The FirstNet Authority oversees the national public safety broadband network.
'We aren’t doing the blanket waivers of the past,' said Kevin Gallagher, a top Commerce Department Official.
This $1.5 billion was funded by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.
Commerce Secretary Raimondo made stops at fiber manufacturing facilities in North Carolina.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will visit a fiber manufacturer in North Carolina.
Commerce Department’s new proposal would limit CHIPS Act recipients from investing in other countries
Industry groups urged Congress to codify 100 Mbps.
The new legislation would give the Commerce Department the power to identify and intercept national security threats.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration is seeking comment on how to structure the programs.
The department is targeting private sector investments to float goals of Chips and Science Act.
The proposal would allow space providers to get authorization to use licensed mobile spectrum to cover dead zones.
Will providers be required to use equipment that is not readily available within the United States?
Cities and states are still in the midst of challenging the accuracy of the FCC's maps.
Between supply chain disruptions and the rising price of goods, the increased costs of fiber deployment could be pushed onto consumers.
The U.S. and EU representatives announced a taskforce to share insights into growing the workforce in tech.
Raimondo's comments come after the election of an American to head the UN's telecom regulator.
The telecoms got into a rift with the FAA over interference possibilities with 5G deployments around airports.
Charter said it needs to pay to replace a majority of poles to connect for some projects.
The Agriculture Department announced $502M will go to service providers in 20 states.
The White House announced six hires to take charge of $52-billion semiconductor program.
Special Representative for Broadband Andy Burke announced Louisiana as first state to receive $2.9 million broadband planning grant.
Issues in contention include choice of technology for broadband deployment, labor rules, and interconnection agreements.
The Commerce Department has now made a total of 63 awards totaling more than $601 million in Tribal funding.
Phillips told Politico that he is leaving the competition watchdog this fall.
The next big deadline: Planning fund applications for the BEAD program are due August 15, 2022.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration announces news on its 'Internet for All' web portal for three IIJA programs.
Fund disbursement procedures for three new federal broadband programs are now publicly available.
NTIA notices of funding opportunity released Friday to kick off grant disbursement.
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) details parameters of Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Windhausen argued that without these waivers, anchor institutions will be particularly hard hit by "Buy America" requirements.
Proponents of the Supporting American Printed Circuit Boards Act say it would increase domestic production and improve supply chain security.
Workforce funding for infrastructure expansion has been allocated under the infrastructure bill.
Antitrust legislation and child privacy were topics of discussion during a Senate Commerce budget hearing Wednesday.
A Biden administration official warns about the semiconductor shortage in the United States.
'It is all systems go,' the chairwoman said at a House Energy and Commerce hearing Thursday.
The key to states' success on infrastructure builds lies in the analysis of the data they collect.
Wireless and wireline technologies play their own roles in helping connect the country, the head of WISPA said.
Whether infrastructure money should prioritize those with the lowest speeds has been a chief debate since the bill’s passage.
Rosenworcel wants future spectrum proceeds to go toward improving next-generation 9-1-1 system.
The recruiting of 29 outside experts at the NTIA comes a day before the agency announced a new spectrum coordination initiative with the FCC.
