ACSI: In its Debut, Xfinity Mobile Tops in Satisfaction Among Full Service MVNOs telecompetitor.com
Research: It s a Two Horse Broadband Race Between FTTP and Cable Broadband, FTTN/DSL Headed to Zero telecompetitor.com
US cable accelerates broadband gains in Q1 lightreading.com
Comcast and WarnerMedia announce deal to bring HBO Max to Xfinity X1 and Flex customers lightreading.com
U.S. Pay TV Revenue Projected to Drop 35% to $57.4B by 2025 multichannel.com
AT&T"s WarnerMedia has HBO Max apps ready for Roku and Amazon Fire TV, just needs deals now cnet.com
The 5G Dream Could Turn Into a Nightmare for Verizon fool.com
Huawei CFO loses case to dismiss extradition to the US cnet.com
Intelsat to FCC: We Can"t Guarantee Video Quality Post C-Band Transition multichannel.com
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AT&T launches HBO Max, vying with Netflix, others for quarantine viewing reuters.com
Verizon: Call and texting volumes back to normal levels rcrwireless.com
State AGs Recommend COVID-19 Broadband Funding telecompetitor.com
Things get tense between Dish and T-Mobile lightreading.com
Mobile operator survey: 81% say progress toward 5G is moving rapidly convergedigest.com
Android TV Testing Channels -like Subscription Signs-ups multichannel.com
DirecTV to Credit Some Soccer, Baseball Sub Fees multichannel.com
SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use arstechnica.com
Troubled OneWeb Hope to Expand LEO Broadband Constellation ispreview.co.uk
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Verizon Mobile and Internet Traffic Patterns May Indicate an Emerging New Normal telecompetitor.com
AT&T faces more pressure to jettison DirecTV lightreading.com
FCC may move ahead with a $16B plan to boost rural broadband access, even without a clear picture of service gaps, as ISPs" coverage data lacks granularity wsj.com
Huawei befuddled by reports of total 5G ban in UK lightreading.com
AARP: ISP Dereg Fails COVID-19 Stress Test multichannel.com
The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories wired.com
3 Big Missing Pieces From AT&T"s HBO Max Launch fool.com
Researchers reach world s faster Internet speed with an optical chip slashgear.com
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Analysis of ten 5G operators across US, S. Korea, UK, and Australia finds that while Verizon has the fastest 5G speeds, its users see 5G just 0.5% of the time opensignal.com
Comcast: We"re "fully committed" to Full Duplex DOCSIS lightreading.com
Microsoft says Congress should fund broadband in next relief bill dailydot.com
T-Mobile offers free service to first responders, but rivals shouldn"t fret just yet lightreading.com
Verizon Shifts to True 5G Uploads, Adds San Diego to 5G Markets telecompetitor.com
FCC Faces Fusillade of Ligado-Slamming Petitions multichannel.com
Surprise! Like 4G before it, 5G is being hyped networkworld.com
Verizon Tries To Temper 5G Enthusiasm After Report Clearly Shows US 5G Is Slow, Lame techdirt.com
Netflix says it will ask customers who have been inactive for a year or more if they want to keep their subscriptions, canceling accounts that take no action cnbc.com
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Ajit Pai doubts Elon Musk s SpaceX broadband-latency claims arstechnica.com
Beware Of Op/Eds Falsely Claiming The US Internet Only Works During A Pandemic Because Lobbyists Neutered The FCC techdirt.com
FCC vote positions ATSC 3.0 as a new broadband pipe lightreading.com
A National Advertising Review Board panel recommended that AT&T drop its 5G Evolution branding; AT&T says it will retain the branding within their phones" UI theverge.com
Satellite Broadband Dealt a Blow as FCC Poised to Restrict Satellite, Fixed Wireless, DSL to Lower RDOF Speed Tiers telecompetitor.com
T-Mobile"s 5G reaches 1Gbit/s, and that"s just the beginning lightreading.com
INCOMPAS: Public Safety at Risk from Deregulated ISPs multichannel.com
Verizon turns on 5G NR for uploads, increasing speeds 30% fiercewireless.com
HBO Max Coming to Fios and Cox Subscribers at Launch nationalinterest.org
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Poor Americans Face Hurdles in Getting Promised Internet nytimes.com
AT&T Loses Bid to Dismiss $1.8M Crypto Theft Lawsuit cointelegraph.com
