Topic: pole attachment

AT&T proposes new make-ready process: self help

by Sean Buckley

Monday, April 23, 2018

AT&T says the FCC can help the telecom industry reduce timelines for make-ready processes by allowing new attachers to be called project managers.

Google, Verizon battle NCTA on OTMR

by Sean Buckley

Monday, April 16, 2018

Google Fiber and Verizon have come to loggerheads with the NCTA’s one-touch-make-ready (OTMR) plan to accelerate the make-ready process.

CenturyLink asks FCC to allow fiber overlashing on poles

by Sean Buckley

Thursday, April 12, 2018

CenturyLink says broadband expansion will speed up by allowing attachers to overlash fiber on utility poles. Utilities aren't so hot on the idea.

AT&T wants FCC to define complex vs. simple OTMR

by Sean Buckley

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

AT&T says the FCC needs to provide a common definition of what makes up a complex vs. a simple One Touch Make Ready (OTMR) transfer.

Verizon refutes AT&T’s OTMR claims

by Sean Buckley

Monday, March 12, 2018

Verizon says the OTMR process for new pole attachments should apply to what are deemed “simple” or “complex” make-ready processes.

San Jose mayor resigns from FCC's BDAC

by Sean Buckley

Thursday, January 25, 2018

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has left the FCC’s Broadband Development Advisory Committee (BDAC).

Lawmakers introduce bills to accelerate broadband deployments

by Sean Buckley

Monday, January 22, 2018

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Congressman David McKinley (R-W.V.) introduced bills to ease utility pole access and laying underground fiber.

AT&T advocates new One Touch Make Ready approach

by Sean Buckley

Thursday, January 18, 2018

AT&T has asked the FCC to consider a new One Touch Make Ready process.

KentuckyWired’s fiber buildout delays spark downgrade by Moody’s

by Mike Dano

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Bonds related to KentuckyWired’s plans to build a fiber network in Kentucky via a public-private partnership received a downgrade.

Editor's Corner—The 10 biggest stories of 2017 in telecom

by Sean Buckley

Friday, December 22, 2017

FierceTelecom is reflecting on the major news themes of the past year in the telecom industry's wireline segment.

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