Charter

5G Drone Test, Viasat Step Closer to Inmarsat Buy, Charter Awarded Nearly $50 Million in Kentucky

UScellular and Ericsson tested 5G connected drones for future applications.

Expert Opinion

Samantha Schartman-Cycyk: Three Keys to Building Transformative Broadband Plans

‘While the federal government’s infrastructure funding creates unique opportunities, it also exposes challenges that states and tribes must get in front of to ensure that funding is sustainable and implementation is effective.’

ITIF

Experts Wrangle Over Whether Online Children Protection Legislation Needs Overhaul

‘We can’t keep overhauling the regulatory structure.’

Antitrust

‘Time is Now’ for Separate Big Tech Regulatory Agency, Public Interest Group Says

‘We need to recognize that absolutely the time is now. It is neither too soon nor too late.’

Fiber

Google Fiber Says it Welcomes Overbuilding, Competition for Lower Prices and Better Services

Comments were made at the Fiber Connect conference last week.

Barry Leiba

NA Projected to Lead 5G Subs, Internet Society Board Members, Shentel Expands and Hires

‘North America is forecast to lead the world in 5G subscription penetration in the next five years.’

FCC

Broadband Mapping Coalition Seeks to Bring Openness Back to Internet Data

The coalition will play a crucial role in broadband data as government implements the largest expenditure of broadband funds.

Energy and Commerce

Expand Online Protections for 17-Year-Olds in Draft Federal Privacy Law, Committee Urged

The draft privacy law includes a provision to enhance privacy protections online for children under 17.

Spectrum

House Committee Pushes Through Bills to Improve NTIA Spectrum Management

Markup of bills comes after much discussion about federal spectrum management.

NTCA

Leaders of Broadband Industry Trade Groups Are Bullish on Fiber, With Some Caveats

Fiber networks have a unique capacity to keep broadband prices low for low-income communities, proponents say.

Benton

BEAD Program Initiative Should Utilize Analysis of Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment

Analyzing ACP enrollment can help the BEAD program solve the ‘persisting gap between deployment and subscription.’

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Bill Targeting Sale of Location Data, Senate Democrats Antitrust Revision, Antitrust Lawsuit Location Bill

A bill introduced by Elizabeth Warren would ban data brokers from selling or transferring location data and health data.

Education

Fiber Broadband Companies and Consultants Tout Their Work for Social Good

Fiber providers, equipment companies and consultants discussed their work in communities in a session at Fiber Connect

Biden-Harris Administration

States Interested in Infrastructure Money, Dish 5G Available to 20% of Americans, Big Tech Contribution to USF

39 states and territories have submitted letters of intent to participate in the NTIA’s Internet for All initiative.

Broadband's Impact

In the Race to Claim TV Streaming Victory, HBO and Peacock May Eclipse Netflix: Analyst

Peacock and HBO Max named as potential winners by internet and entertainment industry analysis Laura Martin

FCC

States Lagging on Bills to Implement 988 Suicide Hotline Mandate as Deadline Approaches

As of June 7, 20 states have passed legislation to implement the 988 suicide hotline mandate, according to FCC data.