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Future of Smart Grids Intertwined with Smart Cities and Broadband

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2013 – A group of experts gave a presentation on the role of smart cities in advancing smart grid and other energy efficient...

Advanced Energy6 years ago

Broadband Breakfast Club Video on Smart Grid Initiative Plays Up Fiber and Wireless Role for Advanced Energy

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 - The status of the development of the national smart grid and its relationship to broadband buildouts was the center of discussion...

Advanced Energy6 years ago

Utilities’ Economies of Scale for Broadband Fiber + Smart Grid Applications = Ultra-Fast Broadband Everywhere?

June 17, 2013 - The smart grid and broadband go together like mashed potatoes and gravy. And yet why is it so hard to get electric...

Advanced Energy7 years ago

Register for the June Broadband Breakfast Club Event: ‘Advanced Energy, Smart Grid and Fiber to the Home: Using Advanced Energy to Jumpstart Fiber Builds’

Washington, Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 - BroadbandBreakfast.com will hold its June 2013 Broadband Breakfast Club event: "Advanced Energy, Smart Grid and Fiber to the Home: Using...

Fiber7 years ago

Broadband-Enhanced ‘Smart Grid’ Provides Energy Savings and Enhanced Economic Development

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2013 - High-speed broadband is the key to optimizing energy usage, said Graham Richard, CEO of Advanced Energy Economy, at Thursday keynote speak...

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...

Expert Opinion8 years ago

SmartGrid: Moving Toward Regulatory Uniformity

Expert Contributors: Stephanie A. Joyce, Esq. and Stephen Thompson, Esq. WASHINGTON, November 18, 2011 - The development of SmartGrid technology, which generally refers to devices that...

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...

Broadband Data8 years ago

Will Consumer-Friendly Smart Meters Pave the Way to Smart Grid Adoption?

November 14, 2011 – When the Federal Communications Commission identified six concrete goals in the national broadband plan, the one specific application highlighted by the agency...

Broadband TV8 years ago

How Broadband Helps Make Cities Smarter at the Breakfast Club

WASHINGTON, September 23, 2011 - Broadband is an essential ingredient in allowing cities of the future to ensure better services, promote better jobs, and become more...

Broadband's Impact8 years ago

Smarter Cities Need Better Broadband to Realize Their Networking Potential

September 19, 2011 - America’s unique concept of federalism – joint sovereignty between the states and the federal government – sometimes obscures some on-the-ground realities when...

Mobile Broadband9 years ago

Wireless Communications Association International Holds 4G Caucus

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 - The Wireless Communications Association International, a technology-neutral broadband advocacy organization, gathered industry experts to discuss next generation fourth generation wireless technology...

Congress9 years ago

Clean Energy Standard Implies Smart Grid Build Out, But Chances For Bill Remain Murky

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 President Barack Obama reaffirmed the nation’s need for a Clean Energy Standard (CES) during a speech at Georgetown University Wednesday, once again...

Broadband's Impact9 years ago

Former FCC Officials Evaluate Implementation of National Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON March 17, 2011 - The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation brought key former broadband plan authors together Wednesday to discuss how the federal government is...

Cybersecurity9 years ago

North American Electric Reliability Corporation Creates Cyber Attack Task Force

WASHINGTON March 3, 2011- The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has announced the formation of a Cyber Attack Task Force to evaluate and help protect the...

Smart Grid9 years ago

NARUC Panel Explores Consumer Benefits of Smart Grid

WASHINGTON, February 14, 2011 - A panel of representatives from T-Mobile, Echeleon and state and federal governments discussed the value of smart grid for consumers on...

Cybersecurity9 years ago

Smart Grid Cyber Security Legislation Passes Senate Committee

WASHINGTON August 6, 2010 - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has approved legislation that gives the Secretary of Energy the power to issue orders...

Smart Grid9 years ago

Hawaii Rejects Smart-Grid Technology

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2010 – Regulators in the state of Hawaii have recently rejected a $115 million smart grid expansion project.

