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January 2020

Senate Commerce Committee: Senators fret over lack of manpower to build 5G

The Senate Commerce Committee convened a hearing "The 5G Workforce and Obstacles to Broadband Deployment" to discuss their 5G concerns, despite the fact that day one of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump went until almost 2am the night before. Seven members of the committee questioned the witnesses about the "5G labor shortage." According to Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), some projections estimate the US needs 20,000 more people to help "accelerate the deployment of 5G in order to win the race and secure the first-move advantage in the United States." Right now, there

The Cost of Connectivity in Ammon, Idaho

Municipal broadband networks can have a positive impact on their communities. Municipal networks, often managed and operated fully or partially by local governments, exhibit a high level of responsiveness to consumer needs and lower prices than larger internet service providers such as AT&T and Comcast.

Sponsor: 

Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Thu, 02/13/2020 - 20:00 to 21:00

The Committee is expected to consider a recommendation presented by one of its working groups.  The CAC Robocall Report Working Group will present a recommendation on the gathering of data and/or sources of data relating to the availability and effectiveness of call blocking tools, as described in paragraphs 88 to 90 of the Commission’s Declaratory Ruling and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls; Call Authentication Trust Anchor. 


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Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Wed, 02/26/2020 - 15:00

DAC members will discuss (i) a report on the activities of its working group on enhanced Electronic Newsroom Technique (ENT) and other technologies for captioning live television programming; (ii) a working group report and recommendation regarding the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service User Registration Database; (iii) meeting schedules; and (iv) any other topics relevant to the DAC’s work. 


Gov Walz (D-MN) announces $23 million for expanding rural broadband in Minnesota

Gov Tim Walz (D-MN) announced the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is awarding $23,270,933 in Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program funds to 30 broadband projects across the state.

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