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| January 2025 | Google Fiber unveiled new updated internet plans and speeds, discontinuing the 1TB free Google Drive offering. |
| 2024 | Next generation O3b mPOWER satellite constellation begins operating in Medium Earth Orbit, offering enhanced service capabilities ranging from tens of Mbps to multiple Gbps with a latency of approximately 150 ms. |
| September 2024 | Spectrum launched their 'Life Unlimited' (4.0) brand platform, introducing Spectrum Internet Premier as their base internet access package with 500/20 Mbit/s speeds. |
| April 2024 | O3b mPOWER service begins operations alongside the existing O3b constellation. |
| 2023 | The Google Fiber store in Austin was closed, though the network buildout in the city continued. |
| October 2023 | Google Fiber rebranded to GFiber and announced plans to offer 20Gig internet and Wi-Fi 7 hardware. |
| August 21 2023 | Google Fiber launched its 5 Gig service in the Austin market, offering significantly enhanced internet speeds. |
| June 2023 |
DECT-2020
DECT technical committee initiated specification work for Release 2 of the DECT-2020 standard.
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| February 23 2023 |
High-throughput satellite
ChinaSat 26 launched, further expanding China's high-throughput satellite capabilities.
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| 2022 | Another study in the Metro Vancouver area examined Starlink network latency, revealing it is 1.8 ms to 22.8 ms more than terrestrial network latency. |
| 2022 | Spectrum began a three-phase network upgrade plan, with the first phase deploying a high-split architecture to enable gigabit upload speeds. |
| December 16 2022 | First two O3b mPOWER satellites successfully launched. |
| December 16 2022 |
High-throughput satellite
O3b mPOWER satellite constellation launched, representing a significant advancement in satellite communication networks.
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| August 2022 | Google Fiber announced expansion into 22 metro areas across Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, and Nevada, including Mesa, Arizona, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| August 11 2022 | Charter Communications announced the phase-out of Spectrum Originals due to rising production costs. |
| May 2022 | Kazakhstani mobile network operator Kcell and satellite operator SES demonstrated the use of O3b MEO satellite constellation to provide high-speed mobile internet in remote regions of Kazakhstan, achieving five times lower latency compared to geostationary orbit satellite platforms. |
| April 18 2022 | The Spectrum workers' strike concluded, marking the longest strike in United States history at nearly five years. |
| March 2022 | Google Fiber announced expansion to the Des Moines, Iowa metro area, marking its first expansion in five years. |
| March 23 2022 | Spectrum increased base package internet speeds to 200/10 Mbit/s across all service areas. |
| March 22 2022 | Google announced the start of service in Sandy and North Salt Lake, and approval to begin construction in White City, Draper, Riverton, Springville, West Bountiful, and West Jordan. |
| February 24 2022 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into West Jordan, Utah, with construction slated to begin later in 2022 and first customers expected around early 2023. |
| February 2 2022 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into Draper, Utah, with infrastructure construction planned to begin in spring 2022 and estimated completion in one year. |
| January 2022 | TV service was fully discontinued for existing clients. |
| 2021 | A study investigated the orbit and latency of Starlink satellites, finding they operate at 550 km altitude with an average round-trip time (RTT) latency of 45 ms. |
| December 28 2021 | Google posted a blog article reflecting on the year, confirming that Millcreek, South Salt Lake, Holladay, and Taylorsville began offering Google Fiber service in 2021. |
| December 14 2021 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into Riverton, Utah, with construction expected to begin in the second half of 2022 and customer service anticipated for late 2022 or early 2023. |
| October 24 2021 |
High-throughput satellite
SES-17 launched, continuing the evolution of high-throughput satellite technology.
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| October 20 2021 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into Springville, Utah, with construction planned to begin in spring 2022 and continue through 2023. |
| October 8 2021 | Google announced plans to expand Google Fiber into South Jordan, Utah, with initial service expected in early 2022. |
| July 26 2021 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into North Salt Lake, Utah, with construction expected to begin soon after. |
| May 5 2021 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into Sandy, Utah, with an initial timeline to complete an 'initial footprint' within two years. |
| April 22 2021 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into Taylorsville, Utah. |
| March 22 2021 | Google Fiber announced its launch of high-speed Internet, TV, and telephone service in northeast West Des Moines, Iowa, expanding its telecommunications service to a new urban area. |
| March 11 2021 | Google announced the start of Google Fiber construction in Holladay, Utah, with plans originally approved in November 2020. |
| February 25 2021 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into South Salt Lake, Utah. |
| 2020 |
DECT-2020
ETSI finalized the DECT-2020 radio standard, designed to meet a subset of ITU IMT-2020 5G requirements for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications.
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| 2020 |
DECT-2020
DECT-2020 NR (New Radio) standard released, specifically targeting massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) and Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) for 5G network applications.
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| July 14 2020 | Google announced Google Fiber expansion into Millcreek, Utah, with the goal of serving their first customers in early 2021. |
| April 13 2020 | Premiered Paradise Lost series. |
| March 2020 | The National Labor Relations Board found 'a serious and substantial issue' with Spectrum's efforts to decertify the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 union. |
| March 9 2020 | Premiered the Sky One series Temple. |
| February 2020 | Google Fiber discontinued offering TV service directly to new customers, instead promoting virtual MVPD services like YouTube TV, FuboTV, and Philo during sign-up. |
| February 19 2020 | Announced Paradise Lost would premiere on April 13, 2020. |
| February 13 2020 | Announced the premiere of Sky One series Temple. |
| February 3 2020 | Premiered Manhunt: Deadly Games. |
| January 18 2020 | Announced Manhunt: Unabomber would return as Manhunt: Deadly Games. |
| November 20 2019 | Premiered six episodes of the revived Mad About You series. |
| July 15 2019 | Premiered Todo por el juego/Side Games. |
| June 26 2019 | Announced the DirecTV Latin America original series Todo por el juego (Everything for the Game), to be offered with an English-dubbed version called Side Games. |
| June 11 2019 | Announced the series pickup for Paradise Lost. |
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