February 2023

Iowa Communities Invited to Identify Areas of Need for Future Broadband Investment

Governor Kim Reynolds (R-IA) and the Department of Management’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) announced the release of an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) for communities in need of future broadband investment. The ITQ process allows communities to propose areas across the state of Iowa that should be prioritized by the OCIO in the next Empower Rural Iowa broadband grant opportunity. Areas identified by communities through the ITQ process will become Broadband Intervention Zones.

BT chief warns Openreach fibre push will ‘end in tears’ for rivals

BT’s chief executive said the telecommunications group had turned its broadband network into an “unstoppable machine” that will ultimately “end in tears” for many of its fiber competitors. “There is only going to be one national network,” Philip Jansen said. “Why do you need to have multiple providers?” The former monopoly said that its networking division Openreach had laid fibre to 9.6 million premises, with 29 percent of people in those areas opting to move over to its fibre offering.

How to Work a Zoom Room: Engaging Donors at Online Events (Chronicle of Philanthropy)

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NTIA and DoD Launch Competition to Accelerate Adoption of OpenRAN (National Telecommunications and Information Administration)

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Lloyd Morrisett’s Philanthropic Legacy Is Bigger Than Big Bird (Chronicle of Philanthropy)

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POWDER, the NSF's Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Testbed, Unveils Open Source 5G Research Network (National Science Foundation)

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Report | The start of America’s infrastructure decade: How macroeconomic factors may shape local strategies (Brookings)

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Counting Broadband Locations

The old definition of a broadband passing is quickly growing obsolete and the Federal Communications Commission's mapping effort is missing the way that America really uses broadband today. After a decade of talking about the inadequate FCC broadband maps, we finally decided to throw money at the issue and devise new maps. But in the decade it took to move forward, we’ve developed multiple non-traditional uses for broadband, a trend that is likely to expand.

Senate Democrats and Biden need to stand up to homophobic attacks on FCC nominee Gigi Sohn

Gigi Sohn is gay. She’s also a highly qualified nominee for the Federal Communications Commission with decades of experience as a public interest advocate working on issues of affordable broadband access, net neutrality, and closing the digital divide.

Daily Digest 2/2/2023

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