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The Rural Utilities Service announced projects in 18 states have been awarded $254 million in funding from the broadband stimulus program. These awards are for round one of the program and they add to a growing momentum of recent stimulus awards from both NTIA and RUS. Applications for round two of ...

Qwest is expanding the availability of its fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) broadband service throughout their Colorado footprint. The top tier of Qwest’s broadband capability offers top speeds of 40 Mbps downstream/20 Mbps upstream. Qwest is ‘pushing the envelope’ regarding technology terminology for their broadband services. They ...

On behalf of the Rural Utilities Service, Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Feb. 17 announced the awarding of 11 broadband infrastructure projects in nine states--an investment of more than $277 million--marking the one-year ...

With the FCC due to update Congress in February on efforts to craft a National Broadband Plan, the American Cable Association (ACA) yesterday became the latest telecom industry lobbying group to ...

NTCA members continue to deploy high speed broadband in their service areas and offer customers an increasingly broad range of telecommunications services, according to the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association's "2009 Broadband/Internet Availability Survey Report". The expanding reach of providers' fiber networks has ...

Approximately 83 small, independent cable companies have applied for $1.3 billion in funding from the broadband stimulus program the American Cable Association reports. Companies including NPG Cable, Wave Broadband, Boycom Cablevision, and NewWave Communications applied for both middle ...

Company targets wireless service providers with fiber-based Ethernet to cell sites DENVER, Sept. 15, 2009 – Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) (www.qwest.com/wholesale) today announced the launch of its new fiber-based, Ethernet backhaul service designed for wireless service providers (WSPs). By leveraging Qwest’s fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) deployment, Qwest Mobile Ethernet Backhaul extends fiber to cellular sites in order to accommodate the increasing demands of ...

Sprint is looking to follow their own lead with femtocell technology by being the first U.S. carrier to offer a true 3G femtocell later this year. Sprint was the first carrier to offer a 2G femtocell, the Samsung Airave. Light Reading’s Unstrung ...

Time Warner Cable now has four million telephone subscribers, making them the sixth largest telephone company in the U.S. by their estimation. Cable companies are no stranger to saber rattling concerning their digital phone prowess. Comcast has issued a press release or three toting their position ...

As we discussed earlier this week, the FCC has officially approved the merger of CenturyTel and Embarq. The new company will be called CenturyLink. According to CenturyTel, the merger now has received all necessary approvals, and the companies expect the merger to be effective on July ...