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And Utah releasing results tonight as well. Utah is proposing to utilize $231M (73%) of its eligible BEAD funding to serve 32,261 eligible locations and CAIs. The technology mix is fiber (55%), LEO (25%), LFW (17%) and ULFW (2%). #BEAD #RuralBroadband

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Ever wonder how we create big savings for our clients? We add visibility, enforce contracts, and follow a telecom-native process that finds what others miss. Here’s how one healthcare system improved control and delivered measurable savings with Digital Direction: https://hubs.ly/Q041G0T10 #TEM #TelecomExpenseManagement #TelecomAudit #ExpenseManagement #CostOptimization #HealthcareIT #DigitalDirection

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Back in September, we shared Volume 1 of the VIAVI Reference Guide to Fiber Optic Testing. Now we’re bringing you Volume 2. This edition takes a deeper dive into advanced fiber characterization, including: 🔹 Chromatic Dispersion (CD) 🔹 Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) 🔹 Attenuation Profiles 🔹 Best practices for qualifying high-speed fiber links and entire networks As networks evolve to higher speeds and denser wavelength services, mastering these concepts is critical for technicians, engineers, and network planners. Download your copy now: https://lnkd.in/eZzXWrSJ #FiberTech #LearningInTheField #FiberTesting

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Where are telecom leases booming in 2025? If you guessed major metros only, think again. 📍Urban rooftops are still in demand but so are secondary markets with strong data needs and zoning flexibility. This year, we’re seeing increased activity in: 🔴 The Southeast 🔴 Central Valley and Inland Empire (California) 🔴 Mountain West metros like Denver and Salt Lake City 🔴 Mid-sized Midwest markets with underutilized sites The common thread? Carriers are optimizing networks where people live and work, not just the traditional tower zones. Whether you have a lease in place or not, understanding market trends is key to maximizing site value. #TelecomRealEstate #WirelessLeases #CRE #NAIGlobalWireless #MarketTrends

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The fundamentals of successful Voice AI? Flawless contact center availability and voice quality. The best TTS, LLM, STT and prompting won't help if your phone connection sucks. You can measure tons and tons of metrics with Sipfront, from the SIP signaling to the RTP metrics, up to audio metrics and the actual content and inten. Now, we distilled the fundamentals and created nice little widgets for internal monitoring and SLA monitoring as a basis for your contact center and PBX operations.

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America’s best and largest consumer fiber network is about to get even larger.      AT&T reached an agreement to acquire the majority of Lumen Technologies' Mass Markets fiber business. Today, that’s about 1 million customers across more than 4 million fiber locations in 11 U.S. states. When the deal formally closes in the first half of 2026, we’ll be expanding our award-winning AT&T Fiber service to new metros like Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and more.     It’s a win-win for customers and America, supporting new U.S. connectivity infrastructure, jobs, and economic competitiveness.    Check out more highlights in my video below, and read our news release here: https://lnkd.in/dxVbixTN

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A Utah school had no usable cellular service inside. Calls dropped. Texts failed. Emergency calls didn’t go through. InfiniG partnered with AT&T and T-Mobile to bring their signal indoors - delivering reliable voice and data coverage in every hallway and classroom. Now staff, students, and parents stay connected when it matters most.

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Today marks a major step forward in expanding the power and reach of T-Mobile’s network. With the close of our acquisition of UScellular’s wireless operations, we’re gaining additional spectrum assets and millions of customers who now benefit from America’s best network.    Customers will also experience improved performance as we move from limited roaming to a more seamless, integrated 5G experience — especially in rural and underserved areas.     This deal unlocks even greater capacity and innovation as we integrate our spectrum assets over time. I’m thrilled about what this means for our customers and the future of connectivity!    Also, a BIG welcome to the US Cellular members joining our Technology team!👏👏 https://lnkd.in/gPzSheJR

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The next local network operator that leads their market will not win because they laid more fiber. They will win because they engineered how that fiber is bought and sold. Across North America and Europe, most local operators generate 10–25% of revenue through wholesale and channel partners. That percentage is where margin is most exposed. It’s where pricing discipline matters most. And it’s where operational friction quietly compounds. Spreadsheets. Email threads. Manual pricing exceptions. Disconnected order tracking. It feels manageable. Until a renewal window opens. Enterprise customers buying from national and global providers tend to revisit connectivity every 3–4 years. When those rebid cycles hit, responsiveness and pricing governance determine who protects revenue — and who loses it. The gap isn’t visible day to day. It becomes visible at renewal. We’re seeing a clear divide emerge. Local operators who treat commerce as infrastructure outperform those who treat it as workflow. They: • Govern pricing instead of negotiating reactively • Respond to channel partners with speed and consistency • Reduce friction across multi-state footprints • Protect margin during competitive rebids • Demonstrate disciplined revenue architecture in diligence conversations This is subtle, but it’s structural. The network is foundational. Commerce discipline is multiplicative. And in an ecosystem economy, multiplicative advantage compounds. If you operate 1,000–10,000 non-residential locations and wholesale and channel are meaningful to your growth strategy, the question isn’t whether you have channel revenue. The question is whether it is structured. Because when renewal cycles expose friction, it’s too late to architect governance. The local operators who design ecosystem commerce deliberately will compound advantage over the next decade. The ones who delay will feel it when the market tests them. If this conversation is relevant to your growth strategy, I’m always open to comparing notes.#fiber #broadband #EcosystemLedGrowth #channelpartners

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281 Mbps 5G demos look dazzling, yet 89 % of customers still reach for a plain SMS —and 9 % of Americans can’t even get a 5 G bar . The real gap in mobile isn’t speed. It’s coverage and habit. Mobile habits speak first • Text is the comfort channel. Nearly nine in ten consumers would rather type than talk, while >70 % of Gen Z associate an unexpected call with bad news . • Users layer apps, but the fallback is still the humble SMS. Ignore it and you abandon the only truly universal path to every pocket. Telecom Industry priorities say something else • Marketing shouts “speed” because it’s easy to measure; T-Mobile’s median 5 G download hit 281 Mbps in late 2024 . • Meanwhile, half-a-million square miles of U.S. landscape remain outside tower reach , and the FCC counts millions still off the 5 G grid at practical speeds . The traffic-jam analogy Cars went from 4 hp cars to 700 hp super-SUVs, yet rush-hour New York crawls at 13 mph downtown . Average US driver speed is still about 35 mph. Mobile networks show the same paradox: headline velocity rockets while everyday movement stalls where signals fade. What this means Coverage is the untapped KPI. Fill dead zones before the next “G.” Text remains the trust layer. Build services that respect asynchronous, low-friction habits. Speed sells headlines; reliability keeps customers. Operators who balance both will own the retention curve. P.S. Next: how direct-to-cell satellites and micro-cells could close the last black spots—and what that unlocks for startups. Follow for the coverage story. #MobileStrategy #5G #SMS #CustomerExperience #Telecom

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