The Regulatory Mix - Tuesday, May 21, 2019

U.S. House Representative Reintroduces Three Bills Aimed at Expanding Broadband Access

Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that she reintroduced three bills during Infrastructure Week to expand access to broadband.

The three bills reintroduced by Rep. Eshoo are:

• The Broadband Conduit Deployment Act, commonly ‘dig once,’ is bicameral, bipartisan legislation that mandates the inclusion of conduit—plastic pipes which house fiberoptic cables—during road construction receiving federal funding.
• The Community Broadband Act is bicameral legislation that removes roadblocks for public-private partnerships and locally-owned broadband systems.
• The Clearing Local Impediments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements (CLIMB ONCE) Act helps local communities streamline the pole attachment process to make the deployment of broadband faster, cheaper, and more competitive.

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The Regulatory Mix Today: U.S. House Representative Reintroduces Three Bills Aimed at Expanding Broadband Access, FCC Announces Membership and Next Meeting of Technological Advisory Council

FCC Announces Membership and Next Meeting of Technological Advisory Council

The FCC has announced that it has re-chartered its Technological Advisory Council (TAC) for a two-year term commencing on May 17, 2019.  The TAC, comprised of a diverse group of leading technology experts, provides technical expertise to the FCC to identify important areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting the United States’ competitiveness in the global economy. The TAC will consider and advise the FCC on a variety of topics such as the deployment of 5G technology, the evolution of broadband networks and devices and their implications, the spectrum needs of unmanned aircraft systems, new developments in antenna technology, and the applications of artificial intelligence to telecommunications networks.  The next meeting of the TAC will be held on June 21, 2019.

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