Broadband competition is coming even if it’s called ‘socialism’

And at least one Washington, D.C. think tank seems pretty concerned about the prospect of new entrants threatening the status quo of incumbents.

BT strikes cloud deal with Rackspace

BT inked a partnership agreement with multi-cloud solutions company Rackspace Technology, aiming to enhance its portfolio of managed services.

Windstream reaches 1.1M locations with gigabit broadband

Windstream shed some light on its full year 2021 performance, announcing its Kinetic brand added more than 55,000 broadband customers last year.

Vyve Broadband pushes 10-gig commercial fiber to 25 new markets

Vyve Broadband expanded its commercial fiber service to 25 new markets across 11 different states.

Italy puts up €3.7B to fuel gigabit broadband push

The Italian government launched a new multi-billion-euro fund which aims to push gigabit broadband to nearly 7 million new locations.

Tracking telecom, cable and cloud earnings for Q4 2021

Fierce Telecom is here to help you track the Q4 2021 results from key fiber, cable and cloud companies.

Cogeco execs brush off FWA threat as Breezeline subs slide

Cogeco CEO Philippe Jette dismissed fixed wireless access as a competitive threat to its U.S. broadband business, Breezeline.

Amazon, Google, VMware talk open source security at White House

Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft and VMware headed to the White House on Thursday for a meeting on how to make open source software more secure.

Broadband label discussion on tap at FCC

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would revive consumer labels for broadband services six years after their initial planned introduction.

Consolidated finishes fiber builds in 5 cities months early

Consolidated Communications completed fiber deployments covering 8,500 homes across five New Hampshire towns two months ahead of schedule.

Comcast hits 4 Gbps in trial of DOCSIS 4.0 modem with Broadcom

Comcast continued its steady march toward DOCSIS 4.0, marking what it claimed was a first-of-its-kind trial of 10G modem technology.

Zayo Group buys SD-WAN firm QOS Networks

QOS’ SD-WAN portfolio includes offerings from VMware’s VeloCloud, Versa and Palo Alto’s Prisma.

Windstream plots 2 gig service, fiber to 400K locations in 2022

Jeff Small, president of Windstream’s Kinetic business, told Fierce it plans to address another 10% of its footprint with fiber this year.

Five regional ISPs unite under Astound Broadband brand

RCN, Grande, Wave, enTouch and Digital West will all unite under the Astound Broadband name starting Wednesday.

Davidson sticks landing to become new NTIA chief

Davidson was approved by a vote of 60-31, making him the agency’s first permanent chief since David Redl left the post in May 2019.

Aptiv scoops up Wind River for $4.3B

Automotive technology company Aptiv announced a deal to acquire software company Wind River from private equity firm TPG Capital for $4.3 billion.

CACI scores $514M contract to upgrade U.S. Army network

IT services company CACI landed a half-billion-dollar contract from the U.S. Army to upgrade the outside plant for at least 40 installations.

Cox rounds out new leadership team with fresh CTO, COO

Cox Communications refreshed its leadership team with a new CTO, COO and chief marketing and sales officer, promoting from among its own ranks.

New ARPA rules make more broadband projects eligible for funding

New rules for American Rescue Plan Act spending enable a broader range of broadband projects to receive support.

Atlantic Broadband changes name to Breezeline in a nod to growth

Atlantic Broadband, the eighth largest cable operator in the U.S., rebranded itself Breezeline.