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Cox Mobile expanded services across Louisiana, the Gulf Coast, Central Florida, Middle Georgia and Northern Virginia. The company also disclosed pricing and hinted at its 5G ambitions.

Light Readings Mike Dano and Phil Harvey review the Leading Lights Awards categories they judged, ranging from 5G to optical transport.

The absence of Deutsche Telekom at Europes latest 5G auction suggests it is preparing to exit the Romanian mobile market.

A few cable operators, including GCI and Shaw, are using Fiber+ branding to draw attention to the massive amount of fiber they have built into their widely deployed HFC networks and more targeted FTTP networks.

Ford and Volkswagen are the latest companies to face legal action over the decision by AT&T and others to shut down their 3G networks.

The airline industry is asking the Biden administration to further extend prohibitions on C-band 5G around some US airports. That could affect a variety of providers, including T-Mobile and UScellular.

Average data usage for Q3 2022 hit 495.5 gigabytes, up 13.9% versus the year-ago quarter, and the number of broadband subs taking speeds of 1 Gbit/s or more rose 35% year-over-year, according to OpenVault.

Light Readings Iain Morris and Kelsey Ziser review the Leading Lights Awards categories they judged and examine surprising trends that appeared in the submissions.

Update: Comcast confirmed that the cost figure cited by Chief Network Officer Elad Nafshi covers mid-split upgrades, network virtualization and the eventual move to DOCSIS 4.0.

The CTIA argues that there is low utilization, low market demand, and a dearth of innovative use cases in the 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band. But that claim has sparked furious disagreements.