August 2020

GOP TV Ratings Fall Below Democrats, Despite Fox News’s Big Night (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 06:28

Maria Bustillos, A Media Pioneer, Tries Again With a New Journalism Cooperative, Brick House (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 06:28

Covid-19 Pandemic Drives Patients—and Deal Makers—to Telemedicine (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 06:26

Technology-Based Learning in the Public Workforce System: Emerging Policy and Practices in States and American Job Centers (Department of Labor)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 18:27

MetroNet Completes Construction of 100% Fiber Optic Network in Lexington, Making It Largest Gigabit City

MetroNet announced the completion of its citywide, 100% fiber-optic network in Lexington (KY), earning Lexington, with a population of 325,000, the title of largest Gigabit City in the US. For the last 2.5 years, MetroNet has been hard at work laying 4.4 million feet of fiber in neighborhoods across the city. Former Mayor Jim Gray set a visionary goal to make Lexington a Gigabit City in 2017, and MetroNet answered that call with a proposal to invest up to $100M.

CTIA 2020 Annual Survey Highlights

Mobile data usage is at least 96 times higher today than it was just 10 years ago, according to a new report about US wireless industry growth from industry association CTIA. Annual mobile data consumption jumped from 388 billion megabytes (MB) in 2010 to 37.06 trillion MB in 2019. In 2020, the average smartphone user consumed 9.2 GB per month, up from 6.6 GB per month in 2019.

Sensors, apps, police patrols: Colleges are trying to track students to contain COVID-19 cases. Students are pushing back. (Detroit Free Press)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 17:26

FCC Concludes First 5G Mid-Band Spectrum Auction

The Federal Communications Commission announced the successful conclusion of bidding in its auction of Priority Access Licenses in the 3550-3650 MHz band. This auction, which was designated as Auction 105, made available the greatest number of spectrum licenses ever in a single FCC auction. This 70 megahertz of licensed spectrum will further the deployment of 5G, the next generation of wireless connectivity, as well as the Internet of Things and other advanced spectrum-based services.

Storms Marco & Laura Communications Status Report for August 25, 2020 (Federal Communications Commission)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 15:10

Verizon completes first successful end-to-end fully virtualized 5G data session in the world (Verizon)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 15:05

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