Broadband's Impact
After BEAD Letter of Credit Changes, Work Still Remains, Advocates Say
Group who pushed for LOC changes are looking to ensure state contracts work well with performance bonds.
Broadband's Impact
Group who pushed for LOC changes are looking to ensure state contracts work well with performance bonds.
The new U.S.-led group aims to develop broader international consensus on critical areas of telecommunications policy.
Commerce encourages interested parties to submit comments on semiconductor manufacturing and supply chains.
NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson met his counterpart, Republic of Korea vice minister of science, to discuss telecom and AI policy.
Broadband experts express concern about letter of credit requirements for BEAD.
Adtran will partner with local area schools for its high school apprenticeship program.
Grants were awarded to projects at Northeastern University, New York University, and DeepSig.
Fiber
The manufacturing of the company’s fiber-optic broadband electronics products will start in 2024.
Funding
Preference will be given to applications that are cost effective.
Spectrum
NTIA is conducting research on improving efficiency of available spectrum.
Community Broadband
It’s unclear how BEAD funds will interact with state laws restricting municipal broadband projects.
Infrastructure
A crucial step would be for the NTIA to provide Buy America waivers for BEAD-funded projects, panelists said.
Infrastructure
Texas is the highest awarded state, as 19 states set to receive more than $1 billion from BEAD.
Fiber
$930 million in federal funding will leverage a total of nearly $1.8 billion in middle mile broadband infrastructure.
The ACP program has added more than a million Americans since April.
The Surgeon General called on Congress to take action against the harms social media poses to youth.