Maine
BEAD Roundup: Seven More Challenge Portals Open
That makes 10 open challenge windows, plus 18 states finished with the first phase of the process.
Latest
Earnings
Lumen Hits Fiber High, Despite Q1 Loss of Legacy Customers
The legacy copper provider has secured 25% market share in fiber-based broadband services.
ACP
Supporters Rally for Affordable Internet Access through ACP
A U.S. senator, FCC commissioners, and a White House official rallied alongside public interest and industry groups for the subsidy program.
Communications Act
FCC Reclaims Some Broadband Oversight From FTC
The agencies will nullify their existing memo of understanding when net neutrality rules go into effect.
Justice Department
Justice Department Wants Lower Prices, More Competition in Prison Telecommunications
The justice department argues that the status quo harms low-income families
Digital Inclusion
Small Vermont ISP Pledges to Fully Fund ACP in May
ECFiber, a small ISP in Vermont, has heeded the call of the lawmakers to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program out of their own pockets.
Exclusive Reports
The Smart City Blueprint for Urban Innovation
At play in Smart Cities: Data collection, smart infrastructure, IoT, communications technologies, regulations and more.
OTI
Wireless Providers, Others, Disagree on Allocating Spectrum Without Auction Authority
Carriers like AT&T want temporary licenses, while smaller providers and think tanks pushed for spectrum sharing.
What's New
Pressure Point for the Affordable Connectivity Program
Join the Affordable Connectivity Program Rally at 11:30 a.m. (live online), with FCC commissioners, National Economic Council Deputy Director Jon Donenberg, Sen. Peter Welch, and others!
Infrastructure
UTOPIA Fiber Urges FCC Not to Ban Bulk Billing
The pushback on the FCC's plans to ban bulk billing has been substantial, with resistance coming from industry but also from minority, civil rights, and educational groups.
Kansas
Kansas and West Virginia Receive BEAD Volume 2 Approval
The states will have one year to award subgrants with their allocations.
FCC
FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 Million for Sharing Access to Location Data
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the services at issue fell outside the FCC’s Section 222 authority.
FCC
T-Mobile Announces Key Fiber and Wireless Acquisitions
T-Mobile continues to outpace Verizon and AT&T in the home broadband sector with the planned acquisition of established fiber operator, Lumos.
Rural
Cantwell Ups ACP Money in Updated Draft Spectrum Auction Bill
The proposal would provide $7 billion for the ACP, an increase from the discussion draft.
Expert Opinion
To BEAD or Not to BEAD? For Rural Providers, the Time to Decide is Now
Are you prepared to watch a competitor bring fiber optic infrastructure into your service area?
Digital Inclusion
Senate Democrats Pressure ISPs To Fully Fund May ACP
A commitment to fully fund the month of May would give Congress time to provide new money for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
