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Education

Wireless Players Want FCC to Expand Wi-Fi Hotspots Approach

Qualcomm, CTIA agreed FCC should support LTE-enabled Chromebooks widely used in schools.

fixed wireless

T-Mobile Reiterates Need for FCC Spectrum Auction Authority, Touts 5G for Home Internet

T-Mobile touted the strength of its 5G wireless network for home internet.

usda

Todd Rigby: How to Troubleshoot Digital Infrastructure Networks Across Industries

In a mesh network, individual devices act as both clients and routers, creating a decentralized digital ecosystem that can expand.

FCC

Former FCC Chair Joins Company Board, Twitter to Pay $150 million in Privacy Case, Telehealth Prescriptions

Tom Wheeler is joining the board of a mobile network company.

DISH

Virginia $700M in Broadband, T-Mobile Accused of Lying and Paying No Federal Tax for 2 Years

Virginia’s $700 million toward broadband, T-Mobile accused of lying about ending 3G services, and is accused of not paying tax.

FCC

Property Owners Highlight Role of Commercial Real Estate in Digital Infrastructure Deployment

Wireless push by FCC has led to higher capacity broadband throughout multi-tenant buildings.

FCC

Andrew Drozd: Monetizing Spectrum Sharing, in Addition to Network Utilization, is Key to 5G

As a basis for rolling out 5G and beyond, most carriers have been focused on network utilization and optimization to better monetize services, but have been limited in their ability to optimize spectrum utilization for the same purpose. While 5G holds great promise for delivering higher network spee

FCC

Kurt Schaubach: The Top 5 Benefits of Shared Spectrum for Cable Operators

Cable operators are rethinking their strategies and rolling out new ways to service customers in-building, as well as to reach customers outside of their residences and places of business. It began with Wi-Fi and has expanded to include cellular services through Mobile Virtual Network Operator agree

Broadband Mapping and Data

GAO Study Finds that Broadband Data Caps are Causing Customer Confusion and Less Internet Use

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2014 – Internet service providers are adopting more usage-based pricing models and consumers may be using the internet less as a result, according to preliminary results from a Government Accountability Office study. Consumers may also be neglecting benefits of lower-cost models

NTCA

NetAmerica Alliance Hails Rural 4G LTE Benefits From Partnership with Sprint

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2014 – An alliance designed to serve the wireless broadband needs of rural America has partnered with Sprint to provide fourth-generation LTE service to members of the NTCA that are calling themselves the Rural Broadband Alliance, according to details unveiled in a webinar on Th

FCC

Broadband Roundup: House Communications Committee Seeks Comments from Trade Groups on Telecom Law

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2014 – The House Energy and Commerce Committee put forward an opportunity for individuals and interest groups to offer comment on telecommunications policy, and many individuals and trade groups took advantage of the opportunity, The Hill reported The Telecommunications Industry

FCC

Expert Opinion: On Backhaul, Sprint is Playing Both Sides of the Street

Wall Street and K Street are separated by a mere 225 miles, but for many companies they are worlds apart. In particular, industry observers would do well to compare everything said to policymakers with statements by the same competitors made to Wall Street investors. Defense companies, for example,

ITIF

U.S. is Doing Fine in Broadband Performance, According to Study by Information Technology and Information Foundation

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2013 – The United States is, in fact, among the world leaders in broadband deployment, according to a study released Tuesday by the Information Technology and Information Foundation. “Through this report, we identify multiple areas where America is doing well, where improvem

Verizon

Verizon Chief, on Brink of LTE and FiOS Deployment, Calls for ‘Powerful Answers’ on Broadband

LAS VEGAS, January 9, 2013 – Broadband is now so thoroughly integrated within electronic devices, and broadband providers have done so much to advance faster internet connectivity, that now has become the time to apply broadband to solve society’s toughest problems: health care, educational improvem

Wall Street Journal

RIM, RIP: How BlackBerry Lost its Way, and How iPhones and iPads are Tapping to Success

April 2, 2012 – I admit to being taken in yesterday by Google’s April Fools prank – Gmail Tap. This priceless video promises to bring Morse code back for the smart phone era. Gmail Tap hit a powerful nerve: how to make smart phones more useful for the things we do besides talking on them. […]