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Democratic Candidates Need to Learn to Play the Long Game on Broadband

Putting monopoly-style regulations from the 1930s on the competitive broadband sector won't work.

  • By Bruce Mehlman

GSA, FCC Exploring New Ways to Combat Comment Bots and Abusers

Federal agencies want to stop fake and impersonated comments during the rulemaking process. 

  • By Brandi Vincent

FCC Wants Public Feedback on Plans to Fully Digitize Its Largest Licensing System

The agency filed approximately 5,000 applications manually last year.

  • By Brandi Vincent

States Can Craft Own Net Neutrality Rules, Appeals Court Rules

A federal appeals court upheld much of the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality rules but found that the commission overstepped its authority when it blocked states from enacting their own internet regulations.

  • By Andrea Noble

Lawmakers Call on FCC to Reexamine Licenses for Two Chinese Telecom Firms

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton fear the state-owned companies present national security threats.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Phone Companies Make Pact with State Attorneys General to Combat Robocalls

As part of the agreement, 12 phone carriers pledged to implement call-blocking technology and to monitor their networks for illegal robocalls.

  • By Andrea Noble

NSF Seeks Ideas for Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost the Wireless Spectrum

The agency is hosting a workshop highlighting the opportunities and challenges for artificial intelligence applications across the wireless spectrum.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Telecom Officials Defend America’s Position on 5G Landscape

American companies may not be Huawei, but they're innovating 5G in their own ways.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Former FCC Chairman Explains Why 5G Isn’t a Race

Tom Wheeler wants to bust the misrepresentations about the next-gen network.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Figuring Out How to Go After International Robocallers

The FCC will vote on a proposed rule next month that would ban malicious caller ID spoofing for text messages and robocalls that originate outside the United States. State attorneys general have long requested federal assistance with complaints about robocallers from out of the country.

  • By Andrea Noble

The Case for Using Algorithms to Validate Broadband Data

Consider it Moneyball for the FCC.

  • By Geoffrey Starks

Collaboration the Key to Resolving Spectrum Skirmishes

Spectrum is limited but it doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.

  • By Sal D’Itri and Howard Watson

What Would 5G Technology Mean For Government?

The next big leap forward for cellular phone service is approaching.

  • By John Breeden II

GAO: Don’t Boot Emergency Personnel from T-Band Spectrum

First responders don’t have an easy replacement.

  • By Brandi Vincent

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Watchdog: FCC’s Tech Advisory Council Is Too Heavily Skewed Toward Industry

The result is an ineffective body with minimal impact, according to former members.

  • By Aaron Boyd

USDA Accepting Applications to Fund Rural Broadband Services

The agency is making at least $600 million available for the project.

  • By Brandi Vincent

FCC Commissioner Wants Community Colleges to Become Pipelines for America’s 5G Workforce

An FCC Commissioner hopes to mirror Aiken Technical College’s Tower Installation Program in other schools across the country.

  • By Brandi Vincent

FCC Rural Broadband Fund Would Move Funds From Existing Program

The $20 billion proposed initiative would also set higher standards for internet speeds.

  • By Bill Lucia

Should We Give Kids an Internet of Their Own?

Instead of regulating the internet to protect young people, give them a youth-net of their own.

  • By Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

FCC Creates $20 Billion Rural Broadband Fund

At a briefing with President Trump, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai also said the agency will move forward with a 5G wireless spectrum auction at the end of the year.

  • By Laura Maggi

Lawmakers Seek to Punish Robocallers with Prison Time

New bipartisan legislation aims to help Americans feel it’s safe to answer their phones again.

  • By Brandi Vincent