Internet/Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission announced the selection of UL LLC to serve as both the Lead Administrator and a Cybersecurity Label Administrator (CLA) of the agency’s voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless consumer Internet of Things products. UL Solutions describes itself as a global leader in applied safety science with a distinguished heritage and long history of operating at the forefront of safety science enhancing consumer safety.

AT&T is looking to expand its fiber reach in both its legacy wireline footprint as well as in new markets being targeted by Gigapower, its fiber-focused joint venture with BlackRock. AT&T said it plans to reach 50 million-plus total locations with fiber by the end of 2029.

With the help of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ administration, in partnership with the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC), began installing free WiFi in nine city parks. To advance Digital Equity in the City of St.

The Internet Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) claims public broadband providers get advantages that private players don’t and that they aren’t as efficient in building networks. Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), said ITIF’s paper hides under the rug that private internet service providers have received billions from federal and state sources, including the Universal Service Fund, the Affordable Connectivity Program, and soon from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Meanwhile, the advantages public netwo

The $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed Internet access. Building these broadband networks on time and at scale across 56 states and territories will require tens of thousands of broadband construction workers: from network designers to pole surveyors, from locators to drill operators, from general laborers to fiber splicers.

The Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence released nearly two dozen recommendations on how Georgia should deal with the rapidly growing, widespread technology. The nine-member bipartisan committee unanimously passed the 185-page report at its final meeting at the Capitol on December 3.

The PLAN for Broadband Act (S.

As Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency for the second time, and as Elon Musk prepares to begin his appointed position as co-head (along with Vivek Ramaswamy) of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, we are entering a new and unprecedented moment in American politics.

A startup called Exa is pitching a new spin on generative search. It uses the tech behind large language models to return lists of results that it claims are more on point than those from its rivals, including Google and OpenAI. The aim is to turn the internet’s chaotic tangle of web pages into a kind of directory, with results that are specific and precise.

A new permanent broadband affordability benefit focused on unconnected households and funded by repurposing the Universal Service Fund's High Cost Programs as they expire can close the digital divide.