Participants in the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program won’t have to forego their existing federal subsidies in non-BEAD areas, the Commerce Department clarified. Rural broadband providers have expressed concerns over the newly announced plan to prevent BEAD winners from taking operational subsidies to support their deployment projects in
One of the most difficult aspects of writing about the wireless industry is understanding the use of spectrum. But if I thought that was hard, I’ve been blown away by how complicated it is to understand the spectrum landscape in the satellite industry. At first, I thought it was just me. I must not be smart enough to easily grasp this stuff. After all, I have a degree in journalism, not rocket science. But recently, I wrote a story summarizing the current collaborations between satellite operators and telecom companies, and I wanted to include a little information about spectrum.
MobileX CEO Peter Adderton is challenging carrier CEOs in the wireless industry to step up and help people who are losing federal food assistance due to the lapse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. MobileX announced that it will cover the cost of its wireless service for customers—new and existing—who have lost access to
Two projects totaling $5.4 million for high-speed internet expansion in northeastern Oklahoma were officially launched in Craig County (OK) by the Oklahoma Broadband Office and internet service provider The Junction Internet. The projects, funded through $2.7 million in federal grants administered by the OBO coupled with $2.7 million in matching contributions from Junction, will connect 337 homes and businesses with broadband internet using fixed wireless technology.
The Oklahoma Broadband Office has opened funding for the Capital Projects Fund 2.0, which will aim to serve 766 locations that remain unserved. The window will run through November 17, when the application portal will close. The Oklahoma funding notice says eligible applicants are cooperatives, electric utilities, and other entities that build or operate broadband networks, partnerships and consortium.
Vladimir Lenin is said to have warned that all societies are three square meals from chaos. But in the modern world, it is only a Wi-Fi signal that separates us from anarchy. Every aspect of our lives is reliant on computers and the internet, and when they fail, they do so with disorientating speed. This became abundantly clear during power cuts across Spain and Portugal.
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