Business' Isch on Realities, Myths & ROI of SD-WAN: Me too, John! Thank you very much for such a great show! I think we could all have chatted for at least another two hours!!! 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Multiple 5Gs are being deployed; there's CableLabs' 10G initiative; the ITU and IEEE are toiling around 50G PON – and we haven’t even talked about Wi-Fi6 yet! Is any of this real, do you have to pay attention or can you just let the dust settle and then decide? Since waiting is often not the best option, let’s demystify technology options, their impact on your business, and how to prepare for whatever the future brings. In this webinar, Service Providers will learn: Current state of 5G and how it affects everyone, not only mobile network providers. Latest technologies being developed and how they will benefit their networks and subscribers. How to prepare their networks for the future – whatever it may hold. More Webinars Webinar Archives Video Alternative UK fixed-broadband network operator Community Fibre is deploying ADTRAN gear to take 10 Gbit/s to London users at aggressive prices. 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