FCC Settles Investigation into Two AT&T Mobility 911 Outages in 2017
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau settled an investigation into AT&T Mobility’s 911 outages of March and May 2017.
June 2018
Democratic Reps seek answers from firm led by former Cambridge Analytica employee (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 06/28/2018 - 17:08Senate Judiciary Committee Votes in Favor of the Music Modernization Act (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 06/28/2018 - 17:04Adidas data breach may have hit millions of customers (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 06/28/2018 - 17:03DHS declined to let officials testify at hearing on cell surveillance, chairman says (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 06/28/2018 - 15:30What Justice Kennedy Meant for Tech
With Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announcing he will retire come July 31, the high court could be headed for a major shift as the president will look to solidify the body’s conservative majority. Here’s a look at how some of his opinions have shaped the technology and telecommunications spheres — and what his absence could mean going forward. A perennial swing vote in his more than 20 years on the high court, Justice Kennedy served as the deciding vote on numerous high-profile legal battles.
June 25-29, 2018
June 25-29, 2018
Weekly Digest
Weekly Digest
T-Mobile and Sprint Pitch Their Case Before Congress
You’re reading the Benton Foundation’s Weekly Round-up, a recap of the biggest (or most overlooked) telecommunications stories of the week. The round-up is delivered via e-mail each Friday.
Round-Up for the Week of June 25-29, 2018
AT&T removed HBO from an unlimited data plan after buying Time Warner
AT&T has been offering free HBO to its unlimited data customers since 2017, and you might have expected that deal to continue unaltered now that AT&T owns HBO thanks to its acquisition of Time Warner. But AT&T revamped its two unlimited mobile plans this week, and in the process it raised the price for the entry-level plan by $5 a month while removing the free HBO perk.
What I learned about tech from Idaho miners, farmers and firefighters
Idaho is a state full of innovative, can-do people who are making our nation’s economy and society stronger. But it all depends on connectivity. And in that regard, we aren’t yet where we want to be. There are millions of Americans, including many in Idaho, who can’t get high-speed Internet access. And there are too many areas with insufficient broadband competition. Closing this “digital divide” is the [Federal Communications Commission's] top priority. I’m proud to say that we’re doing a lot to address that priority.