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April 2021

Verizon Granted Limited Waiver of Timing of Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Reimbursement Claims

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau granted the petition of Verizon seeking an expedited grant of a limited waiver of the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) reimbursement rules.

Sponsor 

Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights

Senate Judiciary Committee

Date 
Wed, 04/21/2021 - 14:30

Witnesses

  1. Mr. Kyle Andeer

    Chief Compliance Officer

    Apple

    Cupertino, CA

  2. Mr. Wilson White

    Senior Director Public Policy & Government Relations

    Google Inc.

    Mountain View, CA

  3. Mr. Horacio Gutierrez

    Head Of Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer

    Spotify

    New York, NY

  4. Mr. Mark Cooper, Ph.D.

    Director Of Research

    Consumer Federation of America

    Washington, D.C.

  5. Ms. Kristen Daru

    General Counsel

    Tile, Inc

    San Mateo, CA


Sponsor 

Silicon Flatirons and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Date 
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 12:00 to 14:00

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on the digital divide and digital inequality, and with it, illuminated the broader issue of digital inclusion and internet access as a civil right. Over the last four years, efforts to close the digital divide have been geared largely toward access to networks in rural America, but pandemic-related displacement is driving a shift in focus toward affordability in both rural and urban areas.


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