Cleveland soars behind DigitalC’s connectivity efforts
News In less than two years, a locally led broadband effort says it has connected more than 7,500...
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Viewpoints: Why is 2026 the year broadband moves forward?
Viewpoints The industry has spent years preparing for the next stage, says Arun Pasrija, the CEO...
Read MoreGoogle Digital Inclusion Fellowship Applications Now Open
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google is opening applications for the second year of its Digital Inclusion Fellowship, which was introduced last year, according to Andrew Bentley, Google Fiber’s digital inclusion program manager....
Read MoreSouthwest Chelsea to Become First WiFi Neighborhood in Manhattan
NEW YORK – Google and The Chelsea Improvement Company, a nonprofit neighborhood redevelopment corporation, have announced they have partnered to provide free public WiFi internet access in southwest Chelsea, which will...
Read MoreARRIS TO ACQUIRE MOTOROLA HOME BUSINESS
SUWANEE, GA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – ARRIS Group, Inc., a global innovator in broadband media technology, and Google today jointly announced that ARRIS and Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary, have entered into a definitive...
Read MoreGoogle Picks Next Kansas City “Fiberhoods”
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Google Fiber announced the next five neighborhoods chosen for fiber installation as part of its Kansas City 1 Gbps buildout. Google chose the new “fiberhoods” based on pre-registration...
Read MoreGoogle’s Kansas City Gbps Fiber Installation Kicks Off
Kansas City, KS – Google announced that, after months of building its new fiber infrastructure as part of its Kansas City fiber initiative, it is now starting to connect homes. The company has informed Kansas City residents that...
Read MoreGoogle to Buy FTTH Vendor Motorola Mobility
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA & LIBERTYVILLE, IL – Google and Motorola Mobility Holdings, the “spun off” division of Motorola, announced a definitive agreement for Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per...
Read MoreGoogle Delays Fiber Project – But Not for Long
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – The 1,100 communities that have waited since last spring to find out whether they will be hosts for Google’s gigabit fiber networks will have to wait a bit longer. This week, Google hired a new...
Read MoreGoogle, Verizon Propose Net Neutrality Compromise
In the wake of last week’s rumors that Google and Verizon were planning an agreement giving Google applications priority on Verizon’s networks, the two companies jointly proposed a new “open Internet”...
Read MoreGoogle Holds a Microtrenching Race
One of the goals of Google’s Fiber for Communities project is to investigate new, efficient ways to deploy fiber to the home. Here’s a video of a competition Google held among construction companies to demonstrate...
Read MoreYouTube Gets Ready for Google Fiber
Last week, YouTube announced support for videos shot in 4K, a resolution more than four times that of full high-definition. The ideal screen size for 4K is 25 feet; IMAX movies are projected through two 2K projectors....
Read MoreGoogle, Other Industry Leaders Announce Google TV
SAN FRANCISCO — A distinguished lineup from the consumer electronics industry — Intel, Sony, Logitech,  Best Buy, DISH Network and Adobe — announced their support for Google TV, an open Web-to-TV platform that is...
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