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August 2021

Senate Passes $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

The Senate gave overwhelming bipartisan approval to the $1 trillion infrastructure bill to rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges and fund new climate resilience and broadband initiatives, delivering a key component of President Biden’s agenda. The legislation would be the largest infusion of federal investment into infrastructure projects in more than a decade, touching nearly every facet of the American economy and fortifying the nation’s response to the warming of the planet. The bill allocates $65 billion for broadband infrastructure in these areas:

Rep Clarke Introduces the Anti-Digital Redlining Act of 2021 with Baltimorean Support

The Anti-Digital Redlining Act of 2021 (HR.4875), sponsored by Rep Yvette Clarke (D-NY), would require the FCC to investigate whether internet service providers have discriminatory practices based on income, race, color religion, national origin, and other factors within a geographic area. It also calls for a consumer-centric analysis of franchise agreements between local governments and telecommunications providers.

A Surge in Wireless Subscribers Makes Analysts Wonder

Cellphone carriers have reported adding millions of new US wireless plans over the past year, making for the industry’s biggest gains in nearly a decade.

T-Mobile Stirs ‘Grave Concerns’ at DOJ on Bid to End Old Network

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has “grave concerns” about plans by T-Mobile to shut down the wireless network used by millions of Boost Mobile customers.

Telecommunications companies come out on top in $65 billion broadband upgrade

The White House-backed infrastructure bill moving toward Senate approval divvies up $65 billion in broadband funding in ways that largely please the big cable and telecommunications companies. President Biden's spending blueprints and talking points stoked 

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