Policy & Regulation
Telecom Biden targets $100B for universal broadband access in $2T plan
Source: Fierce Telecom U.S. President Joe Biden outlined a plan to allocate $100 billion to fund broadband improvements with the goal of achieving 100% coverage by 2030, as part of a newly unveiled $2 trillion infrastructure package. Among other things, the...
IMF urges infrastructure investment to boost post-COVID growth
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday said member governments should seize a low interest rate opportunity to invest in infrastructure to drive recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and...
Trump Team Weighs $1 Trillion for Infrastructure to Spur Economy
SOURCE: Yahoo Finance The Trump administration is preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure proposal as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, according to people familiar with the plan. A preliminary version being prepared by the...
FCC to Vote June 9 on Procedures for Rural Digital Opportunities Fund Auction
SOURCE: InsideTowers.com FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Monday circulated among his colleagues draft procedures for the upcoming $16 billion Phase I Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction (Auction 904). With financial support from the auction, providers will expand broadband...
Lawmakers Ask for Cybersecurity Funding for States
SOURCE: Duo.com By Fahmida Y. Rashid As Congress continues to work on the contents of the next stimulus package, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are trying to gather support for earmarking some funds to modernize state and local governments' IT infrastructure....
How to use the next stimulus to counter China
Stephen HadleyFormer US National Security Advisor By Stephen J. Hadley and Anja Manuel May 11, 2020 at 4:30 a.m. PDT SOURCE: The Washington Post Stephen J. Hadley was national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration. Anja Manuel, a former U.S. diplomat,...