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In a formal complaint to the Philippines Competition Commission, Dito says 80% of calls to one operator and 70% of calls to the other do not get connected.

We are obviously conducting a review as to the best way to manage that asset, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said when asked about what the company might do with Sprints wireline network.

In this podcast, Verizons Mark Paff described in detail the service providers role in emergency response scenarios and explained that Verizons efforts are all done in close coordination with the local responders that are setting up that incident command center after the event.

About 70 communities and 39 public safety agencies have received Verizon Frontline support for wildfire response efforts this year, according to the service provider.

A small UK company that buys and sells used network parts is catching the attention of operators dealing with inflation, supply constraints and geopolitics.

Despite the flexibility that open RAN promises from an equipment and technology standpoint, supply chain speed bumps plus geopolitical factors are presenting new challenges to that market, Light Readings Iain Morris explained on the podcast.

A vast R&D gulf between operators and their suppliers has opened in the last decade, even as telcos fret about dependency.

The crypto-powered IoT network aims to fill in 5G and IoT gaps for better connectivity. Does the story make sense?

Among recent fixed wireless transactions, altafiber recently acquired Agile Network Builders, while Ziply Fiber recently announced it would buy Eastern Oregon Net (better known as EONI).

This week in broadband builds: Charter and Windstream win in North Carolina; Comcast gets $10 million in Maryland; Lumen launches 8 Gbit/s; Internet Society awards EPIC grants. Plus construction and launches from Fidium Fiber, Brightspeed, Metronet and more.