The Council adopted a multi-year Open Access program to deliver county-wide high-speed connectivity.

Establishing Best Practices for U.S. State Broadband Program Accountability

New subsea route aims to strengthens cloud and AI network capacity

Fiber cuts and related acts can paralyze critical operations, creating cascading disruptions that may affect millions of citizens simultaneously.

To protect economic and public safety interests, regulators, legislators, law enforcement, municipalities, and communications providers must work together.

Moore highlights $2 million investment bringing broadband to rural island

Current sample shows western states adopting a mix of technologies, including satellite.

There are a variety of technologies to consider for environments where fiber isn't a viable option

Only handful of governors discuss broadband in 2025 opening remarks

EFF’s Rindala Alajaji sees states reining in Big Tech in 2025.

Massachusetts is advancing legislation to provide $15 monthly broadband service to low-income residents.

State broadband officials advocated for a flexible, tech-neutral approach to serving the hardest-to-reach locations.

There’s no universal system in the U.S. to flag texts as suspicious or unwanted before they are viewed.

'Ports are the linchpin to America’s supply chain,’' Biden said in a speech at Dundalk Marine Terminal Tuesday.

Speed data showed that performance was far from equal across the board.

The challenge phase will begin on July 16.

The state was allocated over $267 million through the BEAD program.

The state had the highest average number of complaints to the FCC about internet per 100,000 broadband serviceable locations.

The city has an average download speed of 6.5 Gbps, claims the report.

For consumers, the competition from LEOs will undoubtedly improve broadband connectivity and offerings to these rural areas.

New allocations are projected to connect more than 2,000 homes in the state.

The new measure is set to come with substantial economic benefits for the state, proponents say.

Encapsulating the most important broadband happenings of the past week and considering what's next.

The FCC inches closer to exhausting the $7.17 billion fund.

The funding is through Connect Maryland, part of the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

The ban will also apply to other Chinese and Russian technologies and applications.

Kansas, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota are among the awardees.

Leaders addressed strategies and importance of private spending.

October 13, 2020 — Shortcomings in telehealth services were revealed when the COVID-19 crisis caused telehealth visits to skyrocket nearly overnight. “Consumers were only sort of ready, and we as providers were definitely not ready,” said Dr. Roberta Schwartz, executive vice president and chief inno

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Nearly 100 percent of internet modems, routers, and other equipment sold to residential broadband subscribers in 2018 met the energy-efficiency standards of the Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing Improvement to the Energy Efficiency of Small Network Equipment, according to a new report from auditor D+R

The Universal Service Fund should be subject to a budget cap, argued Technology Policy Institute Senior Fellows Sarah Oh and Scott Wallsten in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission. “A budget cap will create incentives for the entire USF community to assess the program, experiment with n

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2019 – Smart cities and smart regions need better broadband, but also “soft infrastructure,” or the policies and practices that make these initiatives successful, according to a Wednesday panel hosted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s BroadbandU

April 9, 2019 – There is exists a gaping digital divide between Rural America and the rest of the country, in which 146 million people (45 percent of the population) do not have access to a low-price plan for residential broadband. That is according to research released last week by BroadbandNow, wh

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WASHINGTON, July 22, 2010 – Following a recent roundtable with health industry leaders, experts, and state officials, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley declared an intention to increase Maryland’s role in the development of Health-related technology. “Advancing our vision for Health IT will further

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 – The Commerce Department on Thursday announced 10 investments in broadband growth across the nation that total approximately $63 million.

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WASHINGTON, November 19, 2009 – The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates announced new leadership, which was elected at the group’s annual meeting from November 15 to 18 in Chicago. Mary Healey of Connecticut was elected president of the organization

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 – On Friday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced seven new state recipients of the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. These grants fund state efforts to map broadband availability and speeds. Each state was asked to p

WASHINGTON, September 22 – BroadbandCensus.com unveiled a new web site — BroadbandCensus.com/conference [http://broadbandcensus.com/conference] — for the “Broadband Census for America” Conference on Friday, September 26, 2008. Additionally, as part of its participation in One Web Day, BroadbandCens

September 11 – Being a first-mover is a blessing and a curse. When it comes to state-led broadband initiatives, Maryland has been an early innovator at confronting the long road towards state-wide universal broadband access.