WASHINGTON, July 16, 2009 - The legalization of cellular telephone jamming technology in prisons was discussed Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee in response to Texas...
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2009 - A coalition of religious organizations seeking to raise awareness of people still technologically disadvantaged on Tuesday launched a joint campaign to...
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2009 - BroadbandCensus.com announced that it will host two public webinars on navigating the broadband stimulus maze, with special reports from the news...
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2009 -- The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved S. 649, the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, which would give the National Telecommunications and...
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 – The structure of the federal government broadband stimulus program finally began to take shape last week, as the NTIA and the...
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2009 – Blair Levin, recently appointed to head up the national broadband strategy at the Federal Communications Commission, laid out the agency’s framework...
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2009 - Higher-speed broadband connectivity and prompt broadband investments will aid social and economic goals, Ireland’s Department of Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said...
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2009 - Actual costs in the price of residential broadband in Japan are both cheaper and faster than those in the United States,...
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2009 – In the latest installment of "This Week in Mobile Broadband," BroadbandCensus.com Reporter Alex Tcherkassky discusses the domestic broadband aircard plans of...
WASHINGTON, Thursday June 18, 2009 - After a frenetic burst of activity on and off Capitol Hill, Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps (D) announced on Thursday...
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2009 - Wireless carriers deals with equipment vendors and their commitment to rural coverage came under the microscope Wednesday as executives and industry...
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2009 - Today, BroadbandCensus.com unveils a new feature, "This Week in Mobile Broadband," written by Alex Tcherkassky, a Washington-based reporter for BroadbandCensus.com with...
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2009 - Americans are increasingly supportive of government programs to guarantee universal internet access while remaining wary of regulation, said a Zogby poll...
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2009 - In comments filed before the Federal Communications Commission, BroadbandCensus.com said that basic broadband data -- information about the speeds, prices, availability,...
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2009 - In comments filed Monday before the Federal Communications Commission on its plan to unveil a national broadband strategy, Old foes got...
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2009 - The proposed increase in the consumer contributions to the the Universal Service Fund came under fire Tuesday from the National Association...
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2009 - With Broadband being a keystone aspect of President Obama’s economic policies, it is important to understand where America’s broadband deployment and...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – Reading through the Federal Communications Commission’s 90-page report, “Bringing Broadband to Rural America,” it is clear that questions of broadband data...
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2009 - Rural broadband deployment has many possible hurdles to clear, the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday in “Bringing Broadband to Rural...
NEW SALEM, MASS., May 26, 2009 – Governor Deval Patrick (D) on Tuesday designated the Massachusetts Broadband Institute as the “eligible entity” for receiving broadband data...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – By June 30, the NTIA intends to hire an outside contractor to help administer its broadband grants program, release rules for...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – One key area of the broadband stimulus package in which states are certain to have an impact is in the area...
May 21, 2009 - A December 2008 study released Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows the United States, already the largest consumer...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The federal government’s Commerce Department is at least one month off from finalizing the rules that will govern the broadband stimulus...
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2009 - One of President Obama's top technology and economic policy officials said Thursday that broadband infrastructure is and must remain a key...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 12th, 2009 - Increased demand for wireless bandwidth will require a wholesale reassessment of how the U.S. allocates wireless spectrum, a group...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 12, 2009 - As the Obama administration's FCC and technology policy agenda begins to take shape, internet policy experts at the Tech...
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2009 - The chairman of a House Communications Subcommittee on Tuesday warned against too narrowly defining eligibility limits for grants in dispensing $7.2...
SAN MATEO, CALIF, May 11, 2009 - Familiar faces gathered and familiar arguments on the best way to spend $7.2 billion rang out Monday at the...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2009 – Broadband data collection needs to be more thorough and more transparent than currently existing models, a range of academic experts, builders...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2009 – The Massachusetts Broadband Institute on Wednesday announced that it would work with the MassGIS, the state’s Office of Geographic and Environmental...
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - Congress is unlikely to act on major broadband issues until after the August recess, aides to House and Senate committee chairs...
ASHBURN, Va., April 28, 2009 - Looks like rural WiMax provider DigitalBridge Communications has found some new friends in the rural telco business, judging by a...
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2009 – Officials at the agency responsible for crafting the federal government’s broadband stimulus policies held 36 meetings meeting over the past two...
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2009 - With the fast-moving broadband stimulus package almost certain to stretch the capabilities of federal agencies such as the Commerce Department’s National...