Broadband's Impact9 years ago

Smart Grid’s Future Relies on Consumer Acceptance, Environmental Benefits

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2010 – At BroadbandBreakfast.com’s breakfast club this week, experts in the smart grid field said issues such as consumer adoption, environmental benefits and...

Broadband TV9 years ago

Do Consumers Really Care About the Smart Grid? Some Think Not, at Broadband Breakfast Club

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2010 - The "smart grid," or the way that the electric infrastructure can be enhanced with interactive, telecommunications- and broadband-related capabilities, may not...

Broadband Calendar9 years ago

Director of Energy & Environment for FCC Broadband Initiative to Speak at BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Smart Grid Event This Tuesday, July 20

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2010 – Nick Sinai, Director of Energy & Environment for the FCC’s Omnibus Broadband Initiative will keynote The Broadband Breakfast Club’s event “The...

Smart Grid9 years ago

General Electric Ecomagination Seeks Project Ideas for Smart Grid

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2010. General Electric is seeking project ideas for renewable energy, electric grid efficiency, and ecobuilding technologies through its Ecomagination Challenge. There is over...

Smart Grid9 years ago

Loving the Smart Grid and its Consumer Benefits at New America Foundation Panel

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2010- A panel of smart grid experts claims that smart grid advocates and providers are not doing enough to educate consumers about the...

FCC9 years ago

NARUC Proposes Fourth Way

WASHINGTON July 7, 2010- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has just released a draft of its proposed resolutions for their summer meeting. The organization...

Broadband's Impact9 years ago

AT&T to Work With CURRENT Group to Improve Smart Grid Performance

WASHINGTON June 29, 2010-AT&T’s mobile broadband network will work will CURRENT Smart Grid Distribution Solutions to increase grid efficiency and system capacity.

Smart Grid9 years ago

Utilities Telecom Council and Verizon to Study Communication Needs of Utilities

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2010 - The Utilities Telecom Council and Verizon will conduct a first-of-its-kind study on the information and technology required to support the nation’s...

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...

Expert Opinion10 years ago

UTOPIA, Perfection or Fantasy: Partnering public-private sectors with broadband

UTOPIA, billed as providing light-speed to your door while connecting you with friends, family, entertainment, businesses, healthcare, and education, highlights itself as being part of your...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Go Smart, Go Green; Former Mayor Urges Broadband Innovation for Cities

DALLAS, April 29, 2010 - Broadband is a powerful solution to community ills, former two-term mayor Fort Wayne, Indiana, Graham Richard said Tuesday at a packed...

Autonomous Vehicles10 years ago

BroadbandBreakfast.com Launches New Series: ‘The Intellectual Property Breakfast Club’

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2010 – BroadbandBreakfast.com, a broadband and internet technology news service on Monday - Intellectual Property Day - launched a new series of breakfast...

FCC10 years ago

Connecting America, Chapter 2: ‘Goals for a High-Performance America’

THE MISSION OF THE PLAN is to create a high-performance America—a more productive, creative, efficient America in which affordable broadband is available everywhere and everyone has...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Cisco Systems Partners With Grid Net, Linking WiMax to the Smart Grid

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 - On Friday, Cisco Systems announced a partnership with Grid Net, a smart meter company that employs WiMax Technology to send data...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

National Broadband Plan: A Look at Chapters 1 & 2

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 - The national broadband plan aims to present not just a roadmap of how to expand broadband but also to provide a...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

‘National Purposes’ Aspect of National Broadband Plan Aims For Bold Actions Without Much Spending

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2010 - Blair Levin, head of the Federal Communications Commission’s national broadband plan and the “national purposes” team at the agency previewed key...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Regulatory Experts Discuss States’ Broadband Goals

WASHINGTON, February 22, 2010 - A meeting of regulatory commissioners last weekend included much discussion of major telecommunications issues such as the state of the nation’s...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC Chief Raises Curtain on Bits of Broadband Plan

Washington, February 16, 2010 - Federal Communications Commission chief Julius Genachowski previewed the agency’s upcoming plan to outfit the nation with broadband access at a winter...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Two New Nominees for Advanced Telecom Partnership

WASHINGTON, February 9, 2010 - The president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has nominated Carlito Caliboso of Hawaii and Robert Clayton of Missouri...

