Broadband & Network
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The City Council approved giving OnLight Aurora, set up to manage the city’s fiber network, $80,000 via either a loan or grant. A key issue, an alderman said, is getting the organization back on track. -
Plus, New York has reopened applications for grants through its ConnectALL program, New Mexico celebrated progress on connectivity expansion, fiber networks continue expanding to new locations, and more.
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All middle-mile construction is now either built or funded, an official said. The next step is last-mile work, bringing actual connections to homes, and meeting with stakeholders to gather infrastructure data.
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The Prince George Electric Cooperative is one of two utility groups in Virginia to receive funds from the FCC to bring broadband Internet service to customers in rural parts of its service area over the next decade.
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It would likely cost more than $3 billion in public and private investment to wire areas without high-speed Internet across the state. Legislators have yet to decide how much to spend or where the money would come from.
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From 5G networks to specially equipped communications trucks and drones, the nation’s first responders have a growing arsenal of tech tools that keep them communicating during the worst kinds of emergencies.
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Following widespread service breakdowns during recent wildfires, lawmakers are backing legislation to allow states to require wireless companies to upgrade systems for use during fires and other natural disasters.
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City staff anticipates multiple applications for small cell facilities from telecommunications companies on Sept. 1. Officials hope to adopt an ordinance in August that would allow for the use of the technology.
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Earlier this year, the company rolled out the next-generation technology in Minneapolis, chiefly along a route from U.S. Bank Stadium to Target Center and along portions of Nicollet Mall.
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Local officials voiced their frustrations Wednesday over the lack of local control in the placement of telecommunication antennas throughout the city. Recent federal rules have left many cities scrambling to catch up.
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The challenge for the Virginia city is trying to balance being a modern destination with the lack of control over where new poles will be installed. Some have voiced concern about devices cluttering the city skyline.
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An audit of the California Department of Technology found that the agency had shown improvement in its information security stance since a 2013 review, but that more effort was needed to safeguard state systems.
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As a part of the announcement this week, Verizon will receive more than $18.5 million to expand services to nearly 8,000 homes and businesses, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
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The funding approval Monday is projected to provide Internet access for thousands of businesses and residences across 89 Texas counties, according to a Federal Communication Commission statement.
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As part of an effort to boost national rural broadband access by 2030, the Federal Communications Commission announced nearly $1.5 billion in funding this week. Roughly 6,300 rural homes will be connected in Illinois.
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County leaders are in the early stages of a sales tax measure that would help pay for solar panels, affordable housing and broadband Internet. The one-cent tax is projected to rake in $500 million in its lifetime.
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As critics of next-generation technology urged supervisors to push back on the rollout of new telecommunications equipment, representatives from the industry criticized the new rules as overly restrictive.
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Two mass shootings highlighted deficiencies in Broward and Palm Beach counties’ radio communications, but efforts to rectify the situation with a 400-foot communications tower are getting opposition from the community.
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Vance County Commissioners this week unanimously approved a contract with Open Broadband, in support of economic development, to deploy wireless broadband across the county, a project almost three years in the making.
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NMSurf will install a new 40-foot-tall wireless facility that will provide 1 gigabit service to the pueblo’s administrative offices and 50 Mbps to all residences within sight of the utility pole.
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Originally designed to expand Internet service in rural parts of the state, the final bill would have charged subscribers about $4 a year, with most of the money going to help subsidize rural phone service.
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