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Telecompetitor – This year was an important one for Verizon fixed wireless access (FWA) as the company turned up the service using C-band spectrum and 5G in major metro markets. The company had 1 million customers for the service, known as Home Internet, as of the third quarter and most of those were added this year, said Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Fixed wireless access is a bright spot for UScellular’s wireless business. The carrier plans to expand its FWA offering in late 2023 and early 2024 using its mid-band spectrum. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – More than 80% of the year-to-date growth in the open RAN market has been driven by large scale macro deployments in North America, according to Dell’Oro Group. Read More
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Broadband Breakfast – The federal government plans to leverage funding from the Chips and Science Act to put toward diversifying the country’s supply of equipment for its cellular networks, according to reporting from Axios and confirmed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Read More
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Light Reading – On Tuesday, Senator John Thune (R-SD), a ranking member of the Senate subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband, released a statement and letter saying he’s launching “a nationwide oversight effort that will review numerous broadband programs spanning several federal agencies.” Read More
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Barron’s – In periods of economic uncertainty, REITs, which own or finance income-producing real estate, can offer a slice of stability with steady returns and dividends for investors. REITs that rent infrastructure to cell phone and satellite TV companies—think big communications towers, for instance—are a fraction of the vast REITs universe. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – UScellular told the FCC last week that its joint coordination efforts with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) show that its C-band deployment can proceed in a timely manner. Until relatively recently, Verizon and AT&T were the main targets of FAA efforts to curtail C-band transmissions near airports. Read More
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Inside Towers – When the Morgan County, UT Sheriff’s Office learned that there had been a plane crash out near Durst Mountain, the first assumption was that it would be a recovery mission. Read More
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