August 2020

Consolidated Communications Partnering with New Hampshire Towns and the State to Fund $18 Million Broadband Expansion

Consolidated Communications announced plans to partner with the state of New Hampshire and local towns to invest nearly $18 million to expand and enhance broadband services across the state. Consolidated was awarded $3.5 million in grants from the state’s Connecting New Hampshire - Emergency Broadband Expansion Program to build high-speed, fiber-to-the-premises Internet networks to homes and businesses in Danbury, Springfield, and Mason. The company also received a separate grant to upgrade existing Internet services in the town of Errol.

Dish marks progress on 5G network build

Dish Network is making progress on its one-of-a-kind open radio access network (RAN) in the US. Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said “we’re just going to go do it,” rather than try to convince skeptics about what they’re doing. Dish needs to get through the RF planning, permitting and site acquisition processes and the actual installation of gear like antennas, but it’s still looking to launch one market before the end of the year. Dish is supposed to build a 5G network that covers 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023.