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White Spaces, Special Access and mHealth: Last Week’s Policy Wrap Up

WASHINGTON Tuesday June 12, 2012 - Last week the Federal Communications Commission moved forward with white spaces reform free of challenges from the microphone industry, they...

FCC8 years ago

FCC Says ‘Measuring Broadband America’ Report’s Success is Improving Broadband Access

WASHINGTON December 14, 2011 – Last week Joel Gurin, Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the FCC, recapped the success of the “Measuring...

Congress8 years ago

Broadband Breakfast Serves a Thanksgiving Leftover Wrap-Up

WASHINGTON, November 25 2011 – As we all sit and digest post Thanksgiving, Broadband Breakfast can finally wrap up some stories that we have been interested...

Broadband TV8 years ago

Driving Energy Smart Grid Innovation through Broadband

WASHINGTON, Wednesday November 15, 2011 - November’s breakfast and panel discussion drew a packed crowd Tuesday morning as industry lawyers, lobbyists and experts filed into Clyde’s...

Expert Opinion8 years ago

Forbes Mercy Including Fixed Wireless in the USF Discussion

WASHINGTON, DC October 24, 2011 - Forbes Mercy, President of Washington Broadband Inc and WISPA VP/ Legislative Chair shared some thoughts and comments with BroadbandBreakfast.com after...

Broadband TV8 years ago

Broadband Infrastructure to Rural Areas is on the Move at the Broadband Breakfast Club

WASHINGTON, October 21, 2011 – Rural broadband providers, national union members, federal agency officials and state broadband administrators squared off on Tuesday at the Broadband Breakfast...

Broadband Updates8 years ago

BroadbandBreakfast.com Hosts Broadband Breakfast Club Event “Bringing Broadband Infrastructure to Rural Areas: Where is the Progress?” Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, Thursday, October 13th, 2011 – The internet and intellectual property policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com will hold its October 2011 Broadband Breakfast Club event:...

Broadband Mapping9 years ago

Georgetown, Columbia Programs Gather Experts To Discuss National Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON March 21, 2011 - The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and Georgetown University’s Communication Culture and Technology Program gathered government officials and industry experts Friday to...

Education9 years ago

Internet2 Upgrades Speed to 8.8 Terabits per second

WASHINGTON March 10, 2011 - Internet2, the nationwide ultra high-speed education network, announced that it will increase the network’s speed by a factor of nearly 900....

Broadband Updates9 years ago

U.K. Government Raids BBC Money to Finance Rural Super-Fast Broadband

LONDON, October 25, 2010 - The U.K. government has decided to tap into the BBC’s income to help pay the estimated $1.35 billion cost of deploying...

Broadband Updates9 years ago

Research Shows Broadband Adoption Related to Clear Need for Its Use

WASHINGTON, October 6, 2010 - The final day of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference looked at broadband adoption and universality. The problems addressed are key in...

Fiber10 years ago

House Passes Bill Addressing Scarcity of Rare Earth Minerals – a Key Component in Many Electronic Devices

WASHINGTON, September 30, 2010 - The House on Wednesday approved H.R. 6160, the Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act by a vote of 325 to...

Fiber10 years ago

Vilsack Announces $518 Million in Broadband Grants

WASHINGTON, September 13, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced 43 new broadband grants across 27 states. Overall, these grants will receive $518 million in...

Australia10 years ago

Broadband Key Component of Australian Election

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2010 - The national broadband network was a key issue in the recent Australian election, with the Parliament evenly split. The Labor and...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC: Consumers Continue to Receive Slow Internet Connections

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission has updated its latest report on Internet access service subscribership, revealing that only 44 percent of fixed...

Fiber10 years ago

Qatar Telecom Begins Fiber-to-the-Home Roll Out

WASHINGTON, August 31, 2010 - Qatar Telecom announced that it has begun its fiber-to-the-home network.

Broadband Updates10 years ago

UAE Expects to Offer All Fiber Network by 2011

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2010 - The United Arab Emirites plans to have a fully fiber network by the end of 2011. The Pyramid Research group is...

Education10 years ago

New Mexico to Receive $74.4 Million in Broadband Grants

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2010- New Mexico entities received a $10.6 million broadband stimulus grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and support for a $63.8...

Fiber10 years ago

Verizon Successfully Tests Gigabit Network

WASHINGTON August 16, 2010- Verizon has completed its filed trials of their GPON network which will provide users 2.4 Gbps downstream and 1.2 Gbps upstream.

Asia10 years ago

Lebanon to Create Nationwide Fiber Network

WASHINGTON August 6, 2010- Lebanon’s Telecom Minister has announced plans to install a new nationwide fiber network.

Fiber10 years ago

Vilsack Announces Funding of 126 Broadband Projects

WASHINGTON August 4, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the funding of 126 new broadband projects with a funding total of $1.2 billion. The...

Australia10 years ago

Australians Refuse to Give NBN Permission to Dig Trenches

WASHINGTON August 2, 2010- This month the Australian government began to implement its National Broadband Network but they have faced some minor opposition. In the state...

