Today's Regulatory Mix: US Congress Broadband Mapping Bill, FCC Seeks Comment For 2020 CVAA Report
US Congress Broadband Mapping Bill
The US House passed, by unanimous consent, S. 1822, the bipartisan Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act. The bill is intended to improve efforts to collect more accurate internet availability data, boost connectivity, and make sure our limited resources are used to deploy broadband in communities that need it most.
Read MoreTopics: U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Broadband Mapping Bill, 2020 CVAA Report
Today's Regulatory Mix: USDA Announces Utah Broadband Grant, US House RESILIENT Networks Act, US House Hearing on Emergency Communications Solutions
USDA Announces Utah Broadband Grant
The USDA announced a $23.6 million investment in high-speed broadband infrastructure in Utah. This investment will build an all-fiber network that will serve more than 3,000 farms, businesses and homes spread over more than 400 square miles in rural Duchesne and Uintah counties.
Read MoreTopics: US House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, USDA Broadband Grant, Utah Broadband, RESILIENT Networks Act
Today's Regulatory Mix: Court Declines to Rehear Challenges to FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order, FCC C-Band Proposal, US House Field Hearing on Rural Broadband
Court Declines to Rehear Challenges to FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order
The US Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit denied petitions for an en banc rehearing of its decision to uphold the FCC’s 2018 Restoring Internet Freedom Order.
Read MoreTopics: Net Neutrality, rural broadband, US House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order, C-Band Proposal, spectrum from 3.7 to 4.2 GHz
US Congress Hearing on Digital Equity and Internet Adoption
Topics: cybersecurity, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing, NASCIO, Digital Equity and Internet Adoptions
House Subcommittee Passes Robocalling Act
The House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375) was reported to the full Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote: “The American people are fed up with robocalls, and thanks to the Subcommittee’s bipartisan action today we’re one step closer to putting consumers back in control of their phones,” Pallone and Doyle said. “We commend the Democratic and Republican members of the Subcommittee for working together on bipartisan amendments strengthening this comprehensive legislation to end the robocall epidemic. We look forward to bringing it up before the full Committee soon.”
Read MoreTopics: FCC Tribal Workshop, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, Spectrum Opportunities, FTC PrivacyCon, PrivacyCon 2019
Today: US House on 911 Fee Diversion, FCC CAF Support, FCC Lifeline Forbearance
Read MoreTopics: ETC, CAF, A-CAM, Alternative Connect America Cost Model, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Lifeline-supported voice service, Lifeline broadband subscribers, 911 fee diversion, Lifeline Forbearance
Today's Regulatory Mix: US Congress Broadband Mapping Bill, FCC Seeks Comment For 2020 CVAA Report
US Congress Broadband Mapping Bill
The US House passed, by unanimous consent, S. 1822, the bipartisan Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act. The bill is intended to improve efforts to collect more accurate internet availability data, boost connectivity, and make sure our limited resources are used to deploy broadband in communities that need it most.
Read MoreTopics: U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Broadband Mapping Bill, 2020 CVAA Report
Today's Regulatory Mix: USDA Announces Utah Broadband Grant, US House RESILIENT Networks Act, US House Hearing on Emergency Communications Solutions
USDA Announces Utah Broadband Grant
The USDA announced a $23.6 million investment in high-speed broadband infrastructure in Utah. This investment will build an all-fiber network that will serve more than 3,000 farms, businesses and homes spread over more than 400 square miles in rural Duchesne and Uintah counties.
Read MoreTopics: US House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, USDA Broadband Grant, Utah Broadband, RESILIENT Networks Act
Today's Regulatory Mix: Court Declines to Rehear Challenges to FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order, FCC C-Band Proposal, US House Field Hearing on Rural Broadband
Court Declines to Rehear Challenges to FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order
The US Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit denied petitions for an en banc rehearing of its decision to uphold the FCC’s 2018 Restoring Internet Freedom Order.
Read MoreTopics: Net Neutrality, rural broadband, US House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order, C-Band Proposal, spectrum from 3.7 to 4.2 GHz
US Congress Hearing on Digital Equity and Internet Adoption
Topics: cybersecurity, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing, NASCIO, Digital Equity and Internet Adoptions
House Subcommittee Passes Robocalling Act
The House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375) was reported to the full Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote: “The American people are fed up with robocalls, and thanks to the Subcommittee’s bipartisan action today we’re one step closer to putting consumers back in control of their phones,” Pallone and Doyle said. “We commend the Democratic and Republican members of the Subcommittee for working together on bipartisan amendments strengthening this comprehensive legislation to end the robocall epidemic. We look forward to bringing it up before the full Committee soon.”
Read MoreTopics: FCC Tribal Workshop, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, Spectrum Opportunities, FTC PrivacyCon, PrivacyCon 2019
Today: US House on 911 Fee Diversion, FCC CAF Support, FCC Lifeline Forbearance
Read MoreTopics: ETC, CAF, A-CAM, Alternative Connect America Cost Model, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Lifeline-supported voice service, Lifeline broadband subscribers, 911 fee diversion, Lifeline Forbearance
