Infra projects back in fashion as US Democrats push for $100bn broadband pledge
The Moving Forward Act has navigated the first of three political hurdles, though now the $100 billion broadband initiative from the Democrats faces Republican scrutiny.
The Moving Forward Act has navigated the first of three political hurdles, though now the $100 billion broadband initiative from the Democrats faces Republican scrutiny.
A rural village in East Wales’ Wye Valley has become the first to receive mobile coverage via the UK Government’s £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme.
Reliance Industries has announced Facebook will invest roughly $5.7 billion for a 9.9% stake in its telecoms and tech business unit.
The Shared Rural Network is an innovative idea from the UK Government, and now it is ready to roar forward, promising 95% geographical coverage by 2025.
The World Bank has selected Progressus to head-up the second phase of its ambitious African Regulatory Watch Initiative (RWI).
Google-owned balloon connectivity firm Loon has officially signed its second customer, Internet para Todos Perú, to deliver the internet to remote regions in the Peruvian Amazon.
Connecting the African continent is always going to be a complicated job, but the availability of handsets is now the biggest challenge according to MTN CEO Rob Schuter.
The UK government and operators have pledged to spend £1 billion on rural coverage, but is it enough to convince Ofcom to drop the deeply unpopular coverage obligations placed on the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum licences?
Vodafone has announced it has entered into a three-year agreement with StrattoOpencell to share the use of it 2.6 GHz spectrum assets to deliver connectivity in Devon.
The EU’s third round call for tenders to build public wifi networks has received over 11,000 applications in one day from municipalities across the Union.
A UK parliamentary committee has unveiled a report that suggests while rural connectivity is improving, it is still not keeping pace with the urban environments.
The idea of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has been belittled in the past, but it is moving beyond ‘flash in the pan’ territory and becoming a genuine alternative across the UK.
One of the genuine risks of the accelerated journey towards the digital economy is the widening digital divide, though an extra $20 billion from the FCC could help even the landscape.
Amazon has submitted its application to the FCC to deliver home broadband services to rural communities in the US through its Kuiper Systems satellite programme.
Former-Foreign Secretary and the favourite to be the UK’s next Prime Minister Boris Johnson has undercut DCMS and Ofcom commitment for full-fibre by eight-years.
Commercial contract negotiations with Telefonica Peru have allowed Google’s Loon to respond to Amazonian earthquakes within 48-hours of receiving the call.
If the technology industry wants 5G to change the world, placing prohibitive pricing on data tariffs is a strange way to go about it.
BT has unveiled its own proposals to bridge the rural divide, but this strategy is just as much about protecting its own attractive position as it is connecting the unconnected.
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has urged the UK Government and industry to push for a rural roaming mechanism to improve 4G coverage and close the digital divide.
T-Mobile US has announced the launched of an LTE Fixed Wireless Access service, which could address the connectivity needs of 50 million, assuming the Sprint merger is approved of course.
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