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 […]
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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 […]
Industry News – 2-7-20
At its Public Meeting yesterday, the PA PUC unanimously approved the petition of Armstrong Telecommunications Inc. to become an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) and utilize Connect America Fund proceeds to […]
Industry News – 1-31-20
Yesterday, the FCC approved the $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (Commissioners Rosenworcel and Starks dissenting in part), with an accompanying news release saying that the first phase of the […]
Industry News – 1-24-20
The nation’s largest broadband associations (NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, USTelecom, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, WTA – Advocates for Rural […]
Legislative – 01-10-20
The House Consumer Affairs Committee has scheduled a voting meeting for Tuesday, January 14, 2020 to consider House Bill 1400, legislation dealing with 5G deployment in Pennsylvania. In its current […]
Industry News – 12-20-19
Another effort to combat robocalling this week in the form of Sprint’s announcement that it is instituting a free call blocking service for its customers called Call Screener Basic. An […]