Former Reporter David Jelke graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in neuroscience. Hew grew up in Miami and learned to speak Spanish during a study abroad semester in Peru.
Interior
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2020—The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunication and Information Administration is moving forward with various forms of broadband mapping, agency officials said on a Wednesday webinar. Even without having federal funding to do a comprehensive national broadband map, as
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2020 – American and global society is right now living through the herculean task of moving fundamental aspects of society and commerce online — health, education, labor, and entertainment— at the very moment that people are retreating into a turtle shell of isolation. Are we a
President Donald Trump announced a major partnership with the Ad Council, major media networks, and digital platforms to communicate accurate and timely information directly to the American people, according to a White House press release on Wednesday. The partnership is another component of the “al
Broadband Mapping and Data
As more and more customers move to working and studying from home, data usage habits are changing, according to a Verizon network report on Tuesday. The latest week-over-week numbers during peak hour usage showed many people are turning to gaming as a way to pass the time, with the technology leader
NTCA
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2020— Representatives from three internet service providers relayed their associations’ respective progress on meeting Americans’ mounting hunger for broadband during quarantine at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Tuesday. When asked about the Keep America Connected Pledge
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Tuesday granted U.S. Cellular, a wireless telecommunications network, to use additional spectrum to help meet increased customer demand for mobile broadband during the coronavirus pandemic. The order will allow the company
FCC
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2020— The Federal Communications Commission is taking steps to respond to the uncertainty posed by the coronavirus, according to agency officials. These increasingly serious efforts mirror those actions taken by many other government and private-sector entities, such as the dec
E-Rate
YouTube will be relying on AI to take down content policy violations as the coronavirus spreads, according to Paresh Dave of Japan Today. Alphabet Inc’s Google, which owns YouTube and typically relies on humans to identify violating content, is now transitioning to less accurate automated tools as o
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Friday urged broadband and telephone service providers to take the Keep Americans Connected Pledge, according to a press release by the FCC. The Keep Americans Connected Pledge reads as follows: Given the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on A
Antitrust
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 – “Is this third industrial revolution over? And if so, why?” That was the question Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen posed to the attendees of the Free State Foundation conference on Tuesday. “Some say innovation in the U.S. has been on the decline for the past two de
Robocall
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2020 – “That is flatly incorrect,” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said, partly to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and partly to Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Quigley had
FCC
Various internet trade groups praised the Senate’s passage of the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act on Tuesday. The bill was introduced by Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, and Sens. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, John Thu
Satellite
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020— “I wanna be clear, it’s not like Starlink is some huge threat to telcos. I just want to be super clear, it is not.” That’s a point SpaceX and Starlink founder Elon Musk wanted to impress upon his zealous audience at the 2020 Satellite Convention on Monday. When doors open
FCC
The Computer and Communications Industry Association and four other internet trade groups sent a letter Thursday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., to protest aspects of the proposed Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interact
Senate Judiciary
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2020 — “The American public deserves to know” about ethically questionable business practices conducted by Apple and TikTok, asserted Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, at a Wednesday Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on big tech and China. Apple and TikTok representatives were n
Matthew Gerst
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2020 – At a February 27 hearing, representatives of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee took testimony on the need for reliable emergency telecom for first responders through measures like the RESILIENT Networks Act and the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act. Santa Ro
