Data reveal the program’s benefit is reaching the lowest income households
Tool assesses the resilience of broadband infrastructures in case of natural hazards.
The program has added two million Americans since June.
Infrastructure should be built to accommodate future scalability and not merely current demands.
Limited foreign investment includes on technologies such as semiconductors and AI.
Both the federal and state governments need to step up their support for apprenticeship programs.
Concerns include minimum cost per location thresholds and Build America requirements.
FCC seeking comments to facilitate better broadband connectivity in tribal communities.
The group attributes surging costs to unforeseen post-COVID challenges
The benefit would go beyond tribes to other high cost locations.
Legislation to help close the rip and replace funding gap still awaits votes in Congress.
A new bill would create another grant program under the USDA for connecting farm devices.
The bills failed to make headway in a previous Congress.
The legislation encourages the testing and deployment of the technology.
Eligible Americans are not getting through the entire ACP application process, event hears.
Bountiful City, Utah will continue work on a municipal broadband network after opposition.
COVID-19 ushered in a transformative era of online education.
This year, the spotlight is on infrastructure integration, collaboration, and technology innovation.
The FCC broadened the E-rate eligibility to tribal colleges used as public libraries.
The head of the FCC is proposing cybersecurity standards on devices.
It's unclear how BEAD funds will interact with state laws restricting municipal broadband projects.
The wireless association says 5G will add $1.5 trillion in GDP and 4.5 million in new jobs over 10 years.
The groups are raising $25 million for connectivity in underserved areas along Appalachia.
The proposal is an investment of $200 million over three years for cybersecurity.
The bills go to the full committee for votes.
The new framework resolves earlier issues about US intelligence services' access to EU individuals' private data.
The calculator is being called a 'major step forward' for those pushing back against such shutdowns.
The nominees are intended to replace Republican commissioners who left their positions.
A crucial step would be for the NTIA to provide Buy America waivers for BEAD-funded projects, panelists said.
FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel on Monday introduced the 'Learn Without Limits' initiative to update the E-Rate program
Her response marks a subtle departure from the common view among Democrats that the FCC should mandate net neutrality.
The 100 Megabits per second download * 20 Mbps upload does not satisfy needs in rural areas, said panelists.
Providers are using revenues from the ACP to bankroll broadband buildouts.
The FCC is close to authorizing a higher speed requirement for funding to certain high-cost areas.
Warner warned China has a head-start on AI regulation.
Experts are concerned a patchwork of state laws would fail to address the problem of kids online safety.
The ACP program has added more than a million Americans since April.
The USF needs to first be reformed for its own sustainability.
The bill would require the federal government to notify the public when agencies use AI.
At stake are final rules for the widespread use of CV2X technology in addition to spectrum allocation.