Broadband Data10 years ago

Biden Makes Official Broadband Stimulus Announcement

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2009 – Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that $2 billion will be made available on a rolling basis over the next 75...

National Broadband Plan10 years ago

At FCC Event, Rep. Ed Markey Calls Smart Grids Essential for Economic Growth

December 1, 2009 – At a Monday hearing on the relationship between broadband technology and smart grid communications by the Federal Communications Commission in Cambridge, Mass.,...

Smart Grid10 years ago

Energy Department Gives Millions To Smart Grid Projects

WASHINGTON, November 24, 2009 – The Department of Energy will provide more than $7 million to fund two Pennsylvania projects that are focused on advanced technologies...

BroadbandBreakfast.com

Future of Smart Grids Intertwined with Smart Cities and Broadband

Broadband Breakfast Club Video on Smart Grid Initiative Plays Up Fiber and Wireless Role for Advanced Energy

Utilities’ Economies of Scale for Broadband Fiber + Smart Grid Applications = Ultra-Fast Broadband Everywhere?

Register for the June Broadband Breakfast Club Event: ‘Advanced Energy, Smart Grid and Fiber to the Home: Using Advanced Energy to Jumpstart Fiber Builds’

Broadband-Enhanced ‘Smart Grid’ Provides Energy Savings and Enhanced Economic Development

Broadband Breakfast Serves a Thanksgiving Leftover Wrap-Up

SmartGrid: Moving Toward Regulatory Uniformity

Driving Energy Smart Grid Innovation through Broadband

Will Consumer-Friendly Smart Meters Pave the Way to Smart Grid Adoption?

How Broadband Helps Make Cities Smarter at the Breakfast Club

Smarter Cities Need Better Broadband to Realize Their Networking Potential

Wireless Communications Association International Holds 4G Caucus

Clean Energy Standard Implies Smart Grid Build Out, But Chances For Bill Remain Murky

Former FCC Officials Evaluate Implementation of National Broadband Plan

North American Electric Reliability Corporation Creates Cyber Attack Task Force

NARUC Panel Explores Consumer Benefits of Smart Grid

Smart Grid Cyber Security Legislation Passes Senate Committee

Hawaii Rejects Smart-Grid Technology

Smart Grid’s Future Relies on Consumer Acceptance, Environmental Benefits

Do Consumers Really Care About the Smart Grid? Some Think Not, at Broadband Breakfast Club

Director of Energy & Environment for FCC Broadband Initiative to Speak at BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Smart Grid Event This Tuesday, July 20

General Electric Ecomagination Seeks Project Ideas for Smart Grid

Loving the Smart Grid and its Consumer Benefits at New America Foundation Panel

NARUC Proposes Fourth Way

AT&T to Work With CURRENT Group to Improve Smart Grid Performance

Utilities Telecom Council and Verizon to Study Communication Needs of Utilities

Chattanooga to Get 150 Mbps Fiber Network

UTOPIA, Perfection or Fantasy: Partnering public-private sectors with broadband

Go Smart, Go Green; Former Mayor Urges Broadband Innovation for Cities

BroadbandBreakfast.com Launches New Series: ‘The Intellectual Property Breakfast Club’

Connecting America, Chapter 2: ‘Goals for a High-Performance America’

Cisco Systems Partners With Grid Net, Linking WiMax to the Smart Grid

National Broadband Plan: A Look at Chapters 1 & 2

‘National Purposes’ Aspect of National Broadband Plan Aims For Bold Actions Without Much Spending

Regulatory Experts Discuss States’ Broadband Goals

FCC Chief Raises Curtain on Bits of Broadband Plan

Two New Nominees for Advanced Telecom Partnership

Biden Makes Official Broadband Stimulus Announcement

At FCC Event, Rep. Ed Markey Calls Smart Grids Essential for Economic Growth

Energy Department Gives Millions To Smart Grid Projects

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Lifeline Remains the Best Method for Connecting All Americans, Says FCC’s Geoffrey Starks

