December 2020
Amazon Is Beefing Up Its Cloud Call-Center Tools as More Customer-Support Staff Work From Home (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 06:37Failing grades spike in Virginia’s largest school system as online learning gap emerges nationwide (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 18:04U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission says Congress should work to push U.S. tech standards (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 18:02The FirstNet Authority will post a detailed agenda for the Combined Board and Board Committees Meeting on FirstNet.gov prior to the meeting. The agenda topics are subject to change. Please note that the subjects discussed by the Board and Board Committees may involve commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, or other legal matters affecting the FirstNet Authority. As such, the Board may, by majority vote, close the meeting only for the time necessary to preserve the confidentiality of such information.
Radio hosts were among the first who could explain Covid to indigenous Mexican farmworkers in US (CNN)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 16:35
Commissioner Starks on Release of NPRM to Modify FM Booster Rules
Regarding the adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on whether to modify the FCC’s FM Booster Rules to permit geo-targeted content to originate from FM booster stations, which could provide a way for small and minority-owned stations to better serve their communities by offering hyper-localized content including alternative language news, weather, emergency alerts, and advertising periodically during the broadcast day:
CWA to Biden: Pick Rosenworcel to be FCC chair (Communications Workers of America)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 14:59Verizon's Malady: Despite Covid, fiber build is slightly ahead of schedule
Verizon has bold ambitions to have its 5G Ultra Wideband enabled in 60 cities by the end of 2020, but to do that it needs more fiber in those urban areas. Verizon CTO Kyle Malady said the company was aggressively adding fiber in those urban areas through its One Fiber program. Through One Fiber, Verizon is adding 5G nodes on its fiber across the 60 cities where it is deploying the 5G Ultra Wideband service. Verizon's One Fiber project, which has been ongoing for several years, combined all of the comglomerate's fiber needs and planning into one project.