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08/29/2022

Charter's Spectrum Mobile service only uses geolocation information to optimize its service and does not sell to or share it with third parties, including advertisers, the company has told the FCC. That was in a letter in response to a probe launched by FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel of the top mobile broadband providers, including Charter, about their data collection practices...

Assures FCC it protects customer privacy and security

08/23/2022

According to Millennium’s website, the company’s mission and passion are to bridge the digital divide to the 60 million rural Americans with little or no broadband access....

Howe Twp. is embracing its role as a commerce hub with innovation.

08/12/2022

A pair of U.S. senators introduced new legislation designed to speed broadband rollouts by leveraging the country’s existing electrical grid. Though the bill’s chances of becoming law are unclear, its arrival comes as rural electric cooperatives increasingly get into the broadband game.....

A pair of U.S. senators introduced new legislation designed to speed broadband rollouts by leveraging the country’s existing electrical grid. | The bill calls for the NTIA to dish out grants to facilitate the construction or expansion of middle mile fiber infrastructure along electrical grid lines...

08/11/2022

Combining innovative hardware, software, and cloud-managed services with embedded SAS Domain Proxy, our solutions reduce complexity and lower the total cost of ownership (TCO)...

BEC CBRS solutions give network operators the ultimate deployment flexibility for fixed wireless access or private 5G and LTE applications.

08/03/2022

The net neutrality issue has bubbled to the surface once again, this time in the form of newly introduced legislation in the U.S. which would formally codify broadband as a Title II telecommunications service. Thus far, the response from telecom industry groups appears to be a collective sigh of exasperation....

The net neutrality issue has bubbled to the surface once again, this time in the form of newly introduced legislation in the U.S. | The net neutrality issue has bubbled to the surface once again, this time in the form of newly introduced legislation in the U.S. which would formally codify broadband....

08/03/2022

The 2.5 GHz band is considered mid-band spectrum, which is viewed as supporting the optimum mixture of speed and coverage for mobile and fixed 5G. Eighty-two companies qualified to bid in the auction, including the three major nationwide providers – AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile – as well as smaller providers and emerging nationwide provider Dish.

08/02/2022

As more fiber rollouts are announced across the U.S., the broadband industry is facing a looming problem: finding enough workers to actually deploy the tens of millions of new passings they’ve promised....

As more fiber rollouts are announced across the U.S., the broadband industry is facing a looming problem: finding enough workers to actually deploy the tens of millions of new passings they’ve prom | Government statistics show the number of telecommunications workers has dropped drastically over t...

08/01/2022

The committee will work to strengthen city broadband deployments, cybersecurity defenses, and digital services....

The committee will work to strengthen city broadband deployments, cybersecurity defenses, and digital services

07/25/2022

As the IT talent gap looms large, companies need to think outside the box to recruit and retain a strong female bench for key areas such as cybersecurity and software engineering...

As the IT talent gap looms large, companies need to think outside the box to recruit and retain a strong female bench for key areas such as cybersecurity and software engineering.

07/18/2022

The agency will make it more attractive for national carriers to share their wireless spectrum with small rural and tribal-owned service providers.....

The agency will make it more attractive for national carriers to share their wireless spectrum with small rural and tribal-owned service providers.

07/15/2022

The BEAD program is designed to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to unserved and underserved rural areas and the digital equity program is designed to advance digital equity, promote digital inclusion activities, and spur greater broadband adoption...

States' BEAD funding responsibilities will be overseen by the NTIA. The BEAD program has a $42.5 billion budget to cover some of the costs of

07/14/2022

States must expand their broadband workforces to build and maintain the country's infrastructure...

Unprecedented federal spending on broadband is helping drive the need for more broadband workers.