Better rural broadband availability has “significant positive impacts on crop yields and other farm production metrics,” the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Economics and Analytics
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction has wrapped up, setting the stage for $9.23 billion in subsidies to be doled out over the next decade
Thanks to the broadband project, the village can now receive speeds of up to 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream Copper Valley Telecom (CVT) has
The Priority Access License auction was meant to be unlike anything the industry has seen before. The sheer number of licenses and their county-level size
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As the United States prepares to pour nearly $30 billion into rural broadband and 5G networks over the coming decade, the question arises of what
Closing the urban/rural digital divide and expanding broadband access has been a federal policy goal for decades, and there are multiple new and existing programs
Closing the urban/rural digital divide has been a telecom policy focus for years, and it has been part of the conversation around everything from Congressional
Fiber network deployment is the “rural electrification of our generation”, according to Conexon’s Jonathan Chambers As the Federal Communications Commission mulls exactly how it will distribute
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What is the state of broadband deployment in the United States? The simple answer is that despite years of substantial funding and programs focused on
CCA CEO: ‘Mobile broadband is an essential component of everyday life” The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday moved forward with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that
Separating 5G hype from reality with the benefit of hindsight Kelly Hill, executive editor at RCR Wireless News, discusses Dorothy’s heroics in L. Frank Baum’s classic
Qualcomm’s Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist discuss funding connectivity and devices for students The developing COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to the global economy
The 5G Fund for rural America to replace the Mobility Fund Phase II In the latest show of support for rural America, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
80% of Peruvian localities, most of which were rural, lacked internet coverage in 2016 Last week, an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Loon, which uses stratospheric, autonomous balloons to