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The Telecom Digest for Sun, 09 May 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 129 : "text" format

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Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to-the- home footprint
Telehealth's Transformation of Healthcare Will Outlive the Pandemic, Boost AI Applications
AT&T digs into C-band with multiple trials

Message-ID: <65453421-B7CF-4D2F-B18B-7E7F73437D4B@roscom.com> Date: 6 May 2021 22:46:50 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to- the-home footprint Frontier plans 3 million new fiber lines - but 8M others would be stuck on copper. By Jon Brodkin Frontier Communications emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, saying that it plans to double its fiber-to-the-premises footprint by extending fiber to an additional 3 million homes and businesses. "Frontier is deploying capital and pursuing an extensive fiber build-out plan that will accelerate the company's transformation from a legacy provider of copper-based services to a fiber-based provider... Under the first phase of the plan, Frontier intends to invest heavily and pass more than 3 million homes and business locations, enabling a total of over 6 million homes and businesses with Gig-plus speeds," the company said in a press release. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/05/frontier-exits-bruptcy-claims-it-will-double-fiber-to-the-home-footprint/
Message-ID: <20210508015146.4D358817@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 01:51:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Telehealth's Transformation of Healthcare Will Outlive the Pandemic, Boost AI Applications COVID-19 brought record-setting investment to the healthcare industry in 2020, but this year is shaping up to be even better, reports McAlinden Research Partners. Demand for telehealth services skyrocketed during the pandemic, and funding is starting to follow suit. Telehealth funding in the first quarter almost doubled from the same quarter a year ago. Big tech companies such as Verizon, Microsoft and Amazon are taking notice, striking deals to solidify themselves in the booming industry. The telehealth market is poised to grow to $560 billion by 2027, and there is no shortage of players trying to claim their slice of the pie. https://www.streetwisereports.com/article/2021/05/07/telehealths-transformation-of-healthcare-will-outlive-the-pandemic-boost-ai-applications.html ***** Moderator's Note ***** Your heard it here first, and I predicted it. "No shortage of players trying to claim their slice of the pie?" I guess not: I'd bet that every tech-support house in Mumbai is busy hiring every doctor within 200 Km to get them online for "telehealth," just as fast as they can. Welcome to the new world of "health care," where discount medical talent in foreign lands will take the place of those oh-so-prideful and oh-so-well-paid AMA members here in America. Bill Horne Moderator
Message-ID: <20210508014233.4FF45817@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 01:42:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T digs into C-band with multiple trials By Monica Alleven AT&T has been conducting tests using C-band spectrum since late last year and recently applied for a license modification with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding tests in California, Michigan and Texas. AT&T was the second largest bidder in the C-band auction after Verizon. AT&T plunked down about $27.4 billion, of which $23 billion comes due this year. https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/at-t-digs-into-c-band-multiple-trials

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