"The overwhelming interest in this first round of funding shows the private sector is stepping up," says NTIA's Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications & Information
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said that it has received 127 applications asking for $1.39 billion in funding...
The newest version identifies another 330,000 locations unserved by broadband
The Federal Communications Commission has released an updated version of its National Broadband Map, one that FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said reflected a "big" step in a new, iterative process that is meant to provide...
State Department is requesting the band be officially recognized for 5G
As the U.S. federal government continues its efforts to identify additional spectrum for mobile network use, particularly in the midband range, the U.S. State Department is beginning the process to have 3.3-3.4 GHz become...
As the U.S. federal government pours billions of dollars into broadband deployment and adoption, it is also trying to get a better handle on coordination and tracking of those efforts across disparate agencies with different funding mechanisms and program requirements.
A new report from...
One of the constant wireless industry topics of conversation is spectrum: Who is buying what, who is using what, the technical pros and cons of different bands—and how to get more of it in commercial use.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has put...
Show me the money: The biggest broadband investment cycle ever
Broadband funding is, by and large, one of the few issues with reliable, bipartisan support. It has become an increasingly high priority, as evidenced by the more than $100 billion in federal, state and local...
The past three years have placed unprecedented demands on fixed and mobile broadband networks and underscored broadband as a necessity: A "seismic shift in broadband from being access to entertainment to becoming mission critical for work-from-home, online education, remote healthcare, economic development, and overall...
The DoD said the 5G Challenge will accelerate the adoption of open interfaces and multi-vendor solutions toward the development of an open 5G ecosystem
The FutureG & 5G Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is launching a 2023 5G...
Infrastructure planning grants are part of the 2021 infrastructure bill
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced dozens of planning grants to states in recent weeks, which will be used to support five-year plans for broadband deployments nationwide that are intended to ultimately make...
Last month, the CBRS community in the US made a swift counter-strike, in the form of a joint letter to the FCC and NTIA, against a report by telecoms lobby group CTIA that said private and shared cellular is bad for the US economy...
Twenty-six organizations and alliances in the US with active interests in private and shared cellular for enterprise usage have jointly written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to hail the “success” of the Citizens Broadband Radio...
Dish granted permission to conduct tests at RF 'quiet zone' in Colorado
Dish Wireless has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to experiment with CBRS outdoor power transmission limits that go beyond those currently allowed.
According to Dish's Special Temporary Authority filing, the technical study...
'The next eight weeks are critical for our federal efforts to connect the unconnected,' says assistant secretary of commerce
The Federal Communications Commission plans to release newly updated broadband maps on November 18, and the Biden administration has announced that once those maps undergo an...
NTIA survey finds 60% of unconnected households report that they have no need/interest in using the internet at home
Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau or other agencies have been asking Americans about their use of computers and the internet. Broadband access...
'There are not a lot of easy bands left' says NTIA senior advisor
With both mmWave and midband 5G auctions concluded and development and/or deployment underway for existing spectrum releases, one of the biggest spectrum question now is: What’s next?
Conversations on spectrum policy are shifting...
The federal government plans to spend $1 billion to expand so-called "middle-mile" connections between networks, as part of a $65 billion effort to build out broadband infrastructure and connect all Americans.
In response, more than 235 applicants for funding asked for more than $5.5 billion...
NTIA said that the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event will award a total prize purse of up to $3 million to contestants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) announced the launch of the 5G Challenge in collaboration with the Department...
The two federal agencies in charge of managing the nation's spectrum resources are making an effort to more closely work together on a comprehensive approach to spectrum management.
The new Spectrum Coordination Initiative, as the two agencies explain it, "will involve actions by both...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Department of Defense are weighing what 5G-related prize challenges might look like, drawing in comments from industry.
In January of this year, NTIA put out a notice of inquiry on behalf of the DoD, asking...
NTIA: 3450-3550 MHz "is a good candidate for potential spectrum sharing"
In its hunt for additional midband spectrum that could be cleared or shared to make more room for mobile networks, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration says has identified a "good candidate": Spectrum from...
Closing the urban/rural digital divide and expanding broadband access has been a federal policy goal for decades, and there are multiple new and existing programs underway that attempt to address disparities in broadband access across the United States.
The United States is a country of...
Ligado Networks has raised more than $100 million in a first wave of investment for the build-out of its planned 5G/IoT network, even as a federal agency recently asked the Federal Communications Commission to pause and reconsider Ligado's ability to operate in its L-Band...
NTIA asks for stay, reconsideration of L-Band license changes
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has asked the Federal Communications Commission to rethink its recent decision to modify Ligado Networks' spectrum licenses, warning that the changes "threaten to harm federal government users of the Global...
The Trump administration is continuing with actions that cut telecom ties with China, including a new filing from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that recommends that the Federal Communications Commission revoke China Telecom's ability to carry international voice traffic between the U.S. and...
