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Public Safety
House to Consider Five Communications Security Bills Next Week
The bills emphasize defending U.S. communications infrastructure from foreign adversaries, especially China.
Public Safety
The bills emphasize defending U.S. communications infrastructure from foreign adversaries, especially China.
USF
A Fifth Circuit Court decision threatens funding of the $8.1 billion subsidy program
Funding
The initiative would deliver last-mile connections for low-income households.
Digital Divide
Nicol Turner Lee supports new efforts to close the digital divide
Rural
The president also celebrated advances in the region's broadband and semiconductor manufacturing.
FCC
Across local, state, and federal levels efforts to streamline broadband permitting are intensifying.
FCC
The agency is set to vote on September 26.
Amateur radio users also oppose NextNav's plan for the lower 900 MHz band.
Carr argued against moving forward with fund changes before BEAD deployments.
The agency is accepting applications for digital equity grants until September 23.
Digital Infrastructure Investment 2024 is 'All-in' on Open Access on September 19, 2024.
Better Broadband, Better Lives
Eligible K-12 schools and libraries can apply for funding starting September 17.
The state’s BEAD application process is expected to become available by late October.
The carrier will absorb Frontier's 2.2 million fiber subscribers and 7.2 million passings in a $20 billion deal.
The FCC has heard distinctly opposite arguments on how the ban will impact consumers.
Two federal efforts aimed at protecting children online have stalled as Congress went on a six-week recess without a vote.
The Molaks also have a petition for reconsideration pending before the FCC.
FCC rules would mandate disclosure of AI-generated political ads on radio and TV.
The agency's looking to help the sector expand to keep pace with surging demand.
The company won a total of more than 77,000 homes and businesses in the RDOF reverse auction.
'Congress must closely monitor NTIA’s implementation of the program,' Chairs Rodgers and Latta said.
SpaceX conducted a study to counter industry claims of harmful interference.
The union said the company was using mediation to delay negotiations.