Nokia Claims World Record Live 5G Mobile Speed of 4.7Gbps ispreview.co.uk
Ligado promises to move forward on 5G despite Pentagon opposition lightreading.com
FCC Clarifies 5G Wireless Buildout Streamlining Rules multichannel.com
Six need-to-know takeaways from the Verizon breach report scmagazine.com
Roku Confirms Deal to Bring AT&T TV NOW Back to Platform, Still No Deal with AT&T For HBO Max thestreamable.com
Sony says PlayStation Now has 2.2M subscribers and PlayStation Plus has 41M+ subs; Xbox Game Pass had 10M subs and Xbox Live had 90M active users in April theverge.com
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Covid-19 Just Triggered The Worst Quarter Ever For Cable TV "Cord Cutting" techdirt.com
Comcast Xfinity Mobile Launches 5G Using Verizon telecompetitor.com
US law enforcement warned of 5G/coronavirus conspiracy threats lightreading.com
FCC: TV Stations Can Team up For Broadcast Internet multichannel.com
Pai Circulates Final Framework for Rural Broadband Fund multichannel.com
Verizon Closes Deal for BlueJeans, the AOL of Video Conferencing Apps gizmodo.com
Verizon files to conduct C-band tests fiercewireless.com
Would Comcast or Verizon Ever Dump Cable and Go All Streaming? nationalinterest.org
Michigan university wants $15M to scrap new Huawei LTE network lightreading.com
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Cheap and Fast Municipal ISPs are Blocked in Almost Half of the US uk.pcmag.com
Could 2020 be cable"s break-out year in mobile? lightreading.com
AT&T says HBO Max and quality broadband make for a compelling combo cnet.com
USDA ReConnect Round 1 Comes to a Close Awarding a Total $744 Million, on to Round 2 telecompetitor.com
US broadcasters plow ahead with "NextGen TV" lightreading.com
AT&T Doesn t Want Amazon to Disaggregate HBO Max into Prime Channels, Analyst Says multichannel.com
Pai Pushes Hill to Scrap T-Band Auction ASAP multichannel.com
Verizon is in hot water over its misleading 5G commercials following AT&T complaint phonearena.com
Google antitrust lawsuit being drafted by US Justice Department, source says stripes.com
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Intelsat"s bankruptcy could throw wrench into Verizon"s 5G plans lightreading.com
Charter CFO: The 5G threat to wired home broadband has "subsided" lightreading.com
Comcast has handed out one million cord-cutting Xfinity Flex boxes engadget.com
Inside AT&T"s $4B bet to stand out in the streaming wars with HBO Max, which is to launch on May 27 despite 30 projects shuttering due to the pandemic variety.com
Critics of the FCC"s Lifeline telecommunication subsidy program say the government doesn"t promote the service enough and has restrictive mobile data caps themarkup.org
LRG Finds Highest U.S. Broadband Subscriber Growth in Five Years, Even Better for Cable Broadband telecompetitor.com
FCC: More ISPs Extend Connectivity Pledge Than Originally Pledged multichannel.com
FCC Invests More in Rural Broadband - Provides funding for projects in seven states multichannel.com
Huawei is releasing New Editions of its old phones, using a loophole that phones released before 2019 US restrictions can still have Google apps arstechnica.com
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ISPs ask Congress for a COVID-19 bailout lightreading.com
Sprint consumer brand headed for summer sunset fiercewireless.com
Trump extends an executive order banning US companies from using telecom equipment from companies like Huawei for another year reuters.com
Reports: live-streaming grew 45% between March and April, and 99% YoY; Twitch saw the highest growth, as hours watched rose 50% from March to April and 101% YoY theverge.com
Alphabet"s Loon signs deal with carrier Vodacom to bring its commercial internet service to Mozambique techcrunch.com
Some European Netflix users say video quality throttling is still in place, angering those who pay more for higher-quality plans variety.com
Coronavirus and 5G: New devices are coming, but will networks be ready? venturebeat.com
The Senate is OK with the government spying on your browser history digitaltrends.com
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ISPs Finally Lifted Data Caps. It Only Took A Global Pandemic techdirt.com
