Taking the Bully Pulpit at Technology Trade Show, Bill Clinton Touts Broadband and Cell Phones
Broadband's Impact, CES2013, International, Mobile Broadband, Universal Service
January 11th, 2013
TweetLAS VEGAS, January 11, 2013 – Taking the stage here at the Consumer Electronics Show, former President Bill Clinton returned to a theme that he pioneered in the Oval Office: technology has the power to accelerate economic development and improve people’s lives. Whether through high-bandwidth capabilities of fiber-optic wires, or through putting cell phones into [...]
Verizon Chief, on Brink of LTE and FiOS Deployment, Calls for ‘Powerful Answers’ on Broadband
Broadband's Impact, CES2013, Education, Health, Mobile Broadband
January 9th, 2013
TweetLAS VEGAS, January 9, 2013 – Broadband is now so thoroughly integrated within electronic devices, and broadband providers have done so much to advance faster internet connectivity, that now has become the time to apply broadband to solve society’s toughest problems: health care, educational improvement, and environmental sustainability. That was the message that the CEO [...]
FCC Chairman Genachowski Touts ‘Incentive Auction’ as Big Win from Broadcasting to Wireless Broadband
Broadband's Impact, CES2013, Congress, FCC, Mobile Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless
January 9th, 2013
TweetLAS VEGAS, January 9, 2013 – When President Obama came to office nearly four years ago, the transition to digital television hadn’t yet been completed. Now, airwaves once used by broadcasters have been cleared for use by wireless companies. And the Federal Communications Commission is going forward on the next stage of this transition. The [...]
Video on Reforming the Universal Service Fund Tackled Connect America Fund and Mobility Fund
Broadband Data, Broadband TV, Mobile Broadband, Universal Service
October 19th, 2012
TweetWASHINGTON, October 19, 2012 – The internet policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com held its October 2012 Broadband Breakfast Club “Reforming the Universal Service Fund: What’s Changing?” on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 at Clyde’s of Gallery Place, 707 7th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 from 8 am – 10 am. Nearly one year ago, the Federal [...]
Digital Advertising and the 2012 Presidential Campaign at the Broadband Breakfast Club
Broadband and Democratization, Broadband's Impact, Minority, Mobile Broadband, social networking, Social Networking
June 20th, 2012
TweetWASHINGTON, June 20 2012 – Celebrating the fifth presidential cycle that the internet has played a role in the political campaign process, political pundits, strategists and communications experts came together Tuesday morning to analyze the next phase of the internet on the campaign trail. After 2008 and President Obama’s revolutionary use of social media to take [...]