by Pivot
Tag: Policy
FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund Application Deadline is Fast Approaching
Schools and libraries have until 11:59 p.m. ET tomorrow August 13th to complete their applications for the FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund for remote learning resources, the FCC reminded eligible parties today. The $7.17 billion program’s…
Battle Lines Thicken Over 5G Use of 12 GHz Spectrum, with SpaceX in the Crosshairs
Arguments continue to rage between those in favor of a proposal to change 12 GHz spectrum band rules and those who oppose a rule change. At stake is 500 MHz of mid-band spectrum that could…
Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill with $65 Billion for Broadband
The U.S. Senate today passed a bi-partisan infrastructure bill that includes $65 billion for broadband, the majority of which would go toward deployments in unserved and underserved areas. Some stakeholders considered passing the Senate to…
Report: Streaming Traffic Growth Threatens Rural Broadband Economics
As much as 94% of rural broadband providers’ network costs is related to streaming video entertainment, according to an academic paper from Roslyn Layton, PhD and Petrus Potgieter, PhD. Those costs have been rising and…
FCC Releases Preliminary Mobile Broadband Map
The FCC has released a preliminary interactive mobile broadband map based on data provided by the nation’s four largest mobile carriers. The map is based on new parameters that were designed to overcome problems with…
NTIA Opens Application Period for $268M Connecting Minority Communities Pilot
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity that begins the application process for the Connecting Minority Communities pilot program that will invest $268 million in…
Broadband Infrastructure Bill Would Also Fund Affordability, Adoption
A draft of the Senate broadband infrastructure bill shows a budget of $685 million for a program aimed at increasing broadband adoption. The draft also shows that the Senate is considering renaming the Emergency Broadband…
Broadband Infrastructure Bill Draft: No FCC Auctions, No Symmetrical, $42.5B for Networks
A draft of the Senate infrastructure bill shows $40 billion in broadband funding going to individual states to go toward the cost of deploying broadband to unserved or underserved areas. The program would target areas…
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Enrollment Tops 4 Million
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program enrollment now exceeds 4 million households, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today. One million of those households signed up in the first week after the $3.2 billion subsidy program began…
FCC Grants C-band Spectrum Licenses
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2021—The Federal Communications Commission today took its latest step forward in making additional mid-band spectrum available for 5G service in the United States. Specifically, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced the grant of…
Report: Black Rural South Less Likely to Have Broadband Access
Nearly 40% (38%) of the Black Rural South population lacks home internet service, according to a new report from Joint Center, which calls itself “America’s Black think tank,” focusing on policy solutions to “eradicate persistent…
FAIR Act Would Task FCC with Studying if Netflix, Google, Others Should Pay into USF
A group of three U.S. Senators has introduced the Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable (FAIR) Contributions Act. The FAIR Act would direct the FCC to study expanding the base of contributors to the USF fund.…