T-Mobile lays out $60B, five-year buildout plan for 5G lightreading.com
Democrats introduce bills in House and Senate making it illegal for telcos to shut off internet service during pandemic, a step beyond FCC"s voluntary pledge arstechnica.com
Ofcom 2020 Study - Average UK Broadband ISP Speeds Hit 64Mb ispreview.co.uk
Families at war broadband: Home internet use soars under lockdown dailymail.co.uk
Here"s why Verizon"s CEO lowered the bar for nationwide 5G lightreading.com
Disney Plus and Netflix will Dominate Two-Horse Global SVOD Market in 2025, Research Company Predicts multichannel.com
Bell Canada"s 5G network "ready" but launch on hold due to COVID-19 commsupdate.com
AT&T stresses consistency amid CEO turnover fiercewireless.com
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Verizon elegantly brushes off Dish"s 5G buildout plans and New T-Mobile"s grand ambitions phonearena.com
Charter talks with AT&T about wholesale MVNO agreement fiercewireless.com
Windstream Reports Record Broadband Results, Aims to Ride Broadband Wave Through Restructuring telecompetitor.com
CommsScope Network & Cloud Sales Down 32% in Q1 as "10G" Future Gets Put on Hold multichannel.com
Comcast on COVID-19 TV Viewing: An Equivalent to an Extra Day of Viewership Each Week telecompetitor.com
T-Mobile, Verizon reveal Covid relief costs mobileworldlive.com
Here"s why T-Mobile and Sprint"s combined 5G network could become an unstoppable force phonearena.com
The 15 best cities for 5G worldwide techrepublic.com
Comcast "Flex" device deployments hit 1M, cable CEO says lightreading.com
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Telco customer sees internet bill more than triple during pandemic - and they"re not alone; Industry says removal of data caps is impossible due to safety reasons cbc.ca
US pay-TV losses rocket to 2.15M subs in Q1 as virtual MVPD market unraveled lightreading.com
Senators ask Comcast to open all its WiFi hotspots to students engadget.com
If net neutrality still existed, here s how coronavirus could have played out dailydot.com
Battle between the FCC and the Hill over allowing new terrestrial broadband service Ligado adjacent to GPS spectrum is heating up multichannel.com
Will HBO Max Be More Like Disney+ or CBS All Access? fool.com
T-Mobile is looking to attract AT&T and Verizon customers with "better value" businessinsider.com
Roku: Streaming spiked in Q1 but lack of sports tempered growth for OTT-TV services lightreading.com
CommsScope Network & Cloud Sales Down 32% in Q1 as "10G" Future Gets Put on Hold multichannel.com
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Comcast resists call to open home Wi-Fi hotspots to children who lack Internet access at home, cites potential congestion arstechnica.com
No, Congress Can"t Fix The Broken US Broadband Market In A Mad Dash During A Pandemic techdirt.com
Verizon now offers free Stadia Premiere Edition for new Fios Gigabit and 5G Home customers androidpolice.com
Senator calls for update to National Broadband Plan in wake of coronavirus dailydot.com
5G Vs. Wi-Fi: Countries Where 5G is Faster May Surprise You telecompetitor.com
Dish sizes up launch of a 5G network core in at least one market in 2020 lightreading.com
New Bill Would Expand Access to Commerce Broadband Funding multichannel.com
T-Mobile adds 452K postpaid subs in Q1 fiercewireless.com
U.S. looks to work with Huawei on the creation of standards for 5G phonearena.com
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T-Mobile: COVID-19 might help us gain market share lightreading.com
Pentagon blasts FCC decision to approve Ligado mobile broadband network spectrum plan reuters.com
5G vs. Wi-Fi: How they re different, and why you ll need both digitaltrends.com
Loon teams with AT&T to provide internet in disasters dailymail.co.uk
How internet infrastructure, like that from AT&T, has managed to cope during the lockdown, as people stream media and work remotely theatlantic.com
Universal Broadband Act Would Expand USF Contribution Base telecompetitor.com
Sling TV and TiVo Hook Up in Latest Alliance for Streaming TV Wars telecompetitor.com
Altice USA Seeks Tech Workers For Voluntary Layoffs multichannel.com
Google to release a Fire TV-like Android TV dongle with a new content-centric UI in the coming months protocol.com
