Commerce Department Announces 10 Broadband Investments Worth $63 Million
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 – The Commerce Department on Thursday announced 10 investments in broadband growth across the nation that total approximately $63 million. The following grants were announced...
View ArticleCommerce Announces Final Grant Awards from First Funding Round
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2010 – The Commerce Department has announced nine broadband investments totaling more than $114 million in grants in more than a dozen states. The grants will fund projects that...
View ArticleMaryland Takes Proactive Stance on Health IT
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2010 – Following a recent roundtable with health industry leaders, experts, and state officials, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley declared an intention to increase Maryland’s role...
View ArticleNTIA Webinar Focuses on Smart Region Initiatives Gaining Traction in...
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2019 – Smart cities and smart regions need better broadband, but also “soft infrastructure,” or the policies and practices that make these initiatives successful, according to a...
View ArticleUSF Cap, New Pew Map, State Support for Electric Co-Ops, IP3 Awards
The Universal Service Fund should be subject to a budget cap, argued Technology Policy Institute Senior Fellows Sarah Oh and Scott Wallsten in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission. “A...
View ArticleCable Industry Touts Energy Efficiency, Next Century Highlights Open Access...
Nearly 100 percent of internet modems, routers, and other equipment sold to residential broadband subscribers in 2018 met the energy-efficiency standards of the Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing...
View ArticleCoronavirus Roundup: BroadbandNow and NCTA Each Track Internet Speeds,...
The BroadbandNow database company released its fifth report tracking home internet speeds. The data comes from the 200 most populous cities in the country, as well as hundreds of rural communities. The...
View ArticlePushes to Privatize USPS Threaten the Oldest Universal Communications Network...
August 3, 2020 — The economic fallout resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically worsened the financial condition of the United States Postal Service, necessitating financial relief if it is...
View ArticleOwnership Models Are Evolving to Serve the Unserved, Say Panelists at Digital...
August 11, 2020 — As America prioritizes closing the digital divide, critical last-mile digital infrastructure ownership models are expanding and differentiating to serve the unserved. Different towns...
View ArticleShortcomings in Telehealth Revealed By Increase in Demand From Pandemic
October 13, 2020 — Shortcomings in telehealth services were revealed when the COVID-19 crisis caused telehealth visits to skyrocket nearly overnight. “Consumers were only sort of ready, and we as...
View ArticleAT&T Phases Out DSL Lines, National Association of Counties on Broadband,...
A recent AT&T statement announced that the company will be phasing out DSL services, which provide internet access over cable technology from the 1990s to over 653,000 AT&T customers. The...
View Article5G in China, BroadbandNow’s Q3 2020 Report, FiOS Subscriber Growth Reaches...
There has been a huge amount of hype in the United States about being in a race with the Chinese over the deployment of 5G. But after seeing a recent South Korean news article, from the ChosunILBO,...
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Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Bill Over Section 230, Verizon and Pole...
President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a critical defense spending bill unless Congress agrees to repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, the provision which grants social...
View ArticleTrump Blasts Big Tech and Takes No Responsibility For Inciting Deadly U.S....
January 12, 2021 — President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to the content moderation practices that digital platforms exercised since the events of January 6 – including banning him from Twitter —...
View Article5G In 12 GHz Band, Vaccine Hotline, NAB On Fox Free Speech Case
May 10, 2021—The Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Internet and Competitive Networks Association (INCOMPAS) have filed proposed rules for the 12 GHz band, asking the agency to...
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Governors Discuss Infrastructure Bill Spending at Summit
ANNAPOLIS, December 2, 2021 – Governors from some states gathered in Annapolis, Maryland, to discuss how they would use the billions in funding coming from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act....
View ArticleKate Forscey: Biden’s Broadband Plan Begs the Question, If We Build it, Will...
One good thing came out of the pandemic: Politicians across America have finally recognized that Internet access in 2022 is not a luxury, it is a necessity. And Congress stepped up to the plate and...
View ArticleTreasury Department Announces $357 Million in Additional Capital Projects...
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2022 – The United States Department of Treasury announced Thursday the approval of four additional Capital Projects Fund Awards to Kansas, Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota. Kansas...
View ArticleRosenworcel Backs Foreign ID Bill, Parler To Be Acquired, T-Mobile Best...
October 18, 2022 – Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said Monday that she backs new legislation introduced in the Senate and the House that would allow the agency to...
View ArticleLocal Leadership and Coordination Key to Proper Federal Fund Allocation,...
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2022 – Robust state and local leadership in coordination with federal support initiatives is key to the rollout of the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act’s broadband...
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