As the fourth 2022 came to a close, telcos and cable operators saw their broadband additions trail pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) adds by T-Mobile and Verizon continued to make headway.

Cable MSOs may still be the dominant broadband player, but during the third quarter large and regional operators saw minimal gains, losses or flat growth. 

The telcos continued to advance their fiber broadband strategy in the third quarter of 2022 as they face ongoing challenges of a dwindling copper customer base and a growing threat from fixed wireless access. 

As the third quarter 2022 came to a close, telcos and cable operators saw continued struggles in growing their respective broadband bases. 

Enabling Broadband is a new weekly online news feature Broadband Communities is developing to track the ongoing last mile and middle mile deployments across the U.S.

Cable MSOs saw their long-established lead in the broadband race slow in the second quarter as fiber and broadband wireless made headway. 

Telcos continue to see fiber broadband subscriber counts rise as their DSL copper base dwindles. 

During the second quarter, cable saw its decade-long hold on broadband subscriber growth slip. 

AT&T continues to dominate the managed SD-WAN market segment, but it is seeing growing competition from Comcast Business and other providers.

Telcos and cable operators continued to ramp up broadband expansions in the third quarter with new FTTH and higher speed HFC-based offerings. However, the subscriber additions turned back to pre-pandemic levels. 

Cable operators may have seen their collective broadband growth slow a bit in the third quarter to pre-pandemic levels, but the segment continued to add subscribers.

Telcos may still be trailing cable operators in the broadband race, but their ongoing FTTH builds could help narrow the divide. 

As the telcos, cable operators and vendors get ready to release their third-quarter earnings results, check in with Broadband Communities for relevant coverage and analysis. 

While the stay-at-home trend that drove up large-scale broadband gains has subsided, cable MSOs retained their leadership in the broadband subscriber race during the second quarter.

Telcos may still be trailing cable operators in the broadband race, but their ongoing FTTH builds could help narrow the divide. 

Telcos and cable operators continued to ramp up broadband expansions in the first quarter with new FTTH and higher speed HFC-based offerings.

Second-quarter Optical Communications sales were $1.08 billion, up 21 percent year over year.

Broadband revenue growth surpasses legacy copper-based legacy subscribers and revenue declines.

Broadband sub increase drives up Fios revenues by over 5 percent.

The second quarter 2021 earnings reporting season is upon us, and Broadband Communities is tracking how key players in the wireline broadband industry performed.