Briefs
Report: Universal 9-1-1 Deployment a Challenge
Discusses nationwide status of NG9-1-1 deployment
Cameron Marx
Reporter Cameron Marx studied economics and mathematics at BYU. He is passionate about the impact that broadband access and tech policy has on people’s lives, particularly their economic well-being.
Briefs
Tarana, Microsoft Partner to Bring Broadband to Africa
Companies to deploy Tarana’s ngFWA
FCC
Trusty Confirmed For Five-Year Term
Fetterman joins Republicans again
Digital Equity
Sen. Blumenthal Attacks Cuts to DEA
Calls cuts ‘mean-spirited and stupid’
FCC
Senate Confirms Trusty to Serve Out Rosenworcel’s Term
Senate voting Wednesday on giving Trusty a new five-year term beginning July 1.
Broadband Mapping and Data
NTIA Releases Proposed Questions for 2025 Internet Use Survey
Agency drops four questions, rewords others
Fiber
Archtop Fiber Breaks Ground on Project Seeking to Connect Rural N.Y. County
ISP seeks to provide fiber internet to over 22,000 Sullivan County addresses.
Satellite
FCC Space Bureau Chief Bullish on LEO
Believes satellite can compete with fiber.
Digital Inclusion
New Mexico’s Federal Officials Demand Lutnick Reinstate DEA
‘Like abandoning a bridge when it is only halfway built’
BEAD
‘One Word: Yikes’: Broadband Leaders Blast BEAD Rule Changes
Experts warn of lawsuits, chilling effect on fiber participation, and favor toward satellite
BEAD
Putting 'Visceral' Reactions Aside, State Broadband Officers Plan to Make BEAD Work
Do states and providers have more flexibility, or less, under NTIA's Broadband Equity Access and Deployment restructuring notice?
BEAD
Sen. Rosen Delivers Keynote Address at Speeding BEAD Summit
‘This is not a Democrat or Republican issue’
Mobile
RWA Wants Access to Verizon’s Mobile Agreement with Mediacom
Trade association flags potential of discriminatory pricing in Verizon mobile agreements
BEAD
Virginia Officials Slam Changes to Federal Broadband Program
‘It feels like the rug is being pulled out from under us.’
Briefs
New Mexico Still Searching for New Broadband Director
Governor says the state is moving in a ‘different direction’
AI
Risks of Open Source AI Also Exist in Closed Systems: Panelists
Public policy and industry experts call for forward-looking AI regulations.
