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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking steps to verify that households participating in its Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program are in fact eligible for support, after the agency's Office of Inspector General (OIG) flagged several instances of obvious fraud. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orange revealed its Belgian subsidiary has entered into exclusive talks to purchase a majority stake in cable operator VOO from Nethys, as part of a bid to strengthen its convergence strategy in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The central U.S. appears to have caught the eye of equity investors, with Bluepeak becoming the latest privately-funded fiber company to plot a major expansion there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cable One is laying the groundwork for DOCSIS 4.0, completing a series of network upgrades it hopes will smooth its eventual deployment of the technology and, ultimately, its path to 10 Gbps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Verizon may not be pursuing a massive expansion of its fiber footprint like some competitors, but that doesn't mean it doesn't see value in the smaller scale work it's doing with Fios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Robust growth in network equipment revenue is overshadowed by supply shortages that will affect short-term outlook. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canadian operator Rogers Communications named former CFO Tony Staffieri as interim chief of the company, effective immediately, following the abrupt departure of CEO Joe Natale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investment firm Apollo Global Management unveiled a plan to deploy fiber to 3 million locations across the 20-state ILEC footprint it acquired from Lumen Technologies earlier this year and installed a team of former Verizon executives to oversee the rollout. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vodafone laid out a plan to pursue commercial gains in Germany, setting its sights on opportunities to increase fixed and mobile convergence and enhance its network and customer experience there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What happens when an operator's copper network reaches the end of its life? That's the question Canadian player Telus is trying to answer, trialing different options for what to do with its legacy network assets upon their retirement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consolidated Communications launched a fresh "Fidium Fiber" brand for consumers in its New England footprint, pairing its residential connectivity with a new app which offers users more control over their in-home broadband experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fresh off its separation from Segra, regional fiber provider Lumos Networks is plotting an ambitious expansion of its residential service and the rollout of a new multi-gig service tier designed to keep it one step ahead of the competition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Frontier Communications is gearing up to capitalize on broadband funding opportunities created by the recent passage of a sprawling U.S. infrastructure bill, with CFO Scott Beasley pointing to the federal dollars as a key part of its fiber expansion plan. But one thing that's not part of its strategy is the launch of its own MVNO offer, the executive said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AT&T added some depth to its managed secure access service edge (SASE) portfolio, working with Cisco to provide a fresh option designed to meet the needs of multi-cloud and hybrid work environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cogeco outlined a plan to expand its Atlantic Broadband footprint in the U.S. to approximately 70,000 new locations in its fiscal 2022, aiming to push fiber to homes in areas currently served only by DSL or cable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vodafone inked an expanded partnership deal with wholesale infrastructure company CityFibre as part of a bid to edge out rivals in the U.K. and become the county's largest fiber service provider by early next year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The operator has yet to issue an official account of the incident, but experts from two network monitoring companies shed some light on what was happening behind the scenes during the event and what the problem might have been. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canadian operator Telus inched closer to a full-fiber future, revealing only 12% of customers within its footprint are still served by copper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comcast customers across Chicago, Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey suffered widespread broadband outages on Tuesday morning, just a day after users in San Francisco faced a similar predicament. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after months of political wrangling, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature. Here's a look at what that means for broadband in the country going forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Raymond James analyst Frank Louthan tipped WideOpenWest's (WOW!) local marketing focus to give it a leg up on the competition as the operator prepares to accelerate broadband deployments in 2022 after selling off five of its service areas earlier this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telstra Americas President Nicholas Collins told Fierce that heading into 2022 the operator has a three-pronged strategy to boost growth in North America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cable One is negotiating a joint venture designed to help it accelerate fiber growth in new markets using its Clearwave and Hargray assets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rogers Communications has decided not to pursue an appeal after a Canadian judge ruled on Friday a move by ousted board chair Edward Rogers to regain his position and replace several board members with his personal picks was legal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lab will develop ways to use robots for climbing towers and traversing cables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deutsche