Expert Opinion
Joel Thayer and Greg Guice: FCC Needs to Unchain T-Mobile to Promote 5G
5G is also helping carriers reach those on the wrong side of the digital divide.
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FCC
Commercial Access to Spectrum Necessary for National Security: Former NTIA Heads
‘If you take economic security out of the national security equation, you damage national security.’
ACP
EU Privacy Framework on US Data Flow, FCC Pauses Voice-Only Phase-Out, STL Partners with Windstream
The new framework resolves earlier issues about US intelligence services’ access to EU individuals’ private data.
Free Speech
New Tool Measures Economic Impact of Internet Shutdowns
The calculator is being called a ‘major step forward’ for those pushing back against such shutdowns.
Chips
U.S. Needs Robust Semiconductor Workforce Training to Make Progress on More Chip Independence
The country needs to work with schools to encourage semiconductor manufacturing training.
Adam Mosseri
Utah Gov. Preparing Social Media Suit, Twitter to Sue Meta Over Threads App, OpenAI Sued
Spencer Cox said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation he is preparing to sue over harm to kids.
Social Media
Meta’s New Platform Threads is Called a Potential ‘Twitter-Killer’
Threads is intertwined with Meta’s Instagram, and may have the ability to link the personal with the professional.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – Broadband Nutrition Labels: Have They Improved?
How will the internet ‘nutrition label’ requirements affect broadband providers?
FCC
Meta Launches Threads, Surf Internet Acquiring MiSignal Assets, FCC Awards ACP Outreach Grant
Millions of users have already signed up for the Twitter alternative.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 – Observers Reacting to the BEAD Funding Decisions
U.S. states and territories will receive more than $41 billion. Do these sums adequately address their needs?
BBLO
Analysts Reiterate Belief BEAD Will Connect All Locations in U.S.
Bead will connect over 90 percent of all locations, both unserved and underserved, to high-speed internet.
Fabric
FTC GOP Nominees, NTIA Seeking BEAD Guidance Comments, FCC Opens Fabric Challenge Round
The nominees are intended to replace Republican commissioners who left their positions.
Expert Opinion
Gavin Young: Technical Standards are Key to Delivering a Quality Broadband Experience
The Broadband Quality Experience Delivered initiative helps provide seamless broadband connectivity so that applications can work together optimally.
Innovation
Domestic Manufacturing and the CHIPS Race: Excerpts from Made in America Summit
See highlights from Made in America Summit featuring Samsung, Movandi, Digital Supply Chain Institute and Foreign Policy
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 – How Did NTIA’s Allocation of BEAD Funding Compare?
A number of organizations tracked allocations under the IIJA prior to the announcement of state BEAD allocations
FCC
Fifth Circuit to Rehear Petition Challenging FCC Jurisdiction on Universal Service Fund
A rehearing of the case means that the full court will reconsider the case and the previous ruling is vacated.
