Elon Musk, Trump and the rise of the tech right
Of all the groups celebrating Donald Trump’s reelection, maybe no one has more of a reason to celebrate than his boosters in the tech world.
November 2024
AT&T spends $1.018 Billion for prime USCellular spectrum
With USCellular's agreement to sell AT&T $1.018 billion of spectrum, all three of the major mobile operators "have taken a chunk" of the rural carrier's assets. The agreement includes the sale of 1,250M MHz-Pops of 3.45 GHz and 331M MHz-Pops of 700 MHz B/C block licenses to AT&T. This spectrum will likely enable AT&T to layer in better coverage on its existing 5G footprint. The sale, once approved by regulators, will add additional spectrum to AT&T's existing bandwidth to improve overall coverage. The 700 MHz band is valuable for distance coverage.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tells workers to reduce use of cellphones for work due to risk from China-linked telecom in (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 16:30Behind the Curtain: The most powerful Republican president of the modern era (Axios)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 16:30NTCA Committed to Working with Trump Administration to Advance and Sustain Rural Connectivity (NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 16:29What the Trump win means for telecommunications and broadband economics
Donald Trump’s most clearly articulated economic plan is that he intends to impose a lot of tariffs on foreign-made goods entering the U.S. We can also speculate that he won’t allow tax breaks given in 2018 to lapse as they’re scheduled to do, and that Republicans will probably address taxes as one of the first items on their agenda.
NaLA Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election (National Lifeline Association)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 16:07What a GOP sweep of Congress would mean for tech policy
When it comes to tech policy, the next Congress has a seemingly endless to-do list. It includes hashing out a deal on an elusive federal privacy law, coalescing on how to address booming products driven by artificial intelligence and countering harms on social media.