Diana Goovaerts
FierceWireless
Washington, DC, United States
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Mediacom could be the next cable operator to go mobile
Cable giants Comcast and Charter Communications have pointed to their MVNO services as a key growth e | Mediacom recently moved to trademark the name “Mediacom Mobile," after stating in February 2022 it was exploring an MVNO play. → Read More
FCC fines Q Link Wireless $62M for alleged ACP fraud
Q Link Wireless found itself in hot water with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week after the agency accused the operator of fraudulently claiming more than $20 million in broadban | Q Link allegedly overclaimed support for “hundreds of thousands of computer tablets,” bagging nearly $20.8 million in improper support. → Read More
Comcast appoints Armstrong as new CFO
Comcast looked within to find its next CFO, promoting Deputy CFO and Treasurer Jason Armstrong to the post to succeed previous finance chief Mike Cavanagh. | Armstrong's appointment comes after former finance chief Mike Cavanagh was promoted to President in October, leaving the CFO post up for grabs. → Read More
Microsoft buys hollow core fiber supplier Lumenisity
Microsoft struck a surprise deal to acquire specialized fiber provider Lumenisity for an undisclosed sum, aiming to strengthen its cloud infrastructure and better serve use cases with stringent lat | Microsoft believes hollow core fiber can not only bolster its own infrastructure, but also benefit companies across the healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail and public sector spaces. → Read More
Comcast hits 5M mobile lines and Charter isn’t far behind
Verizon’s wireless business may have struggled in Q3 2022, but the quarter was a big one for i | Both cable players posted record mobile net additions in Q3 2022. → Read More
Windstream bumps Smith up to CFO as Gunderman exits
Windstream couldn’t escape the C-suite shuffle that’s taken telecom by storm the past few weeks, abruptly announcing it is replacing its CFO of nearly eight years Bob Gunderman with an internal can | Drew Smith has been with Windstream since 2008 and served as SVP of financial planning and Treasurer since 2017. He replaces Bob Gunderman, effective immediately. → Read More
Juniper backlog balloons to a record $2.4B as supply woes persist
Juniper Networks executives argued a massive order backlog will help the company maintain consistent revenue growth as it weathers ongoing supply chain issues which ate into its margins in the seco | CFO Ken Miller said the backlog figure is more than six times normal levels. → Read More
AT&T CFO warns it could raise prices again if inflation persists
AT&T just hiked prices for certain fixed and wireless subscribers last month, but more price increases may be on the way. | “Inflation is probably the area I worry the most about,” AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches said. → Read More
Amazon ramps Project Kuiper testing ahead of initial launch
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Amazon permission to test a prototype earth station for its forthcoming Project Kuiper broadband service, ahead of the scheduled launch of its fi | Amazon plans to conduct a trial of prototype ground station gear in Texas from May to November, using a drone flying at a maximum altitude of 400 feet. → Read More
Comcast, Charter and Altice USA add nearly 700K mobile subs in Q1
The first quarter of 2022 proved to be a strong one for cable operators, but not in their traditional fixed broadband businesses. | Charter led the pack with 373,000 mobile net additions, while Comcast posted another all-time record for wireless gains. → Read More
Starry seeks to test mmWave gear in nearly two dozen cities
Fixed wireless broadband provider Starry potentially shed some light on its expansion roadmap, requesting permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct tests of prototype m | The proposed test locations include more than a dozen cities where it does not currently provide service today. → Read More
Astranis’ satellite backhaul business takes off as deal momentum builds
Start-up company Astranis may be a lesser-known player in the satellite market, but its broadband backhaul offering is increasingly gaining traction among operators looking to boost capacity for us | The company already has signed deals in place to provide 10 satellites to new customers, and demand among MNOs and ISPs is off the charts, CEO John Gedmark said. → Read More
Charter CEO: Focus on symmetrical speeds due to marketing, not need
Charter CEO Tom Rutledge isn’t sold on the idea that consumers need symmetrical broadband speeds, but says it has a roadmap to offer them using DOCSIS 3.1 technology to keep up with competition fro | Rutledge also dismissed the competitive threat from fixed wireless access technology, arguing it will fall by the wayside much like DSL has as bandwidth and speed demands rise. → Read More
Dish trials VMware’s RIC ahead of 5G network launch
Dish Network’s 5G launch may be just around the corner, but it appears the operator is still testing key pieces of technology for its forthcoming greenfield open RAN netw | A VMware representative told Fierce a RIC is not required to launch an open RAN network, but said without one an operator would be “limited by the basic intelligence capabilities of their RAN platform vendor.” → Read More
Altice USA nears new MVNO deal with T-Mobile
Altice USA CEO Dexter Goei hinted the operator is on the cusp of striking a new MVNO deal with T-Mobile as it prepares to ramp efforts to promote its mobile offering in e | Altice USA CEO Dexter Goei hinted the operator is on the cusp of striking a new MVNO deal with T-Mobile as it prepares to ramp efforts to promote its mobile offering in earnest. → Read More
Charter tops Comcast with 380K wireless net adds in Q4
Charter Communications posted the highest ever subscriber net additions for its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Q4, a feat which helped its wireless rev | Charter Communications posted the highest ever subscriber net additions for its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Q4, a feat which helped its wireless revenue grow by more than 47%. → Read More
AT&T aims to shave 3 months off fiber build cycle
AT&T CEO John Stankey wants the operator to condense its fiber build cycle so it can get its broadband products into the hands of consumers faster. → Read More
CACI scores $514M contract to upgrade U.S. Army network
IT services company CACI landed a more than half-billion-dollar contract from the U.S. | IT services company CACI landed a more than half-billion-dollar contract from the U.S. Army to upgrade the outside plant at a minimum of 40 different installations, scoring its latest big money award under the government’s Alliant 2 procurement program. → Read More
Deutsche Telekom aims to push fiber to 2M locations in 2022
German operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) is ready to put the pedal to the metal in 2022, aiming to deploy fiber even faster after covering 1.2 million new households this ye | German operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) is ready to put the pedal to the metal in 2022, aiming to deploy fiber even faster after covering 1.2 million new households this year. → Read More
CableLabs gets hip to hybrid with fresh MVNO architectures
CableLabs is striving to keep up with the times, unveiling a new set of MVNO architectures designed to meet the needs of increasingly common hybrid deployment scenar | CableLabs is striving to keep up with the times, unveiling a new set of MVNO architectures designed to meet the needs of increasingly common hybrid deployment scenarios. → Read More