Harmonic has announced an expanded partnership with Spectrum to extend the company’s cOS vCMTS and advanced network and operational tools across Spectrum’s entire service area, and include the deployment of DOCSIS 4.0 Unified Pebble-2 RPDs. The collaboration enables Spectrum to support DOCSIS 4.0 services and create a foundation for future DOCSIS developments including spectrum expansion […]
The FCC unveiled plans earlier this week to again hold an auction of satellite C-band spectrum. It has now emerged that SES, the main satellite beneficiary of the restructuring, is firmly in favour of the FCC’s scheme. The FCC plan is to auction “at least” 100 MHz by July 2027. The FCC said the commission […]
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has circulated a proposal to advance America’s leadership in wireless by seeking comment on auctioning additional mid-band spectrum in the Upper C-Band. The draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will seek comment on a range of options, including auctioning up to 180 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.98-4.2 GHz band for next-gen […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the final results of its mmWave spectrum auction, following completion of the remaining stages. On October 16th, Ofcom announced the results of the Principal stage, which determined how much spectrum each of the three bidders – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree – had won, and how much they had committed […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the outcome of the Principal stage of its auction to release more airwaves to improve 5G in the busiest places. A total of 5.4 GHz of spectrum was up for grabs – the most ever to be made available in an Ofcom auction. This spectrum, known as ‘mmWave’ because […]
Many US cable television subscribers remain with their providers due to barriers such as restrictive contracts, limited provider availability by location, and the complexity of switching, which is why subscribers stay despite lower satisfaction levels than live TV streaming, according to the J.D. Power 2025 US Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. Specifically, Cable TV customers […]
Pay-TV operator EchoStar is selling $23 billions-worth (€19.8bn) of terrestrial spectrum designed to improve 5G and home Internet access. AT&T and EchoStar have also agreed to enhance their long-term wholesale network services agreement, enabling EchoStar to operate as a hybrid mobile network operator providing wireless service under EchoStar’s Boost Mobile brand. AT&T will be the […]
tvbeat, a specialist in Total TV campaign forecasting, planning and optimisation, and Spectrum Reach have announced a partnership to bring tvbeat’s programmatic capabilities to linear TV advertising in the US market. This collaboration will bring a fully automated, data-driven buying experience to linear TV, allowing digital advertisers to access traditional TV advertising inventory with the […]
Texas-based AST SpaceMobile has struck an agreement with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for global S-band priority transmission rights. Under the deal, AST will acquire Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) spectrum rights in the 1980–2010 MHz and 2170–2200 MHz frequency bands for use in low-earth orbit. The transaction aligns with the company’s 3GPP global spectrum framework […]
EchoStar’s Dish pay-TV subsidiary has made its contracted interest payments, worth $114 million, to its lenders, and thus has avoided a potential default. The payments were due on July 1st and believed to have been made on July 30th and just within the 30-day limit. EchoStar will issue its quarterly results tomorrow (Friday, August 1st) […]