Declaratory Ruling Regarding CTIA Infrastructure Petition
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau clarified that
July 2020
Television executives from E.W. Scripps, Tegna and the National Association of Broadcasters will assess what progress the industry is making toward diversity and inclusion both in front of and behind the camera and in its news coverage of minority communities during a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar.
ACA Connects Will Allow Broadband-Only Members (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 13:20Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 13:19The FirstNet Network Expands Across New York to Advance Public Safety Communications Capabilities (First Responder Network Authority)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 13:13Working from Home and Broadband Access in Oregon
There is considerable speculation about how the pandemic will change the way we live. In particular our office is fielding a lot of questions about working from home and whether households may increasingly choose to live in the suburbs or rural areas as a result. Our office has pulled together and updated some of our previous research on working from home and broadband access here in Oregon. Some findings:
Chairman Pai Proposes Lifeline Minimum Service Standard Order
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated an order to his colleagues that would improve the way the FCC calculates annual updates to the minimum service standard for mobile broadband service provided through the Lifeline program. The draft order would revise the FCC's existing methodology to ensure predictable, reasonable yearly updates to the standard so that Lifeline subscribers can receive robust yet affordable mobile broadband service.