Today's Regulatory Mix: FCC’s Rosenworcel Releases New Podcast, FCC T-Mobile Divestiture, FCC Releases 1Q 2020 Adjustment Factor For Cable Operators, RDOF Auction Window Opens
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel announced the release of new episode of Broadband Conversations, her podcast dedicated to uplifting the voices of women from the innovation, technology, and media sectors. Listeners get to hear what these leading women are doing, how they are making a difference, and what they think the future of our digital life can look like.
The most recent episode features Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, the new Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Turner Lee’s career has been dedicated to closing the digital divide and expanding communications access for all. Her recent research has focused on a range of technology issues, including broadband deployment and adoption, educational access to internet services, telemedicine, and artificial intelligence.
Rosenworcel said: “Broadband Conversations was created to amplify the voices of women doing important work to move our country forward—and Nicol is definitely one of these women. Nicol has long been at the forefront of discussions about the intersection of race, access to technology, civic engagement and how we can create communities where no one is left offline. As she says in this episode, we need to build a technology ecosystem that is focused on ‘how we service people, how we connect to people, how we educate people, and how we integrate them into the next wave of digital innovation.’”
FCC T-Mobile Divestiture
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a statement reacting to the announcement by T-Mobile and DISH Network that
By leveraging T-Mobile’s network and spectrum resources through a network access agreement, DISH will be able to offer competitive service options while it builds out its own 5G network. DISH has made a commitment to use its acquisition of Boost Mobile, along with 5G infrastructure investments, to deploy a competitive 5G wireless service using its long-held spectrum licenses. DISH’s buildout plan includes a first-of-its-kind greenfield standalone 5G network using open radio access network equipment and virtualized, cloud-native 5G-RAN software.
FCC Releases 1Q 2020 Adjustment Factor For Cable Operators
RDOF Auction Window Opens
The FCC issued a Public Notice announcing the opening of the window for entities to file the short-form
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