Expert Opinion

Expert Opinion

New Council on National Security Bolsters the FCC’s Arsenal against China

The Council on National Security will help the FCC articulate a consistent strategy on matters concerning technological innovation and national security.

Expert Opinion

If You Really Want to Close the U.S. Trade Deficit, Try Boosting Rural Manufacturing

With appropriate investments in digital infrastructure and human capital, America’s rural regions could play a much larger role in global trade.

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Tim Stelzig: Creating a Lasting Solution for BEAD

Implicit in this structure is a recognition that states and territories are better positioned than the federal government to know what is an appropriate cost threshold for their citizens.

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Wi-Fi is America’s Secret Weapon in the Tech Race with China

If we want to put America first, we must put Wi-Fi first.

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Tim Stelzig: A New Approach to Connecting All Americans to the Internet

The BEAD program is the product of reasonable policy choices Congress made through bipartisan compromise and consensus.

COVID

Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide

Some areas that are relatively easier to serve have received multiple rounds of federal investment, while others perpetually remain left behind.

Expert Opinion

Jim Enrique Tolbert and Javier Palomarez: America’s Manufacturing Boom Faces a Labor Bust

Factories might be coming back. But where are the workers?

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Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Broadband Abundance?

The aspects of the program that have been criticized most widely have nothing to do with Democrats’ preference for process over results.

Commerce

Randy May: If the President Can Fire FCC Commissioners, Should the Agency Be Restructured?

In a world in which commissioners may be dismissed at the will of a president, the notion of agency independence, as conventionally understood, no longer holds.

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Roslyn Layton: Congress Re-Introduces Bill to End Big Tech's Free Ride on Broadband

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and a bipartisan group of Senators on Wednesday reintroduced Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act.

Expert Opinion

PNT Resilience, Not Rhetoric: A National Security Vulnerability We Can Fix Together

NextNav already holds extensive spectrum licenses in the Lower 900 MHz band.

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Advancing Full Fiber Investment in Europe: Financing the Path to Universal Connectivity

It is essential to reinforce fiber as strategic infrastructure.

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Building Better Broadband: Why LEO Satellites and Hybrid Solutions Work Best Together

Barely 19% of residents in underdeveloped regions have internet access.

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Broadband Opens Opportunities for Older Adults… Including to Scams!

If it seems too good to be true, it most likely is!

Commerce

Chris Scharrer: Why Would SpaceX Need $20B from BEAD?

$3.5B can buy 6.4 million Starlink residential installations. Starlink is a practical short-term stopgap before fiber.

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Unleashing American Innovation Through Strategic Deregulation

One critical opportunity lies in the modernization and reallocation of government-held spectrum.