Broadband support is right in the crosshairs of federal stimulus funding according to a tweet earlier this week from the Commander in Chief. President Trump also told reporters that “farmers […]
Author: Susan Carter
Industry News – 4-17-20
Earlier this week, Frontier Communications announced that it has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 Petition to reduce its debt by over $10 billion “on an expedited basis.” A Frontier Board […]
Legislature – 4-10-20
Frustrated with Governor Wolf’s “essential vs. non-essential” business operating directive, House Republicans took a Senate-passed bill this week and added language requiring the state to develop a plan allowing certain […]
Legislature – 4-3-20
In a co-sponsor memo released today, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill cited the extraordinary circumstances whereby millions of Pennsylvanians are working/learning from home as the impetus for legislation granting certain telecommunications providers […]
Industry News – March 20, 2020
Too much news on COVID-19 to fit into the FR this week, but among the items of note to telcos are the Governor’s mitigation efforts news release (and subsequent releases), […]
Legislative – 3-13-20
It’s called the Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program and legislation creating it was filed in the form of House Bill 2348 this week. The bill repeals the Mobile Telecommunications Broadband […]
Daily Number – 200,000,000
Yesterday, Reuters reported that the FCC is poised to levy fines totaling $200 million against the nation’s largest wireless carriers for disclosing real-time customer location data. The case dates back […]
Industry News – 2-21-20
Kudos to PUC Counsel Joe Witmer who recently received the Inaugural Ray Baum Memorial Leadership Award at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. […]
Legislative – 2-14-20
In the wake of a shake-up at the top of Republican leadership in the House with Speaker Mike Turzai recently announcing that he will not seek re-election comes news this […]