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League of MN Cities recap on SF2045: Community TV grants and HF1740 Equal access to broadband bill

Blandin on Broadband

I have also been following but nice to see what others day During the week of March 17, Minnesota lawmakers considered two bills related to telecommunications and broadband access.

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Women’s History Month: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Rural Broadband Association

In 1947, she encouraged her husband Joe to pursue ownership of the Miltonvale Telephone Company, helped secure financing for the acquisition, and then managed the office, handled billing, recordkeeping, service orders and customer payments all by hand. In 1992, she and her father, Charlie, co-founded Fail Telecommunications Corp.

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Anchorage Update: Lessons from the Frontier State

Broadband Breakfast

It provides the ability to live where one chooses, provides for family, and pursues education, offering an "incredible option" for remote communities in Alaska. Her career in telecommunications spans 30+ years, starting her most recent position at FBA in 2021. This report is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast.

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Jio AI-Native Network Strategy, Verizon ODA Accreditation, TM Forum GSMA Partnership, and More

Telecom Talk

“We are doing it in … our HR systems, in our finance systems, in our IT systems,” explained Shah. . “We are trying to ensure that we are not just bringing AI as it is, but we are actually re-architecting our entire real-time decision systems,” he added. “And then, of course, we are doing it for the network.

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Mahesh Krishnaswamy: The Future of BEAD: Unlocking Reach & Resilience with High Capacity Wireless

Broadband Breakfast

It powers everything from education and finance to healthcare and emergency response, not to mention our increasing conversations with AI agents recently. And under National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s new guidelines, they can now consider all qualified technologies in pursuit of that goal.

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Stakeholders Protest Rural Utilities Service Budget Cuts

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2025 – Sixteen organizations representing agriculture, education, health care, and rural infrastructure called on Congress this week to maintain funding for  telecommunications programs run by the Rural Utilities Service. In a joint letter sent Monday to top appropriators — including Sens.

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MN House introduces HF1740 a bill appropriating money for community cable television programming

Blandin on Broadband

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance Bill as introduced A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming. Minnesota House reports Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced: HF.