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‘Giganomics’ Looks to Tech Entrepreneurship in Kansas City as New Model for Economic Development

TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS, November 8, 2013 - There is a new holy grail in economic development, and it isn't land use, tax policy, or cheap energy...

Advanced Energy7 years ago

At National Town Meeting on Smart Grid, Leaders Tout Role of ‘Microgrids’ in Energy Efficiency Projects

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2013 - Several leaders of microgrid initiatives from around the country spoke on the successes of their projects at the National Town Meeting...

Advanced Energy7 years ago

Experts Discuss Future of Smart Grids, Advanced Meters and the Need for Standards

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2013 – A panel discussion held Wednesday afternoon addressed advances in smart grid technology as well as the challenge ahead for the future,...

Advanced Energy7 years ago

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 Energy7 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 Energy7 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 Impact10 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 TV10 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 Calendar10 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 Grid10 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 Grid10 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...

FCC10 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 Impact10 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 Grid10 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...

BroadbandBreakfast.com

‘Giganomics’ Looks to Tech Entrepreneurship in Kansas City as New Model for Economic Development

At National Town Meeting on Smart Grid, Leaders Tout Role of ‘Microgrids’ in Energy Efficiency Projects

Experts Discuss Future of Smart Grids, Advanced Meters and the Need for Standards

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

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U.S., Australian and British Law Enforcement and High Tech Advocates Debate Access to Encryption

State of the Net Panelists Fiercely Defend Section 230 as a Crucial Protection of Free Speech

The Biggest Tech Companies – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – Have Nowhere to Go But Down, Say Panelists

Since 2016, Social Media Misinformation Has Both Improved and Worsened, Say Panelists

At State of the Net Event, Government Officials Stress Importance of 5G Win for Democracy

FCC Approves Radio Frequency Traffic Cops, Including Google and Sony, Bringing Commerce to 3.5 GHz Spectrum

Broadband Roundup: Britain and Huawei, EPIC Fights Against Facial Recognition, E-Rate Fiber

Panelists Debate Federal Role in Digital Privacy, But Agree Upon Need to Minimize Algorithmic Bias

FCC ‘Coloring Outside the Lines’ on Broadband Mapping, Say Critics at Next Century Cities Event

Broadband Advocates at Next Century Cities Emphasize Importance of Building Community Networks

Advocates for Digital Inclusion Address Different Facets of Bridging the Digital Divide

New America Highlights the Broadband Prices Available on Ammon, Idaho’s Open Access Network

In Interview With New York Times Editorial Board, Joe Biden Urges Revoking Section 230

Senate Commerce Hearing Tackles Barriers to the Short-Staffed 5G Deployment Initiatives

Todd Foje: Can High-Speed Broadband Finally Bridge the Gap Between Rural and Urban Communities?

Broadband Roundup: Digital Inclusion Often Falls Short, Rumble Over Roomba Spectrum, Deal Over Education SuperHighway

Gordon Smith: Can a 5G Fund Connect Rural America at 21st Century Speeds?

Smart Cities Connect to Hold 2020 Global Event Honoring 50 Smart Projects

Broadband Roundup: More on the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, 5G National Advocacy, and Policy Hackers

Panelists on NTIA Broadband Webinar Say Smart Buildings Boost Civic Resiliency and Public Health

Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Subject of Debate at Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on the Future

FTC Settlement with YouTube Has Creators Upset and Worried About FTC Approach to Children’s Privacy

Government Needs to Step Up and Regulate AI Algorithms, Argue Authors at Brookings Institution

Indian Tribes Will Have Six-Month Window of Opportunity to Apply for Former EBS Spectrum at 2.5 GigaHertz

Panelists at CES 2020 Disagree About Both the Problem and the Solution in Tackling Big Tech

Lack of Broadband Access Remains a Significant Obstacle for Farmers Seeking to Use Digital Technology

Panelists at CES 2020 Consider Crucial Role of Public Safety in Smart City Infrastructure

Section 230 Immunity Isn’t Popular in Many Places. But at CES 2020, Techies Huddle and Applaud the Law

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Announces Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Highlighting 25 Mbps Download Speed Requirement

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Announces AV 4.0, a New Set of Federal Principles for Self-Driving Cars

House Democrats Grill Facebook Witness, Tech Officials on Social Media Disinformation

Federal Trade Commission Chair Joseph Simons Talks Competition, Seeks Modern Privacy and Consumer Protection Statue

At CES 2020, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Touts Role of 5G, Unlicensed Spectrum

UTOPIA Fiber: A Model Open-Access Network

Broadband Roundup: House Democrats Criticize FCC on T-Mobile Merger, Kansas City Broadband, 5G in LA

FCC Takes Two Actions Promoting Spectrum Sharing, Also Implements 988 as Suicide Hotline

Telephony Industry Rises to the Challenge of Robocalls, With Legislation, Regulation and Enforcement Close Behind

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