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Broadband Breakfast on May 28, 2025 – Understanding Global Positioning

Broadband Breakfast

” The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry into Positioning, Navigation, and Timing technologies that could complement or serve as a backup to the Global Positioning System. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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Aileen Ryan: The FCC Must Protect America’s Supply Chains Running on RFID

Broadband Breakfast

A petition by NextNav currently pending before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes to realign this band to support a terrestrial Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) system to complement the Global Positioning System (GPS). To date, the FCC has neither accepted nor rejected the petition.

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Joe Supan: The Rise and Inevitable Downfall of 7,000 Starlink Satellites

Broadband Breakfast

For as long as the internet's been around, there have been those who can access and afford a speedy internet connection and those who can't. Its satellite dishes are about the size of a pizza box and can connect anywhere with a clear view of the sky.   Starlink has grown to around 1.4 CNET/Jeffrey Hazelwood.