Buck Graham provides a helpful flash animation in today's blog post that illustrates how automated service activation can increase customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

This week's Photos from the Field features pictures from the Tennessee Telecommunications Association Spring Meeting and a brief look into what service providers across the state are up to.

In this regulatory update, Tom Cohen provides a Top Ten list of events that may impact service providers' businesses in the coming months.

This latest Calix customer video showcases Arvig in Minnesota, a communications service provider who is delivering advanced broadband services to anchor institutions throughout rural areas of the state and continuing to foster regional economic development.

This week's edition of Photos from the Field takes us far away to Norfolk Island, located between Australia and New Zealand for the PITA Annual Meeting.

After much activity in Washington D.C., Geoff Burke provides an update on the latest developments with the Connect America Fund.

Paul Bunyan Communications in rural Minnesota is highlighted in this recent Calix Customer Video, showcasing their business and services transformation via a fiber network.

Wisconsin-based service provider Solarus is featured in this week's Photos from the Field as they launched their new MediaShower service package.

Calix solutions marketing director Dr. Dave Cleary sheds new light on the recent Calix U.S. Rural Broadband Report and digs deeper into the 80/20 rule of Internet usage.

In this guest author post from former RUS Administrator and Vice Chair of Broadband Communities Magazine Hilda Legg, Hilda invites readers to join her at the Rural Telecommunications Congress this week at the Broadband Communities Summit in Dallas, TX.