"We'll probably see the opening potentially for the fixed-wireless access and for satellite to play in these broadband spaces,” Cisco's Robin Olds said.

Verizon and T-Mobile US also initiated new connection goals that show continued consumer and enterprise growth expectations.

“Leadership here is amazing. I might have the technical part of it, but they have the drive," Brownsville CIO Jorge Cardenas said of the Texas town.

Both are investing billions-of-dollars into fiber and expanding their plans for fixed-wireless access.

Analysts have started to question the ability for the market to support several satellite-based service options.

Finances and support remain significant hurdles.

“I always said that we really need a few big vendors because you need volume to really be healthy in this market," Dell'Oro Group's Jimmy Yu said.

“There will be multiple providers, and in fact as far as we’re concerned, we want there to be multiple providers," AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches said.

The carrier is adopting Cisco's latest 5G fixed-wireless access gateways.

BGP, the core routing protocol that enables the internet to function, it has inherent security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by bad actors to hijack routes, intercept traffic or

“We see this in terms of stabilization as one leg of the stool,” Hughes COO Paul Gaske said.

The Federal Communications Commission stated the funding shortfall fosters “risks to national security, network reliability and small businesses."

“Connectivity is critical for success and prosperity in America today," CEO John Stankey said.

Federated Wireless’ new service uses advances in spectrum monitoring along with network probes to provide a high quality private network for enterprises.

“We know that we're the third entrant here, but we’re extremely aggressive," AT&T's John Blinkiewicz said.

The FCC decision to increase minimum speed standards may weed out the bottom of broadband speeds, such as operators relying on DSL or 4G LTE-based FWA services.

The carrier's $304 million worth of mid-band spectrum licenses, held up since 2022, are finally available to access and are expected to cover 60 million people.

“We continue to believe the impact from fixed wireless is temporary,” Charter CEO Chris Winfrey said.

However, the network-as-a-service provider is not naming its low-Earth orbit provider.

The past 12 months witnessed an earnings roller coaster, a new logo, job cuts, U.S. manufacturing plans and a lost open radio access network deal.

RSM's Andrew Fedele speculates on the verticals expected to gain the most from the government’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.

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Quite well, according to a new report from Network speed test monitoring firm Ookla.

“We are looking for partners to bring out latent value in assets that we have," Frontier's Vishal Dixit said.