FCC
June 24, 2020 — The Federal Communications Commission needs increased funding of an unknown amount for its broadband subsidy projects, said Comissioners Michael O’Rielly and Brendan Carr in a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing Wednesday. When Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D
FCC
June 2, 2020 — Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s attempts to punish Twitter’s fact-checking practices and said they were not in violation of the First Amendment. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects electronic forums like T
FCC
May 20, 2020 — In a web forum Wednesday, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said that while the U.S.’s broadband response to the coronavirus pandemic has been satisfactory, the country still has room to improve with applications such as telemedicine. The US Telecom forum featured a con
FCC
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Brendan Carr announced on Tuesday that the FCC will vote on Pai’s 5G Upgrade Order, the latest of the agency’s initiatives to accelerate America’s wireless infrastructure builds. “America’s tower crews and telecom techs are buildin
CTA
May 19, 2020 — NextGen technologies have a bright and multi-faceted future, said panelists in a webinar hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumer Technology Association Monday. The panel discussed the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s new standards for television broa
FCBA
May 12, 2020 — The Federal Communication Commission’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been successful, Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a Federal Communications Bar Association teleconference Monday. The conference, hosted by FCBA President-elect Natalie Roisman and moderated by FCBA Presi
COVID
Verizon Communications, AT&T, Comcast and Cox sere among the broadband providers that said on Monday that they had extended their commitment not to cancel service or charge late fees to customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic through June 30. In mid-March, the Federal Communicat
FCC
March 19, 2020 – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Thursday praised the FCC’s emergency efforts to bolster connectivity in light of the coronavirus pandemic now sweeping the United States in a session on Broadband Breakfast Live Online. In a question and answer session with Drew Cl
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March 18, 2020 – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr has agreed to join the Broadband Breakfast Live Online session on Thursday, March 19, 2020, at 12 Noon ET. Although the remainder of the session will focus on “Tools for Telework and the Coronavirus,” in a question-and-answer session
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WASHINGTON, March 4, 2020 – House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman Mike Doyle, D-Penn., Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr all took turns addressing the homework gap and bad broadband maps at the Incompas policy summit Tuesday. “I play
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Telecommuting and telemedicine are beginning to be discussed as potential remedies to the damage being done by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. A New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof questions U.S. leadership’s response to coronavirus, and also wonders if “this is a time to develop telemedicine”
Rural
WASHINGTON, January 30, 2020 – The Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund on Thursday in spite of concerns voiced from the democratic commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks. The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, the successor to the Connec
Labor
WASHINGTON, January 22, 2020 – Senators and witnesses from government agencies and technology firms agreed Wednesday at a hearing that the lack of a skilled workforce remains a major barrier to widespread 5G deployment. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss, said that in the race t
FCC
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2019 – The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took two actions to open up the “mid-band” of radio frequency spectrum, freeing up 5.9 GigaHertz (GHz) spectrum for Wi-Fi, and beginning the process of opening up more spectrum at 3.1 GHz. Spectrum in these “mid-band”
FCC
WASHINGTON, November 1, 2019 – Strategies that include and support historically underserved groups are necessary to address America’s digital divide, broadband experts said at Thursday’s Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council conference. In a keynote question and answer session, former Fe
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ARLINGTON, Virginia, October 17, 2019 – Federal Communication Commissioner Brendan Carr highlighted his work at the agency on promoting telehealth, enhancing more flexible use of radio frequency spectrum and “making sure that the U.S. is in the lead” in the race for 5G. Speaking at the annual confer