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2009 - Making broadband applications more relevant in underserved and unserved communities could be a better use of stimulus funds than building infrastructure,...
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 - The NTIA/RUS broadband grant program is "a landmark opportunity" for the cable industry, House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee chairman Rick...
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 30, 2009 – The morning session of the Freedom to Connect conference here probed the status and conditions of broadband quality and...
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2009 - The transition to digital television since the passage of the DTV Delay Act has been a “major accomplishment,” House Energy and...
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2009 - A consortium of broadband interest groups calling itself the Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance (RuMBA) USA, on Wednesday announced its “Broadband Bill...
The Chinese telecom giant is finding greater financial success on home turf, keeping it away from the U.S.
Broadband Breakfast panelists wrestle with the challenge of financing broadband infrastructure projects.
Senators introduce rural broadband legislation, FCC tackles robocalling, advocates ask Facebook to stop developing Instagram for kids.
Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist said telecoms should be right there alongside new road builds and improvements.
Openreach aims to get 20 million fiber-to-the-premise connections by later this decade.
The agency is expected to vote on policies for the new connectivity fund by mid-May, chairwoman says.
AP releases infrastructure report cards, Washington passes bill removing muni networks limits, AEI says fair use case win for programmers.
Launched last week, virt.com hopes to take advantage of the rise in virtual events by crowdsourcing them in one place.
Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis speaks about broadband rollout, education and bills more than a year into the pandemic.
Delgado's speed and mapping bills, 500M LinkedIn accounts for sale, and 16,000 Facebook groups axed for fake reviews.
The agency hopes its new speed test will inform an initiative for more accurate broadband maps.
Congress may need another big tech breach to move earnestly on regulation, says consultant.
April 12, 2021 – Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO, shared with Axios a new proposal that would bar corporate giants from...
Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. You can watch the April 28,...
Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. You can watch the April 21,...
April 8, 2021 – President Joe Biden’s new broadband plan, which emphasizes the importance of municipal-owned networks, is likely to...
April 8, 2021 — There needs to be a digital regulatory commission created to ensure big tech cannot run wild...
April 8, 2021 – Experts in Wednesday’s Broadband Breakfast Live Online event debated what “future-proofing” broadband could look like and...
April 8, 2021 – President Joe Biden wants America to think more broadly about what infrastructure means, countering Republican criticism...
April 7, 2021 – Libraries should monitor their broadband speeds and ensure they are getting quality connections, according to library...
April 7, 2021 – Despite criticism levied against President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure plan, some broadband industry experts are excited...
April 7, 2021 – The German Marshall Fund is calling for broadband to be considered part of the civic infrastructure...
April 6, 2021 – In a webinar last week hosted by the Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB), panelists...
April 6, 2021 – Senate Democrats and independents are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to include state, regional and tribal...
April 5, 2021—Despite accepting a petition that avoids the Supreme Court deliberating on whether a president can block social media...
April 5, 2021 – Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Friday spectrum used by federal agencies is not being utilized efficiently,...
April 5, 2021 – A new survey released late last month suggests Californians are adopting more devices as smartphone-only connections...
April 5, 2021 – Loopholes that allow U.S. companies to use private funds to purchase equipment from Chinese-based companies like...
April 5, 2021—The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google on Monday morning in a copyright dispute that has spanned...
A bill dedicating $150 million of anticipated federal funding to create a new state broadband office to coordinate and accelerate...
April 2, 2021 – State broadband authorities working close to the ground say that the key to tackling the digital...
April 1, 2021 – Experts are concerns about the long-term implications of the $3.2-billion Emergency Broadband Benefit program (EBB) running...
April 1, 2021 – In response to President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure “American Jobs Plan,” including $100 billion for broadband...
April 1, 2021 — A Congresswoman from Washington State, who introduced federal legislation that would be the first national consumer...
March 31, 2021 – President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s next major spending plan Wednesday, which includes $100 billion toward...
March 31, 2021—The United States can be a world leader in 5G networks by leveraging emerging technologies such as open...
March 31, 2021 – With $100 billion set for some recently-introduced broadband infrastructure bills, Congress’s plan to increase the speed...
March 31, 2021 – Republican South Carolina Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday reintroduced the State Fix Act,...
March 30, 2021 – Despite expanded funding for the E-Rate internet subsidy program for schools and libraries, the Michigan State...
March 30, 2021 – With a change in administration comes a change in the party leadership structure for federal agencies,...
