Washington (July 28, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Representative Doris Matsui (CA-06) today introduced the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, legislation that would accurately classify…
One of the hottest topics in broadband today is leveraging GIS data for network and business operations. In this Broadband Innovator interview series, we talk with CHR Solutions‘ GIS Manager, Jake Webb, about geographic information systems (GIS) to understand its…
Entities that want the FCC to allow two-way use of 500 MHz of spectrum in the 12 GHz band are urging the commission to move ahead on that proposal, arguing in an FCC filing that the record confirms broad support…
In this episode of the Broadband Bunch, we speak with Jason Hart, Partner Manager at ESRI. Jason shares with us his unique start in GIS Mapping as a 13-year old boy down a cave in the mountains of West Virginia….
Representatives of three broadband and telecom associations voiced support for legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at improving broadband maps which, among other things, are used to determine which areas receive support through the Universal Service Fund…
It wasn’t long ago that Telecompetitor was covering state-level legislation aimed at preventing municipal broadband networks. But perhaps the tide is shifting – at least when it comes to electric cooperatives. Several states have passed new laws aimed at making…
According to an estimate cited by CableLabs, about 80% of data traffic from cellular devices was actually offloaded onto Wi-Fi in 2017. But according to new CableLabs Wi-Fi offload research, that percentage is declining, even though people are using their…
President Trump has signed the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017 into law. The rural call completion legislation, which was sent to the president’s desk earlier this month, is aimed at ensuring call completion in rural areas…
Rural call completion has been passed in both the Senate and Congress and is awaiting President Trump’s signature. The legislation aims to ensure that calls go through to rural areas by establishing a registry of “intermediate providers” that complete calls…
Rural broadband is receiving a lot of attention from policymakers these days on both the administrative and legislative fronts. A wide range of rural broadband legislation has been introduced in the House, and the Senate Broadband Caucus has sent a…
Support for broadband infrastructure legislation seems to be growing, as evidenced by a new report from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF). The report, titled “A Policymaker’s Guide to Rural Broadband Infrastructure,” aims to educate legislators about the state…