Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The company also requested a two-year compliance period for the proposed mandate, which would require mobile providers to unlock customers' devices, even if the devices are still under financing agreements.  ” AT&T’s filing also urged regulators to consider the differences between prepaid and postpaid models.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

History: Click for History MN S 3471 2024 State School Librarian Status: Failed – Adjourned – Senate Education Finance Committee Date of Last Action: 4/2/2024 Author: Kunesh-Podein (DFL) Topics: Education and Schools Associated Bills: MN H 4967 – Companion Summary: Relates to education, establishes a state school librarian.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, 395, subdivision 9; 216B.17, 52 to 216B.61

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

UTOPIA (Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency) Fiber is the group of 11 Utah cities that joined together in 2004 to build, deploy, and operate a fiber to the home network to every business and household within their communities. What, if anything, have states been doing to prioritize open access fiber?

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Rural Broadband Association

MAY 22, 2025

Under this arrangement, NTCA members have exclusive access to special financing for devices, an activation credit for new mobile subscribers and marketing support to promote their bundled offering and help drive subscribers. Up-front business start-up fees will also be waived for NTCA members.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

974, A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39, The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy.

Telecommunication

HCL Tech

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A radical assessment of the market in 2005 led to an enormous internal transformation at HCLTech and supported customer insights, the company established Services portfolios that span the aforesaid vertical industries. 8 Years View Job Senior project manager Nov 10, 2024 Texas View Job Administrator Nov 10, 2024 Illinois 2.5-5

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AWS Telecommunications

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Introduction This three-part series provides guidance on establishing a platform, or Telco Cloud, for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) migrating Telecommunications service provider (Telco) workloads to AWS. The next section covers the main capability differences that drive the decision of which approach should be selected.

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NTIA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This federal funding aims to foster competition, lower costs for consumers and network operators, support innovation across the global telecommunications ecosystem, and strengthen the 5G supply chain. 906, administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). 117-167, 136 Stat. 1392 (Aug.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 10, 2025

Indeed, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the agency tasked with handling the program at the federal level, has made various updates as ISPs and other stakeholders flagged provisions as being unworkable.

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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 3, 2025

MN Broadband installer bill (SF908) passes on house modifying 2024 legislation MN Conference Committee meet on omnibus agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill Congrats to Benya Kraus and Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation for her new position as President and CEO MN House updates to HF47: provisions governing the certification (..)

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

State News Bill introduced in MN House HF1606: prohibiting access to nudification technology Bill introduced in MN House: HF1552 lowering match requirements for lower population density broadband grant program MN SF0769: laid over for possible inclusion: bill to change data center tax incentive from refund to exemption Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (..)

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 1, 2024

1, 2024 – Republican complaints about various provisions of the Biden administration’s flagship broadband expansion program are well known. WASHINGTON, Oct. Even if Donald Trump takes office next year, experts said it’s probably too late to institute many of the desired changes sought by Republicans.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

She serves on the Deputy Whip Team and is a member of the Finance Committee; the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee; the Veterans’ Affairs Committee; and the Judiciary Committee. He's already selected the next Federal Communication Commission chairman in Commissioner Brendan Carr.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 9, 2024

will deliver keynote addresses at the upcoming "Broadband in the Trump Administration," conference, a timely gathering examining the future of telecommunications policy following the 2024 presidential election. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2024 - Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Senator Marsha Blackburn , R-Tenn.,

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 6, 2025

1971, A bill for an act relating to commerce; relieving telephone companies or telecommunications carriers of the obligation to serve certain areas; requiring the Office of Broadband Development to resolve disputes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237. Subdivision 1. Service requirement. (a) Dispute resolution. (a)

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 13, 2025

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy. c) “Broadband infrastructure” means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide high-speed Internet access and other advanced telecommunications services for end users. (d)

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 1, 2025

HF2279 / SF2889 : to expand the name and duties of the states Office of Broadband Development HF47 / SF908 : provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified.

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