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July 2022

FirstNet Expands Across Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T. In addition to constructing new, purpose-built FirstNet sites where first responders said they needed improved coverage, AT&T is collaborating with Commnet Broadband, NTUA, NTUA Wireless, and the Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to help build out additional Band 14 spectrum and AT&T commercial LTE spectrum bands across more than 100 sites.

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Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Thu, 09/29/2022 - 10:30

Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted on the FCC's website approximately three weeks prior to the next monthly meeting. The FCC will also issue a public notice of the "Commission Meeting Agenda" one week before the meeting and announce at that time the items that are scheduled for the agenda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Bloomington, Indiana, gives final go ahead for broadband project

Bloomington (IN) took final steps to solidify its agreement for city-wide, high-speed internet. Paris-based Meridiam will now be able to build a fiber optic network to at least 85 percent of residents within three years. The city’s redevelopment commission passed a resolution to appropriate funds generated by Meridiam’s new tax increment finance (TIF) district. Meridiam will invest $50 million in the network but receive almost $11 million in tax breaks through the TIF over 20 years. Under French law, Meridiam is a benefit corporation.

Charter Communications does not like Brownsville, Texas's new universal access broadband network

Telecom giant Charter Communications, known to many as Spectrum, does not like the City of Brownsville (TX)'s new multi-million broadband network project. That was made clear by Todd Baxter, Charter’s group vice president for state government affairs. When asked about how he thinks the state of Texas should get fully wired -- and whether it was the job of the private sector, public-private partnerships, municipal broadband or a combination -- Baxter said, "Brownsville is very well served and ubiquitously served by the private sector right now.

Using Electric Utility Easements for Broadband

With tens of billions of dollars being made available for rural broadband infrastructure projects, electric utilities – including rural electric cooperatives, publicly owned power companies, and investor-owned utilities – stand ready to play a crucial role in bringing broadband to unserved and underserved areas of the US Easement issues are a significant concern for many of them. Utilities have easement agreements with private property owners that allow the utility to install poles and run wires across a strip of property.

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Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy

Date: 
Wed, 07/20/2022 - 12:00 to 12:30

A deep dive on the most noteworthy developments in the mobile industry with Mike Dano, Light Reading’s Editorial Director for 5G & Mobile Strategies. Instead of focusing on policy hot topics, the team will be discussing what’s happening with specific players in the industry, near term spectrum opportunities, comparisons between different spectrum portfolios and who is poised to rule the 5G and 6G consumer and enterprise spaces. 


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