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Largest Federal Broadband Grant Program Targeted for Major Reforms

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The nation’s largest broadband grant program could face big changes under recently proposed legislation and a reexamination by the federal agency tasked with its implementation. The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment...more

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Call to Action: Impending Threat to Communities’ Property Rights, Revenues and Police Powers Demands Planning and Response from...

Local governments must prepare now for renewed efforts in Washington, D.C. to restrict, and in some cases, eliminate a community’s ability to manage their property, receive fair compensation for the private use of public...more

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Expectations for a Chairman Carr Led Federal Communications Commission

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With a unified Trump administration and a Republican-controlled Congress, there will be a dramatic shift in regulatory policy changing how the communications and technology industries interact with government. These...more

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FCC Rules Under Scrutiny: Net Neutrality, Digital Discrimination, and Consumer Protections

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit heard oral arguments on a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules, which reclassified broadband Internet access services under Title II of...more

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EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act Paves Way for More Access to Physical Infrastructures and Potential Further Deregulation of Telecom...

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The Situation: The European Parliament and Council approved the Gigabit Infrastructure Act ("GIA") on 29 April 2024. The GIA replaces Directive 2014/61/EU. The GIA is a regulation which is directly applicable and binding in...more

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FCC Strengthens Foreign Ownership Disclosure Requirements for Providers Holding International Section 214 Authorizations - 5%...

Taking another step to further regulate foreign participation in the U.S. telecommunications marketplace, on Thursday, April 20, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") adopted an Order and Notice...more

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Five States Advance Bills Regulating Pole Attachment Rates (UPDATED)

Update November 23, 2021: This blog has been updated to reflect current guidance about the status of bill amendments in each state. This legislative session we're witnessing similar types of bills that aim to level the...more

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Initial Takeaways from the American Jobs Plan

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The Biden-Harris administration announced its American Jobs Plan, a legislative framework laying out an ambitious $2 trillion investment in physical and human infrastructure, on March 31. The bulk of the proposed spending is...more

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‘The American Jobs Plan’: Biden Administration unveils $2 trillion proposal for infrastructure

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On March 31, the Administration unveiled its long-awaited infrastructure proposal from the President’s Build Back Better Plan. The American Jobs Plan will impact a multitude of industries and the economy in seven key policy...more

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FCC Announces Members of Precision Agriculture Task Force

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, announced the members of the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the...more

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