Category: Regulatory
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Pai: Closing Digital Divide is FCC’s “Top Policy Priority”
CAF II Auctions, Reduced Regulations Are Highlights of FCC Chairman’s Address to ACA Summit Closing the digital divide and reducing regulations were hallmarks of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s March 21st keynote address to the American Cable Association’s 25th Annual Summit. His began his remarks by commenting on how small cable companies have evolved…
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Rural Broadband PPP Infrastructure Opportunities
The following is the transcript of an interview with Ross Lieberman, SVP of Government Affairs for the American Cable Association, at NCTC’s WEC18 conference in San Antonio. Lieberman talks about barriers to rural broadband and opportunities for various public-private partnerships to speed broadband deployment in hard-to-serve areas. Viodi: Tell us about ACA’s broadband infrastructure plan…
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Redl Highlights Rural Broadband in First Address as NTIA Chief at Telecoms Symposium
“Creative Destruction” and Net Neutrality covered by panels of economists, lawyers David Redl, the newly-minted Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), put rural broadband front and center while making his first public remarks since being sworn into his new office. His keynote address…
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If a Cable Falls in the Street, Does Anyone Care How It Happened?
Yes, the above title is a play on words about the philosophical question about the tree falling in a forest and whether it makes noise. A little more than a week ago, telecommunications’ cables fell to the ground and no one really heard or saw what happened. Fortunately, no one was injured and service was…
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Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands to receive up to $77 million from FCC to restore communications
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are in line to receive up to $77 million from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to restore communications after hurricane Maria made most of the island(s) go dark (PDF). The agency voted unanimously Wednesday October 4th to earmark the funds to help restore communications services on the island(s). The…
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DSRC or 5G?
Which radio technology will win the day in the autonomous vehicle future; DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) or 5G (or 5GAA (PDF))? As Brian Daugherty, CTO of the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) suggests in the above interview, these different radio technologies are likely to be complementary, fulfilling different needs. An important premise is…