Infrastructure
Nearly 80 Service Providers Engaged Equipment in Secure Networks Blacklist: FCC Report
These communications providers reported engaging equipment on the agency’s blacklist.
Infrastructure
Broadband Infrastructure is the means to deliver Better Broadband, Better Lives
E-Rate
FCC Seeks Comment on Simplifying, Expanding Tribal E-Rate Eligibility
The FCC is proposing to include in E-Rate tribal colleges that separately function as public libraries.
Digital Inclusion
Partnering With Existing Structures Will Support State Broadband Offices, Expert Says
By working with existing entities like utilities, states can establish more effective state offices.
FCC
AT&T Goes to Court over FCC Decision on Pole Attachment Rates
AT&T said it should pay a similar rate to other telecommunications attachers.
Europe
Helge Tiainen: Fiber Access Extension Eases Connectivity Worries for Operators, Landlords and Tenants
A new law presents an opportunity to reuse existing infrastructure for fiber broadband deployment.
ITIF
Panel Suggests Need for Tracking Mechanism for Broadband Infrastructure Funding
Panelists are concerned that states may not have had the prescriptive guidance needed to maximize funding.
FCC
Utilities Coalition Warns Against Shifting Cost of Replacing Poles
‘Utilities have been willing to perform these voluntary pole replacements because they have been compensated for it.’
FCC
NTIA Offers No Extension on Broadband Map Challenges, TikTok’s Transparency, FCC Workforce Report
Friday’s cutoff applied to availability challenges, but it was already too late for location challenges.
FCC
Industry Associations Join Call for Delay on Mandatory Emergency Agreements
NTCA and the Rural Wireless Association are backing a petition to double time to enter emergency agreements.
FCC
Nearly Half of Rip-and-Replace Firms Struggling with Funding, Supply Chain Delays: FCC Report
15% of applicants said they still haven’t begun work to remove equipment as of October.
FCC
CES 2023: 5G Will Drive Safer Transportation
More comprehensive data-sharing is made possible by the reduced latency of 5G, CES hears.
FCC
Sean Gonsalves: All States Have Received Broadband Grants, Focus Now on Jan. 13 Map Deadline
Cities and states are still in the midst of challenging the accuracy of the FCC’s maps.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on February 8, 2023 – The Build America, Buy America Law’s Impact on Infrastructure
Experts have warned that the BABA mandate raises the cost of broadband deployment.
FBA
Broadband Industry Grapples With High Inflation and Acute Workforce Shortage
Between supply chain disruptions and the rising price of goods, the increased costs of fiber deployment could be pushed onto consumers.
iija
Richard Brandon: We’re Ready for Broadband Funding to be Invested in Modern Infrastructure
Government funding should be invested in new, modern infrastructure that provides reliable broadband at a lower cost to more people.
FCC
Utility Companies and Pole Attachers Debate Responsibility for Pole Replacement Costs
The controversy is about the rates that internet companies seeking to put fiber on utility poles need to pay.
