Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a proposal to spend $50 million on building universal broadband internet service in his upcoming budget, the first part of a multi-year $250 million plan to improve internet access across the commonwealth. The increase for the state’s 2020 budget will connect tens of thousands more Virginians and potentially more than 100,000 more Virginians who currently do not have access to broadband internet.
Rural America will fall further behind without all-fiber broadband infrastructure investment
Lisa R. Youngers, president and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, published an op-ed in The Hill emphasizing that all Americans "deserve access to ultra-fast broadband service that only all-fiber networks can provide. Expanding all-fiber networks, especially to rural America...
Five Myths About 5G, Debunked
A Wall Street Journal employee debunked several myths surrounding what 5G can and can’t do. He noted that 5G will enhance the user experience of other technologies by connecting devices, automating manufacturing, and its low latency connections. 5G’s low latencies will...
$1.25 million earmarked for broadband, library, park
The Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development had awarded a Keystone Communities Program grant of $500,000 to help Indiana County leaders to extend broadband internet access to underserved rural, outlying areas of the county. In total, the award of four grants to...
Countdown to the closing bell With Liz Claman
Sean O’Hara, president of Pacer ETFS, noted in a segment of Closing Bell with Liz Claman there is an infrastructure revolution going on now and one of the big names in the cellphone tower business is Crown Castle. He added that "if we’re going to go to 5G, which we ess...
New York City tries to even out access to wireless networks
New York City officials are "pushing companies that lease public space for telecom-equipment installations to move more aggressively beyond the city's core, to improve wireless services more quickly for a broader swath of residents." Samir Saini, commissioner of the city's Departm...
Georgia Senate passes small-cell wireless broadband bill
Georgia unanimously passed a bill Monday aimed at making it easier for telecommunications companies to extend small-cell wireless broadband along public rights of way. Meanwhile, separate bills allowing Georgia's electric membership corporations to enter the broadband business, ai...