Verizon has petitioned the FCC to use money from the Universal Service Fund to assist rural carriers who license LTE spectrum from Verizon.
A new report reveals that more than half of cyber attacks against private network “critical infrastructure” (i.e., utilities and communications infrastructure) are politically motivated.
This commentary suggests that broadcasters, instead of sitting on unused spectrum, should re-purpose it to offer wireless broadband services so that the FCC doesn’t try to reallocate it.
A Council on Foreign Relations report emphasizes the need for the US to make clear its interests in shaping the governance of the Internet, with an eye towards controlling cybercrime and cyber attacks.
D.C. officials hoped to allow absentee voters overseas to cast ballots over the web, but after inviting hackers to test the system (and a few fight songs later), the program is on hold.
A New York Times editorial makes a case for greater privacy protections in the wake of technological advances.
The Heartland Institute has been circulating a publication, The Patriot’s Toolbox, to Tea Party members with a set of ten telecom principles. It reads like a Christmas wish list for AT&T and Verizon.
An update to the Communications Act was approved by the House yesterday, which would make more web-based technologies accessible for the deaf and blind.
Former FCC broadband advisor Blair Levin has a plan to deploy broadband: 97% of the country in 10 years at a price of $10 billion.
The New New Internet gives a rundown of next month’s cybersecurity smorgasbord.
Marvin Ammori 