The inaugural meeting of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission USF Working Group took place this week with representatives from ILEC, RLEC, and wireless industries participating, as well as the Office […]
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced this week that 18 states have been approved for BEAD funding. As part of the agency’s ongoing advocacy for the “Benefit of the […]
Industry News: 11-14-25
The federal government shutdown finally ended this week and bills appropriating money for broadband were quickly approved in the U.S. Senate. The most notable of the bunch was legislation providing […]
Legislature: 10-31-25
On Tuesday, the Senate Communications and Technology Committee reported out Senate Bill 491, legislation sponsored by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill modernizing the telecom portions of the Pennsylvania Utility Code. During the […]
Industry News: 10-24-25
By virtue of this week’s publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, review of the state’s Universal Service Fund has been reenergized in the form of the USF Working Group which will […]
Legislature: 10-17-25
Prevailing wage legislation designed to have technicians working on BEAD projects paid at the appropriate level dropped in the Senate this week in the form of Senate Bill 1042. Sponsored […]
Industry News: 10-3-25
With the federal government shutdown officially thrust upon us, industry experts are opining as to the impact on telecom with most anticipating relatively minimal disruption. The FCC has a plan […]
Industry News: 9-26-25
More bumps in the road for Pennsylvania’s BEAD program as the state’s Prevailing Wage Appeals Board decided earlier this week that the higher wage rate for broadband installers is still […]
Industry News: 9-12-25
At its Public Meeting yesterday, the PA PUC unanimously approved the abandonment application of Comcast Business Communications, an entity which the company said has no retail VoIP customers in Pennsylvania. […]