2 GOP Sens. Want C-Band Proceeds Put Into Broadband Fund
READ HERE: 2 GOP Sens. Want C-Band Proceeds Put Into Broadband Fund By Andrew Kragie Law360 (March 8, 2021, 6:58 PM EST) — A pair of key Republican senators have introduced a bill that would require the federal government to use revenue from an ongoing spectrum auction to expand access to broadband internet and upgrade communications infrastructure. […]
GOP Leaders Press FCC To Speed Up Broadband Maps
READ HERE: GOP Leaders Press FCC To Speed Up Broadband Maps By Kelcee Griffis Law360 (March 8, 2021, 3:12 PM EST) — A handful of House and Senate Republicans are pressing acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to explain why her projected timeline for updating broadband maps lengthened from a few months to a year. According to a […]
GOP Reps. Roll Out 28-Bill Broadband Infrastructure Agenda
READ HERE: GOP Reps. Roll Out 28-Bill Broadband Infrastructure Agenda By Julia Arciga Law360 (February 16, 2021, 6:14 PM EST) — Two Republican representatives unveiled a package of nearly 30 bills Tuesday aimed at promoting broadband deployment, boosting competition and kick-starting infrastructure development to expand reliable internet access across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican […]
Biden FCC Shifts Broadband Focus From Geography To Price
By Kelcee Griffis Law360 (February 1, 2021, 8:07 PM EST) — The Biden administration appears poised to shift away from the Trump-era focus on deploying broadband infrastructure in rural areas, choosing instead to examine how to make internet service more affordable for lower income people regardless of where they live. While the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission crafted rules […]
FCC Proposes Making 900 MHz Band Available for Broadband
In advance of the Commission’s next Open Meeting on March 15, the FCC released a draft of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comment on a proposal to reconfigure the 896-901/935-940 MHz band to create a 3/3 MHz broadband segment (originally proposed by Enterprise Wireless Alliance and pdvWireless) between 897.5-900.5/936.5-939.5 MHz (Vol. XV, Issue 38). […]