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AT&T narrowly beats Verizon, T-Mobile in 5G cloud gaming tests lightreading.com
WISPs See Speed Bandwidth Boosts as High as 75% Using 5.9 GHz Spectrum telecompetitor.com
With one in four Americans lacking high-speed internet at home, some resort to sitting outside closed cafes and libraries to access free Wi-Fi nytimes.com
FCC Receives Over 180 RDOF Eligible Area Challenges, Including Some Big Ones from WISPs telecompetitor.com
Disney+ has seen paid subscribers grow from 33.5M in March to 54M in May, nearly meeting its launch date projection of 60M-90M users by the end of 2024 cnbc.com
WideOpenWest Expands Android TV-based WOW! tv+ to Cleveland and Central Michigan multichannel.com
New 5G coalition launched with tech, telecom giants thehill.com
Verizon Prepaid is a better deal than Boost Mobile for most people androidcentral.com
Facebook takes another stab at enabling free mobile web access with its new Discover app thenextweb.com
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Pandemic Drives Almost a Year s Worth of Broadband Traffic Growth in the Span of a Couple of Weeks telecompetitor.com
RIP, Verizon Fios Cable TV? nationalinterest.org
Telcos are making a mess of enterprise 5G, says new research lightreading.com
Understanding T-Mobile Standalone 5G Technology: What is VoNR, ViNR? telecompetitor.com
T-Mobile"s revamped TV service deemed "tech-ready" lightreading.com
FCC Says Temporary Spectrum Authorities Are Paying Off - WISPS are using them to boost speed, coverage, cut congestion multichannel.com
Verizon will offer Pluto TV to its customers under new distribution deal slashgear.com
Nintendo Wii Source Code, Documents, And More Allegedly Leaked gamespot.com
New sunshade, or visor, designed to reduce the brightness of SpaceX s Starlink broadband Internet satellites will debut on the company s next launch astronomynow.com
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11,000 Californians stand in the way of Dish"s entry into wireless lightreading.com
AT&T s Cable and DirecTV Dreams Are Dying a Fast Death nationalinterest.org
Charter nets big broadband gains in Q1 as self-installs accelerate lightreading.com
Verizon Touchless Retail Aims to Protect Customers Amid Pandemic telecompetitor.com
Which carrier offers the best 5G experience? androidcentral.com
T-Mobile is not making good on one of its biggest merger promises... yet phonearena.com
ICANN Board Blocks The Sale Of The .Org Registry techdirt.com
O2 Officially Confirms Merger Talks with UK ISP Virgin Media ispreview.co.uk
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House Democrats roll out $86 billion plan for broadband expansion washingtontimes.com
Frontier s Bankruptcy Reveals Why Big ISPs Choose to Deny Fiber to So Much of America eff.org
Altice USA touts broadband sub surge in Q1 lightreading.com
New ACA Connects Broadband Dashboard Reveals Small Cable Broadband Network Performance telecompetitor.com
Comcast sees broadband and mobile gains but greater video pain in Q1 lightreading.com
T-Mobile closing hundreds more Metro stores: reports fiercewireless.com
AT&T CEO Steps Down After Bungled, Megamerger-Fueled TV Failure techdirt.com
Microsoft"s bet on Xbox Game Pass seems to be paying off, as it hits 10M subscribers, far ahead of the 5M and 1M subscribers EA and Sony announced last year theverge.com
Comcast overcharged elderly couple $600 and wouldn"t refund, Arstechnica.com comes to the rescue arstechnica.com
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Global internet outages reach new high capacitymedia.com
6 Million New U.S. Broadband Households Have Added a Video Streaming Service telecompetitor.com
Groups Petition Congress for Broadband Billions During Pandemic multichannel.com
Though it desperately needs a rich partner, Dish is moving ahead with plans to build a 5G network phonearena.com
Republican Senate leader seeks COVID-19 money for broadband apnews.com
Verizon, AT&T, Cisco, others eye telehealth growth lightreading.com
Can AT&T s New CEO Solve Its 3 Biggest Problems? fool.com
Verizon pushes web model for 5G mobileworldlive.com
Streamed movies to be eligible for Oscars after coronavirus closes cinemas news.sky.com
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