Native Entities Capacity Grant Program
This is the third in a three-part series about the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program announcement from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
July 2024
Constructing the Digital Landscape: Highlights of NTIA’s Middle Mile Program
Generations before us built infrastructure such as electricity, water, and sewer systems to serve everyone in America.
FCC Proposes Extending the Jurisdictional Separations Freeze
In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Federal Communications Commission proposed to extend, for an additional six years, the jurisdictional separations category relationships and cost allocation factors freeze for rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs). The current freeze extension is set to expire on December 31, 2024.
Here are 5 broadband startups making waves around the globe
The digital divide is a global problem. NCTA – the Internet & Television Association released last week a documentary called “Every Last Mile,” which aims to illustrate the challenges ISPs face in building broadband in rural America, but we went a step further. We looked at which broadband and telecommunications startups are tackling connectivity on a global scale.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Next Funding Round of $504 Million for 12 Tech Hubs Across America
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), announced another funding round of approximately $504 million in implementation grants to 12 Tech Hubs to scale up the production of critical technologies, create jobs in innovative industries, strengthen U.S.
The Supreme Court just kneecapped tech regulation
The Supreme Court's decision limiting executive branch power also further hobbled U.S.
Supreme Court Extends Time Frame for Challenges to Regulations
The Supreme Court gave companies more time to challenge many regulations, ruling that a six-year statute of limitations for filing lawsuits begins when a regulation first affects a company rather than when it is first issued. The ruling in the case—the latest in a series of challenges to administrative power—could amplify the effect of the blockbuster decision overturning a foundational legal precedent known as Chevron deference, which required federal courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable inter
European Commission sends preliminary findings to Meta over its “Pay or Consent” model for breach of the Digital Markets Act
The European Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary findings that its “pay or consent” advertising model fails to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In the Commission's preliminary view, this binary choice forces users to consent to the combination of their personal data and fails to provide them a less personalised but equivalent version of Meta's social networks. The Commission takes the preliminary view that Meta's “pay or consent” advertising model is not compliant with the DMA as it does not meet the necessary requirements set out under Article 5(2).