‘Clear Violation Of The Law’: Biden’s Multi-Billion Dollar Broadband Plan Defies Congressional Mandate, Experts Say
The Biden administration’s program to expand access to broadband internet may run afoul of the law that created it, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration…
Comcast revenue tops estimates amid cord-cutting, muted broadband growth
By Helen Coster and Eva Mathews (Reuters) – Comcast Corp’s fourth-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday, as the media company saw continued demand at its theme parks and experienced modest…
EU regulators tweak state aid rules to boost broadband rollout
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU competition regulators have revised state aid rules to make it easier for European Union countries to finance the rollout of fast-speed broadband, key to…
Britain’s BT wants help providing broadband to poor households
LONDON (Reuters) – BT said it needed to work with its competitors and the government on a long-term solution for providing broadband for low-income households, adding it was not sustainable for the…
Vodafone and Altice launch 7 billion euro German broadband company
LONDON (Reuters) -Vodafone and Altice launched a joint venture on Monday to challenge Deutsche Telekom by building a 7 billion euro ($6.8 billion) fibre broadband network in Germany. Vodafone said the FibreCo…
SpaceX appeals U.S. FCC rejection of rural broadband subsidies
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX on Friday challenged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to deny the space company’s satellite internet unit $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies, calling the…
Pentagon warns of GPS interference from Ligado broadband network
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department said a study https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3153449/press-release-on-the-nasem-section-1663-report/ released Friday shows Ligado Networks’ planned nationwide mobile broadband network will interfere with military global positioning system receivers…
U.S. Treasury awards $408 million in COVID broadband funds to five states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced $408 million in project awards for five states under a COVID-19 capital projects fund for broadband internet access and other public improvements to…
Corning to build new Arizona optical cable factory ahead of U.S. broadband push
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Corning Inc announced plans on Tuesday to build a new optical cable manufacturing plant in Arizona as the U.S. government moves to award $42 billion to…
White House kicks off push to train more broadband, construction and EV workers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – The White House will launch a summer-long initiative on Friday to encourage labor unions and industry to work together to train more workers for good jobs in…
U.S. Treasury approves first state projects from $10 billion COVID broadband fund
By David Lawder and David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced the first state awards from a $10 billion COVID-19 aid program aimed at boosting broadband internet access in…
TIM values landline grid about 20 billion euros in single broadband deal, sources say
MILAN – Telecom Italia (TIM) has attached an enterprise value of around 20 billion euros ($21.5 billion) to its landline grid which the former phone monopoly is considering selling as part of…
U.S. FCC announces over $1.2 billion for rural broadband in 32 states
– The United States Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it was going to authorize over $1.2 billion for rural broadband in 32 states. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; editing by…
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