Telekom inked a deal with Australia-based IFM Investors to form a fiber joint venture (JV) in Germany, with the investment company set to pump €900 million (approximately $1 billion) into the undertaking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TDS Telecom raised its long-term fiber expansion target to more than 900,000 locations, but warned immediate progress toward its goal was being hindered by a mix of permitting and contractor delays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Altice USA is preparing to duke it out with Verizon Fios in the New York tri-state area, with executives outlining a plan to expand fiber to 1 million new locations in 2022 after losing thousands of broadband subscribers in Q3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Broadband Forum offered a tantalizing glimpse of what the networks of the future might look like, demonstrating a technology called dynamic session steering which uses software-defined networking (SDN) to reconfigure a user's connection on the fly based on the application they're using. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U.K. operator Virgin Media O2 raked in 42,300 broadband net additions in Q3, posting a strong performance in its first full quarter in operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lumen Technologies finally unveiled an expansion plan for its residential Quantum Fiber service, aiming to pass a total of 12 million locations within its footprint over the coming years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U.K. telco hits cost-savings goal early, lowers cost of fiber build as potential takeover bid looms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mediacom has completed expansions of its broadband network in five of 20 markets it began work in earlier this year and is already lining up additional projects. However, supply chain issues appear to be lurking just around the corner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Frontier Communications more than quadrupled its fiber subscriber gains year on year in Q3 to hit an all-time company best of 29,000 net additions, with executives touting this figure as early evidence a multi-faceted turnaround strategy is resonating in the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fiber infrastructure provider Segra revamped its executive leadership team following its acquisition by Cox Communications last month, adding a new CTO, COO, CFO and chief legal and people officers to its ranks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Canadian judge will rule on November 5 whether an attempt by ousted Rogers Communications board chairman Edward Rogers to regain his position was legal, ending a weeks-long internal dispute which spilled over into a public battle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AT&T locked in yet another government contract, securing a 10-year, $182 million deal to provide network upgrades and services to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analyst firm GlobalData tipped cable to lose ground to fiber over the coming years as competition among broadband providers peddling multi-gigabit services intensifies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regional operator Shenandoah Telecommunications (Shentel) kicked its fiber plans into high gear, revealing during a Q3 earnings call it has raised its expansion target by 50% and now aims to reach 450,000 serviceable addresses by 2026. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Charter Communications scaled back its forecast for broadband net addition growth in the full year 2021 after posting a significant slowdown in subscriber gains in Q3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deutsche Telekom is considering the creation of a new fiber joint venture in Germany with a yet-to-be-determined private equity partner, aiming to cover as many as 4 million rural locations across the country, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indie telco reach 97,000 fiber upgrades in the third quarter as it plans to unveil new branding efforts next month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comcast raked in 300,000 broadband net additions in Q3 2021, a figure that was less than half the number it added last year and lower than the pre-pandemic gain it posted in the comparable period of 2019. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One executive told Fierce Vodafone has a plan to achieve double-digit revenue growth in the U.S. by using its fixed and mobile strength in other global markets to appeal to large multi-national enterprise customers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As money flows in for broadband builds across the country, regional service provider Dobson Fiber is pushing to secure a first-mover advantage in parts of the South Central U.S. where larger competitors might not be looking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just announced plans to unleash more than $1 billion in fresh funding for rural broadband via its Broadband ReConnect Program, but not everyone is rejoicing. Claude Aiken, CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), warned new rules adopted for the latest funding round could effectively cut fixed wireless access providers out of the running. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Verizon's Public Sector unit locked in another multi-million government contract, this time sealing a $78 million deal to help the Naval District Washington (NDW) update its voice platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lumen Technologies turned to longtime partner Cisco to beef up its remote work portfolio, teaming with it to roll out a new cloud-based unified communications product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It's no secret the U.S. is in the midst of a broadband land grab. But as operators scramble to snag their piece of the pie, it seems they are warming up to the idea of public-private partnerships as a way to boost fiber deployments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture laid out plans to divvy up $1.15 billion in support for rural broadband in the third round of funding from its ReConnect Program, adding to the more than $1.5 billion it has doled out since the program's inception in 2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]