Telecom Top 5

Your telecom news update for the week ending 5/31/24. Joe talks about the big T-Mobile deal, telco space invasion, and three other news items for the week. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com.

Your telecom news update for the week ending 5/24/24. Joe discusses Minnesota's omnibus bill, Dell and Ericsson's venture into cloud RAN for providers, and three other news items for the week. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com

Your telecom news update for the week ending 5/17/24. Joe discusses a quantum achievement, micro optics, big LEO move, and two other news items for the week. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com

Your telecom news update for the week ending 5/10/24. Last-minute legislation, Tesla news, a major 5G cloud move, and other news. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com

Your telecom news update for the week ending 5/3/24. Rip and Replace law, a new 6G innovation, and the LEO wars intensify. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com

Your telecom news update for the week ending 4/26/24. Earnings, earnings, earnings. Plus some eciting new tech and more. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com

Your telecom news update for the week ending 4/19/24. ISP "nutrition labels," hyperscale data center growth, and more. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com.

Your telecom news update for the week ending 4/12/24. ACP funding update, private wireless revenue optimism, a big rural FWA project, and more. If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com.

Your telecom news update for the week ending 4/5/24. Today we're talking about net neutrality, 5 years of 5G, ACP funding, and more If you have a news tip, or any other comments, email me at jgillard@endeavorb2b.com.

Your telecom news update for the week ending 3/29/24. Upcoming telco earnings, a possible Tesla private 5G move, a new data transfer speed record, and more.

Your telecom news update for the week ending 3/22/24. We're covering two different antitrust stories, a 6G simulation platform that Nvidia is rolling out, and more. 

Your telecom news update for the week ending 3/15/24. Lots of news this week, including another undersea cable outage. Listen in!

Telecom Top 5, hosted by Joe Gillard, offers a weekly, concise update on the latest developments in broadband, fiber optic, wireless, 5G, network engineering, cloud, virtual networks, legislation, and more, aiming to save telecom professionals time by delivering essential news in a digestible format.

As fiber is the foundation of 5G networks, it is important to get fiber infrastructure up and running right the first time. This blog will take a quick look at some new technologies being deployed across fiber networks, the role of testing to keep those connections running right and the increased responsibilities of multitasking fiber technicians out in the field.    Strict, accurate testing is a...

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave is the first company that brought the Air Blown Fiber (ABF) technology to the United States over 30 years ago and since then, we are the market’s leading company to provide the best ABF solution.  For an environment where operation downtime must be minimal, Air Blown Solution brings a great advantage.  Sumitomo’s Future FLEX Air Blown Fiber provides innovative way to cr...

Broadband has become an essential utility for people around the world. It powers the digital economy; it makes applications such as remote learning and telemedicine possible; and it sets the stage for a future where virtual reality, augmented reality, and the metaverse are commonplace. However, 22.5% of US households do not have access to broadband. Closing the digital divide comes with many chall...

The telecommunications power grid has evolved from centralized to distributed architecture, which means more elements spanning greater distances from central offices. While this has expanded the grid and network coverage, the challenge of powering these far-flung elements has created headaches. Conventional power solutions (i.e. local power) are capital intensive and cause lags in deployment, but...

We all know about the critical need to upgrade aging networks. The internet of things is here and technological advances like telemedicine, precision ag, distance learning, remote work, autonomous vehicles, and 5G and beyond all require huge amounts of bandwidth with lower latency. But this is a massive infrastructure undertaking, so how do you properly plan for this transition, especially when it...

As service providers transform their businesses to become agile and responsive and support configurable digital services, the question of network modernization is more and more urgent. Legacy networks are not only struggling to keep up with customer demands, they are increasingly difficult to maintain and costly in terms of real estate and power consumption, as well as contributing to an increased...

In this podcast, we’ll discuss the steps and considerations that service providers can take to ensure the network is not only ready for today’s subscriber needs and demands but also for the future of broadband demand. We’ll look at the many options available, particularly focusing on the options that claim to make upgrades very simple. Join us for this podcast to hear about PON technologies and up...

The approach to real-time data management had dramatic implications for faster network deployment, service activation and reparation, and better reporting. But what did it cost to change? Not surprising, there were hard and soft costs. Although it seems self-evident that accurate and real-time data can provide the best operational and strategic value, it came at the expense of letting go of famili...

Join us as we discuss the unique challenges faced by service providers when designing and installing rural networks. Rural networks are more challenging on many fronts, including density, network reach, labor availability, operation, and maintenance. But with great challenges come great opportunities, and here you will learn about leveraging the network you build for revenue-generating opportuniti...

There’s simply no doubt that the world of data centers and enterprise networks are extremely critical to our current way of life and for the foreseeable future. Can one even imagine where we would have been the last year and a half with the Covid-19 pandemic and the inability to work remotely, communicate via video, and supply ourselves with essentials without ever leaving our homes? Of course dem...

Service providers are facing an incredible challenge, which is also a tremendous opportunity. Today, the demand for 5G deployment and the promise that it can bring to communities is at an all-time high. Companies who find innovative ways to adapt will be the ones to claim the lion’s share of the emerging market. However, getting there requires change. In this podcast, John Sciarabba, CEO of Alden...

Service providers are facing an incredible challenge, which is also a tremendous opportunity. Today, the demand for 5G deployment and the promise that it can bring to communities is at an all-time high. Companies who find innovative ways to adapt will be the ones to claim the lion’s share of the emerging market. However, getting there requires change. In this podcast, John Sciarabba, CEO of Alden...