Blandin on Broadband

MAY 11, 2025

MN Conference Committee met on Friday (May 9, 2025) to move forward toward reconciliation of the omnibus agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill. But this one is lopsided in the policy differences, which was made clear when nonpartisan staff did a walkthrough of House- and Senate-only provisions at their first meeting.

Finance

Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 24, 2025

In the Office of Broadband Development Office Hour this morning, someone asked how many years low-Earth orbit satellite (LEO) had to deliver the speeds required to be eligible for BEAD funding. billion federal broadband expansion program, many raised concerns Monday about new advantages carved out for low-Earth orbit satellite providers.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 17, 2025

The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development reports… Friday, March 21st, 2025 10:30 AM Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development Chair: Sen. Aric Putnam Location: 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg. Revision 4: Agenda change *Agenda items may be added or removed.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 24, 2025

HOUSTON, June 24, 2025 – As broadband officials dig into the fine print of updated guidance governing a $42.45 billion federal broadband expansion program, many raised concerns Monday about new advantages carved out for low-Earth orbit satellite providers.   “This was an infrastructure bill and infrastructure fund.

Provisioning

VoIP Review

JULY 4, 2025

It integrates AI-powered orchestration tools to automate network operations and support zero-touch provisioning. The use of Samsung’s CognitiV Network Operations Suite further enhances the process.

Radio

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 4, 2025

The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development passed and referred following bill to Senate Floor SF 0908 – Kupec: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification Below is more info on the bill, video of the meeting and notes.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 14, 2025

million from the General Fund for the Department of Agriculture, plus several other agencies and programs under the purview of the committee, including the Office of Broadband Development. million to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; and $2 million for broadband development. The funding request is $17.1

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 - Experts in agriculture and telecommunications agreed Wednesday that effective precision agriculture implementation requires a comprehensive, technology-neutral approach to connectivity, rather than relying on any single broadband solution. "The Broadband Breakfast Rachelle Medalia

Connectivity

Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

ARPU and Customer Experience The minister also highlighted several persistent challenges facing BSNL, including competition from private telecom players, outdated technology, slow 4G rollout, low average revenue per user (ARPU), and service quality concerns, particularly in fixed broadband. This is for next year.

Mobile

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 9, 2025

Pete Johnson on HF47: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified Before last year, the broadband industry was an outlier in the utilities world, with almost no worker-training requirements. To address these concerns, the Minnesota Legislature passed the 2024 Broadband Safety Bill.

Telecommunication

Total Telecom

MAY 14, 2025

Press Release AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) has officially launched aquila, a transformative new wholesale fibre platform designed to give Communication Service Providers (CSPs) seamless, scalable access to full-fibre broadband across the UK.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 5, 2025

” New Mexico Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New Mexico. Broadband Breakfast State Broadband Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? Representatives from Ezee Fiber flagged several provisions within the new rules they said were impractical or potentially counterproductive.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 18, 2025

RDOF requires participants to serve every location in the census block groups they won, with provisions that allow for some increased support in the event a company finds more homes and businesses than expected in a given area. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Provisioning

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 16, 2025

Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Office of Broadband Development budget established; policy and technical changes made to agricultural and broadband provisions; rulemaking authorized; reports required; and money appropriated. HF1722 (Davids) U.S.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 2, 2025

With the reauthorization would come a mandate to sell 600 megahertz of exclusive-use spectrum for mobile or fixed broadband, a pipeline the wireless carriers have been pushing to get included. Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? It’s expected to raise about $88 billion to help pay for tax cuts.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 11, 2025

“Today’s approval of the SES Intelsat transaction builds on the [FCC’s] efforts to promote the provision of robust and competitive satellite services to the public,” Carr said. Both companies provide video distribution services, among other things.

Mobile

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 17, 2025

Standford Social Innovation Review looks at why broadband has not reached some rural areas Broadband deserts exist largely because traditional finance and big-name ISPs do not build for communities too rural or too poor to hit their profit targets. Broadband is no different.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 25, 2025

What was missing, those executives told them, was broadband internet access. The Tobacco Commission paid for 3,000 miles of rural broadband. Ralph Northam would call on Feinman for another job, as the commonwealth’s chief broadband adviser. Evan Feinman speaks at a broadband bill signing in 2021 at Paul D.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MAY 8, 2025

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.198, 198, subdivision 3, is amended to read: Subd.3. Certification Standards. (a)

Telecommunication

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 9, 2025

Christopher Kessler , D-Portland, the main provision of the act states that “an Internet service provider shall provide net neutral service in the provision of broadband Internet to customers in the State.” The 2025 net neutrality bill simply expands those requirements to cover all users operating in the state.

