5G Fund
Rosenworcel: Shooting Tragedy Shows Need for Rural Broadband
5G Fund will help reach emergency call centers in rural areas, Chairwoman says.
Rural
GOP Senators: Biden Deliberately Excluding Satellite, Wireless From Broadband Count
'When the data are wrong, policy outcomes will inevitably suffer,' GOP senators say.
Election 2024
Elon Musk Tests the Role of Money in U.S. Politics
Musk's multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump will test the influence the world's richest man wields over American democracy.
Satellite
Starlink Allowed to Operate in Portions of National Radio Quiet Zone
Residents in the quiet zone in Virginia and West Virginia now have the option for satellite internet.
FCC
If Trump Won, What Would Carr Do as FCC Chairman?
The agency's senior Republican outlined policy priorities in his Project 2025 chapter.
Election 2024
GOP Policy Experts Offer Views on a Trump NTIA
BEAD funds unlikely to be clawed back, one expert said.
Satellite
FCC Should Pause LEO Launches, Scientists Say
More than 100 researchers warned of environmental harms from continued launches and re-entries.
Donald Trump
Trump Praises Starlink During Joe Rogan Podcast
Trump said Elon Musk's satellite-delivered Internet service saved lives.
Satellite
Maine's Free Starlink Initiative Sparks Debate Over Rural Broadband Solutions
These locations will remain eligible for fiber deployment under BEAD.
Rural
NTIA Head Calls GOP Criticism of BEAD 'Election-Year Politics'
He pointed to FCC's implementation of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund under Trump as as a cautionary example.
LEO
Eutelsat Launches 20 More OneWeb Satellites, With Boost from SpaceX
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried out the mission for Eutelsat.
Rural
Starlink Reveals the Government’s Problem of Picking Winners and Losers
The government has a history of preferencing government-owned networks at the expense of private alternatives.
Starlink
Maine to Hand Out Free Starlink Terminals to Unserved
Gov. Mills predicts Maine will close its digital divide by the end of the year.
Satellite
Analyst: Look to Amazon to Bundle Prime and Satellite Internet
Project Kuiper expected to amass large start-up costs
FSF
ACA, INCOMPAS: Don’t Include Satellite in Broadband Deployment Analysis
The competitive provider groups differed on including fixed wireless.
Satellite
House Committee Probes Starlink RDOF Denial
The FCC said it stood by its decision not to award the company $885 million in broadband subsidies.
