Municipal broadband | 5G and Fibre

Local leaders joined together Wednesday to voice their staunch opposition to a proposed state law officials are calling a big “power grab” by the telecommunications industry.The legis…

The small cell wireless antenna legislation has seen some success nationwide, but it has also prompted local governments to voice concern around the loss of control.

Text of the laws and regulations

Les visées écologiques des compteurs et réseaux intelligents sont une escroquerie, selon le secrétaire du comité ISO sur la domotique depuis 1990. Timothy

This article has been co-written with Gabrielle Paris Gagnon, lawyer at Propulsio 360 Business Consultants LLP

Offre de connexion et de bande passante en fibre optique pour les entreprises à Paris

La fibra óptica está avanzando imparablemente en España, hasta el punto de ser el país europeo con más hogares en cobertura de una tecnología que ya es capaz de ofrecer hasta 1 Gbps simétrico pero con mucho futuro por delante. ...

Seattle's socialist council member responded to the net neutrality vote by saying cities should just build their own broadband networks. Some already have.

He promised to stay out of Rogers-related matters at Council. But using his position as mayor to write a letter to cabinet? Well, that's different.

City officials say the municipality is taking over the build of its fibre network following the cancellation of a contract with Ericsson.

As wireless companies prepare to launch the next generation of service, new questions are being raised about the health risks of radiofrequency radiation emitted from cellphones and transmitters.

Regulators are increasingly focused on the policy objective of facilitating investment in new network technologies and high-quality broadband services. Angus Finnegan and Saher Ahmed outline some r...

San Diego is installing sensors in lampposts to collect data about nearby people, cars and even the air.

The proposed legislation would effectively remove local control over where providers place wireless installations on public infrastructure.

A new state law prohibits local governments from regulating or charging wireless service providers for attaching 5G

New agreement supports the City of Huntington Beach in California’s efforts to become a leading smart city

Huawei has announced attaining single-user speeds of 2Gbps during trials of 5G customer premises equipment with Telus in Vancouver, using mmWave spectrum, Massive MIMO, F-OFDM, and polar coding.

In a moment of crisis, South Korea's capital is becoming a leader in big data.

The new networks will be critical for handling the sevenfold increase that Cisco projects for mobile Internet traffic as well as the billions of new connected devices and connected local infrastructure.

From varying municipal concurrency processes to significant annual pole attachment fees, it's not easy to achieve a scalable small cell deployment process.

Those who argue that cities should view broadband as just another piece of public infrastructure do a disservice to consumers and local officials, who are already overburdened with more pressing financial obligations. That’s why efforts to help local officials unlock more private investment matter.