Asia10 years ago

Ericsson and Radius Infratel to Setup India’s Largest FTTH Network

WASHINGTON July 27, 2010- Ericsson will work with Radius Infratel to setup the nation’s largest FTTH network. The network will bring service to 600,000 households with...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Google Updates Fiber Project and Launches FiberCommunities.com

WASHINGTON July 15, 2010- In an update to their fiber project Google has created a new website: www.fibercommunities.com, which includes more detailed information on the status...

Fiber10 years ago

North Carolina Rejects Moratorium on Municipal Broadband

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2010- On July 11 the North Carolina House of Representatives put an end to a bill that would ban communities from installing their...

Fiber10 years ago

Cruizo Works With Three California Counties to Build Fiber Network

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2010 – Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties want $43 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration fund for high-speed internet.

Fiber10 years ago

Obama Announces $795 Million in Broadband Grants

WASHINGTON July 2, 2010- Later today President Obama will announce the awarding of 66 grants for middle mile and public computing centers. The grants will total...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

NoChokePoints Coalition Slams AT&T for Rate Hikes

 WASHINGTON, June 30, 2010 – AT&T’s special access lines are set for price hikes, and the NoChokePoints Coalition says FCC regulation of this “is essential to...

Fiber10 years ago

Verizon Field Tests 10Gbps Fiber Network

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2010 —Verizon currently maintains one of the few commercial fiber-to-the-home networks in America that achieves a top speed of 25mbps up and 25mbps...

Fiber10 years ago

Brazil to Fund Creation of National Fiber Optic Network

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2010 – Brazil has started to enact changes to fulfill its long term broadband goals. The nation announced the plan early last month...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

U.K. Compels Utilities to Open Up to ISPs for Fiber Deployment

LONDON, June 17, 2010 - The recently elected U.K. government plans to extent the scope of fiber unbundling by compelling gas, electricity and water utilities as...

Fiber10 years ago

West Virginia to Build State Wide Fiber Network

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2010 – In March, West Virginia was awarded $126 million from the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program. The federal money was granted to create...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Broadband Issues Echo Electrification Debate of Decades Ago

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2010 – Today’s broadband expansion throughout the United States faces similar challenges to wiring the nation with electricity decades ago, and the nation’s...

Fiber10 years ago

New Zealand to Blanket the Nation in 100Mbps Connections by 2020

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2010 –The New Zealand government has joined much of the rest of the world’s governments and has decided to directly fund the expansion...

Fiber10 years ago

Ofcom to Unbundle British Telecom’s Fiber Network

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010-The European Commission has approved U.K. regulator Ofcom’s proposals to require virtual unbundling of British Telecom’s fiber network. However, it requests that the...

Fiber10 years ago

Chattanooga to Get 150 Mbps Fiber Network

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2010 – Chattanooga, Tennessee will now have the fastest home broadband speeds in the nation through a municipal fiber optic network. The network...

Broadband Breakfast

White Spaces, Special Access and mHealth: Last Week’s Policy Wrap Up

FCC Says ‘Measuring Broadband America’ Report’s Success is Improving Broadband Access

Broadband Breakfast Serves a Thanksgiving Leftover Wrap-Up

Driving Energy Smart Grid Innovation through Broadband

Forbes Mercy Including Fixed Wireless in the USF Discussion

Broadband Infrastructure to Rural Areas is on the Move at the Broadband Breakfast Club

BroadbandBreakfast.com Hosts Broadband Breakfast Club Event “Bringing Broadband Infrastructure to Rural Areas: Where is the Progress?” Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 in Washington, DC

Georgetown, Columbia Programs Gather Experts To Discuss National Broadband Plan

Internet2 Upgrades Speed to 8.8 Terabits per second

U.K. Government Raids BBC Money to Finance Rural Super-Fast Broadband

Research Shows Broadband Adoption Related to Clear Need for Its Use

House Passes Bill Addressing Scarcity of Rare Earth Minerals – a Key Component in Many Electronic Devices

Vilsack Announces $518 Million in Broadband Grants

Broadband Key Component of Australian Election

FCC: Consumers Continue to Receive Slow Internet Connections

Qatar Telecom Begins Fiber-to-the-Home Roll Out

UAE Expects to Offer All Fiber Network by 2011

New Mexico to Receive $74.4 Million in Broadband Grants

Verizon Successfully Tests Gigabit Network

Lebanon to Create Nationwide Fiber Network

Vilsack Announces Funding of 126 Broadband Projects

Australians Refuse to Give NBN Permission to Dig Trenches

Ericsson and Radius Infratel to Setup India’s Largest FTTH Network

Google Updates Fiber Project and Launches FiberCommunities.com

North Carolina Rejects Moratorium on Municipal Broadband

Cruizo Works With Three California Counties to Build Fiber Network

Obama Announces $795 Million in Broadband Grants

NoChokePoints Coalition Slams AT&T for Rate Hikes

Verizon Field Tests 10Gbps Fiber Network

Brazil to Fund Creation of National Fiber Optic Network

U.K. Compels Utilities to Open Up to ISPs for Fiber Deployment

West Virginia to Build State Wide Fiber Network

Broadband Issues Echo Electrification Debate of Decades Ago

New Zealand to Blanket the Nation in 100Mbps Connections by 2020

Ofcom to Unbundle British Telecom’s Fiber Network

Chattanooga to Get 150 Mbps Fiber Network

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