Provisioning

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 23, 2025

The Wadena Pioneer Journal reports Since 1950, West Central Telephone Association (WCTA) has been a foundation for communication in rural communities, bridging the gap between neighbors and businesses.

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2025

Three years and five months after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed, the BEAD Program still hasn’t connected a single person to broadband,  but  it is on the brink of being able to do so on a large scale, if Washington gives a green light.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 17, 2025

Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Office of Broadband Development budget established; policy and technical changes made to agricultural and broadband provisions; rulemaking authorized; reports required; and money appropriated. Bill was held over.

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 9, 2025

“The Rule does contain a severability provision which keeps the remaining provisions in effect if any provisions are stayed or determined to be invalid. ”  A request for comment from the FTC by Broadband Breakfast was not answered in time for publication.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 22, 2025

” Baca highlighted what she called a “rainy day” provision included in AB 470, which acts as a safeguard to ensure continued voice service in areas.

Landline

AT&T Connects

JUNE 4, 2025

The law allocated 20 megahertz of spectrum and $7 billion to establish a broadband network dedicated to the nations first responders. In 2012, the FirstNet Authority was created as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 28, 2025

  The agency coordinates federal spectrum use, represents the executive branch in international telecom debates and before the Federal Communications Commission, and manages more than $48 billion in broadband grant funding from the Infrastructure Act. The bill still had bipartisan support Monday, with Reps. speaking in favor of it.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 8, 2025

introduced but ultimately withdrew an amendment that would have incorporated provisions from his own Intimate Privacy Protection Act. 2399 , the Rural Broadband Protection Act, would tighten FCC vetting procedures for broadband providers seeking federal funding in unserved areas. The amendment was voted down by voice vote.

Router

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 9, 2025

billion in broadband subsidies has pledged to move away from an 'extreme tech bias in favor of fiber' toward technology neutrality—a welcome shift that could bring transformative connectivity to rural America. billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Conflict-of-interest rules exist for a reason.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 14, 2025

Wednesday, House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee passed communications provisions in a broader reconciliation budget package unchanged, defeating a series of Democratic amendments that would have redirected spectrum auction revenue toward broadband affordability, public safety, and cybersecurity initiatives.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 22, 2025

Without the provisions introduced by HB 2014, counties would have retained the majority of the property tax revenue generated from developments like data centers, officials said. The remaining 10 percent is split between an economic enhancement grant fund and an electric credit stabilization fund.

Provisioning

AT&T Connects

JUNE 17, 2025

In 2024, Kansas lawmakers passed legislation that eliminated taxes on broadband equipment and otherwise streamlined provisions of the tax code. Often, that alignment has been most evident in broadband grant programs, but the efforts of Kansas lawmakers show that smart policies can spur private sector expansions of modern connectivity.

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 22, 2025

“If the panel’s decision stands, the validity of every Commission enforcement action that seeks to impose a monetary penalty under that provision is likely to be challenged.” “Civil penalties are among the [FCC’s] most important regulatory remedies,” the agency wrote in a Wednesday filing.

Television

Rural Broadband Association

MAY 22, 2025

I marvel at how well and how often community-based broadband providers work together to address challenges, seize opportunities and improve the services they provide to their communities. That same spirit exists between the national cooperative organizations who support those providers.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 14, 2025

Free Broadband Breakfast News every morning, Mon.-Fri. Jason Smith , the Republican chairman of the Ways & Means tax writing committee said he met with Trump on Friday and went over the tax provisions “line by line.” Frank Pallone , D-N.J., on the Energy & Commerce Committee, Tuesday afternoon. And on it went.

Provisioning

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Happening tomorrow (Mar 5) online and in person… Wednesday, March 5, 2025 , 1:00 PM Time Note: The committee will reconvene at 6:30 p.m. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep.

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

Report outlines new BEAD policy directives In addition to the funding recommendation, the draft report includes a series of policy provisions at guiding NTIA’s authority over broadband grant implementation. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Broadband