So, the waste fraud and abuse associated with the federal Lifeline program (especially as it applies to wireless resellers) is not really a thing after all. So says telecom industry […]
Author: Susan Carter
Daily Number – 25
Only 25 days until the North East Telecommunications Showcase (NETS) event at the Mohegan Sun in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Please come out and support your associations and the vendors. Plenty of […]
Industry News – 8-10-18
Congratulations to York Republican Representative Kristin Phillips-Hill who was recently named to the FCC’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. The group is designed to provide the Commission advice on telecommunications issues and, […]
Industry News – 8-2-18
Number 2….for now. Market research firm IDC announced this week that Huawei has leapt over Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone provider (behind Samsung) even though the company […]
Industry News – 7/27/18
The FCC recently announced that it is releasing an additional $36 million annually for 175 small rural carriers throughout the country, partially compensating for the initial program shortfall which was […]
Industry News – 7/20/18
Google announced this week that it is constructing an undersea cable network between the U.S. and France which should be operational by 2020. The company entered the undersea market on […]
Legislative – 6-22-18
It’s the third week of June and all is eerily quiet on the state budget front. Driving the lack of headlines is a budget devoid of any major tax increases […]
Industry News
President Trump has nominated Geoffrey Starks to fill the seat recently vacated by Mignon Clyburn (See related story in Quotable Section). Starks is assistant chief in the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau […]
Industry News – 6-1-18
One new(ish) broadband office and one proposed in the news this week. In Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan appointed Kenrick Gordon (formerly of the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service and frequent attendee […]