Expert Opinion
Craig Settles: Hospital at Home Telehealth Can Drive Broadband Adoption
When it's a matter of life and death, it's all about wireless internet, says the author.
AT&T
AT&T is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States.
Comcast
ISPs Pressing FCC to Relax Section 214 Requirements
The FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules did not erect regulatory entry and exit barriers.
CPUC
California Residents Concerned About AT&T Request to Phase Out Landline Service
Nearly 4,000 California residents have expressed that their landline connection frequently acts as their sole means of communication.
SpaceX
Bardstown, Kentucky, is Selling City-Owned Cable TV Company To Charter
The city made a 'business decision' to sell now to avoid costly upgrades to the communications network
OTI
Network Slicing Could Harm Consumers And Competitors, Group Says
An open internet advocacy group sent a letter to the FCC urging them to regulate network slicing
Mark Warner
NTIA Allocates $42 Million to Drive Research and Development in Open RAN Technology
The R&D initiative aims to revolutionize 4G and 5G mobile networks by using cloud-based software to reduce deployment costs, provide operational simplicity, and simplify new feature rollouts.
Open Access
Shared Broadband Infrastructure to Get Increasingly Common: Experts
The model is well-suited to address the problem of indoor connectivity, experts said.
FCC
AT&T Partners with Ericsson on OpenRAN, FCC Extends Engineering Waiver, New COO at Atlas Digital Group
AT&T is pushing for more interoperability of equipment on its wireless network.
Infrastructure
FCC to Vote on Pole Attachments at December Meeting
Telecom and utility companies have been clashing on replacement costs.
AI
Industry Observers See MNO Opportunities in Leasing Network Space to MVNOs
Observers say MVNOs are presenting growth opportunities for network-owning service providers.
FCC
‘It Was Graft’: How the FCC’s CAF II Program Became a Money Sink
Of $10 billion spent through 2021, 93 percent of households received only 10 * 1 Mbps service.
FCC
Industry Pushes Back on FCC Digital Discrimination Rules as ‘Rate Regulation’
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, AT&T, Verizon, and industry trade groups met last week with commission staff to voice concerns.
FCC
WISPA Panel Urges Small Broadband Providers to Embrace Telehealth
Connecting healthcare clinics can benefit communities, the panel said.
5G SALE Act
Temporary Spectrum Auction Bill, Inflation Impact on Internet Bills, Omni in Pennsylvania
A bill would give the FCC a one-time authority to deliver spectrum licenses already won.
Biden-Harris Administration
Broadband Association Argues Providers Not Engaged in Rollout Discrimination
Trade group says telecoms are not discriminating when they don’t build in financially difficult areas.
FCC
New ACP Survey, FCC Fines VoIP Provider, Fifth Congressional Hackathon
Less than half of low-income survey respondents without internet had heard of the ACP.
