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January 2024

Verizon finishes 2023 with strong cash flow and wireless customer growth

Verizon Communications reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 results highlighted by total wireless postpaid net additions, fixed wireless net additions and increased wireless service revenue. Total broadband net additions of 413,000, represented the fifth consecutive quarter that Verizon reported more than 400,000 broadband net additions. Total broadband net additions included 375,000 fixed wireless net additions, bringing the subscriber base to over 3 million.

What’s Up With Comcast and Charter?

The two biggest cable companies in the country have clearly bogged down. In the third quarter of 2023, Comcast lost 18,000 broadband customers while Charter gained 63,000. There are a number of reasons for the sudden slowdown. At the top of the list is probably prices. Both Carter and Comcast charge significantly more than their fiber competitors. The other new competitor is fixed wireless access cellular wireless from T-Mobile and Verizon.

Don’t Let AI Become the Newest Digital Divide

In his annual letter, Bill Gates predicted that the United States is “eighteen to twenty four months away from significant levels of AI use by the general population” and that African countries are just a year or so behind that. The pace of AI development is breathtaking, with generative AI tools like ChatGPT forecast to have an adoption curve steeper than the smartphone.

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Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board

Date 
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:00

The Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 25, in the First Floor Conference Room, Suite 105, of the Harvey Parkway Building, 301 Northwest 63rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73116.


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Fierce

Date 
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:00

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is the cutting edge and disruptive technology needed to optimize your BEAD funding. In this webinar, Samsung Networks' Dimple Singh will discuss various FWA solution options for BEAD deployments. Discover how FWA LTE and 5G coverage and capacities can transform the landscape of wireless broadband, closing the digital divide and extending coverage to millions of users. As a service provider or customer, you will you’ll know why Samsung's LTE and 5G FWA Solutions is the right solution for BEAD deployments.


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