Connectivity and Mobility Are Key Pillars of Metropolitan Development, Say Congresswomen at Smart City Event

Lawmakers, Prosecutors and Big Tech Companies Spar at Senate Hearing Over Unlocking Encryption

Advocates for Antitrust Enforcement Say Consumer Welfare Standard Only One Layer of Competition Law

In Law More Than a Year, MOBILE Now Advocates Say Act Requires Further Implementation for 5G Deployment

Broadband Roundup: Texas Reaches T-Mobile Settlement, Closing the ‘Homework Gap,’ Broadcast Ownership

UTOPIA Fiber Announces Completion of Latest Round of Funding, a $48 Million Network Expansion

Prakash Sangam: China’s Huawei Clones Are Greater Threat to National Security than Huawei

The California Consumer Privacy Act Lets People Know What Information is Collected, But Can’t Stop It

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Announces Public Auction of C-Band, Connecticut Peels Back Broadband Barriers

Commerce Department Extends Huawei Temporary General License For 90 Days

T-Mobile’s Acquisition of Sprint Passes Federal Muster, But 16 States Press On in Opposition

Comcast Touts 100 Gigabit Service, SHLB Seeks Reconsideration on Telehealth, Senate Clears Emergency Communications

As Next Year’s C-Band Auction Looms, FCC Officials Reflect on Innovation in Spectrum Auctions

Problems of Lack of Transparency Pervade Issues of Algorithms in Artificial Intelligence

New Hampshire Plans a Broadband System, Microsoft on Californian Privacy, and Google Collects Medical Data

As Technology Enables Employer Mass-Surveillance, Activists Say Current Privacy Laws Benefit the Wealthy

UTOPIA Fiber Announces Partnerships with Morgan, Utah, Idaho Falls, and Other Cities

State Educational Technology Officials Say Better Broadband Necessary for Pedagogy and Equity

Ajit Pai Discusses 5G in Geopolitical Context, TIA on 5G Supply Chain, Benton Institute’s Vision for 2020s

UTOPIA Fiber, Largest Open-Access Network in U.S., Announces Partnership with Morgan, Utah

FCC Commissioner Starks Touts High-Speed Internet as the ‘Great Equalizer’ at Broadband Communities Event

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Links 5G Deployment and T-Mobile Merger to Addressing Digital Divide

Broadband Data From Providers Needs to be Checked With Data From Users, Say Panelists at Mapping Event

‘Mapping America’s Broadband’ Video from SHLB’s AnchorNets Conference Showcases and Educates

C-Band Hearing Showcases Divisions Over Auctions, Uses of Radio Frequencies

China’s Technology, Economy and Military Are All Advancing at an Alarming Rate, Say CSIS Panelists

Republican and Democratic Senators Agree that Big Tech is Hoarding the Value of Consumers’ Digital Data

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Praises Agency’s Work in Promoting High-Speed Internet at ‘Broadband Heros’ Event

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Tell Congress that Its Cryptocurrency Promotes Financial Inclusivity

Social Media Both a Cause of and Solution to Epidemic of ‘Fake news,’ Say Panelists at AEI Event

Broadband Roundup: Bill Aims to Make Social Media Interoperable, Colorado Drops T-Mobile Lawsuit, Indian Country Very Unconnected

Africa’s Informal Sector Marred by Small Manufacturing Base and Low Technology Adoption, Brookings Experts Say

Wireless Internet Providers Excited About Multiple Spectrum Sharing Opportunities, Including FCC Priority Access

Idaho Falls City Council Votes to Extend High Speed Fiber Network to Entire City, in Partnership With UTOPIA FIber

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks Gives the Broadband Scoreboard at SHLB: FCC Maps-0, Libraries-1

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Tackles Question of Public Versus Private Auction of C-Band Spectrum

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Touts Work on Enhancing Telehealth and Flexible Spectrum