USF: Radical overhaul or just a tweak?
By: By Vince Vittore
The Universal Service Fund needs either a radical overhaul or just a slight tweaking. The two opposing opinions were expressed today in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), above...
Virginia compromises on video franchises
By: By Carol Wilson
The Virginia General Assembly has agreed on a compromise video regulation measure that speeds the entry of telephone companies into video service but requires greater investment on their part....
Neutrality and municipalities
By: By Ed Gubbins
Will the debate over network neutrality feed the municipal broadband movement...
Congressional Caucus looks at rural telco challenges
By: By Vince Vittore
The Congressional Rural Caucus this week held the first in a series of forums to delve into the challenges rural telcos face. Among those that spoke before the group, which is co-chaired by Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., and Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fl., were representatives from several groups representing smaller carriers...
NTCA: Rural carriers’ future getting cloudier
By: By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--In a panel discussion last week as part of the Rural Telecom Summit at the NTCA Expo here, a group of industry experts ...
NTCA: Brunner asks for cooperation
By: By Vince Vittore
SAN DIEGO--Michael Brunner, president of the National Telecommunications Cooperative, kicked off the group's annual convention this morning by saying that rural telcos must stand together to fight opponents of universal service...
Sprint files second data privacy suit
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint Nextel continued to crack down on Internet gumshoes, announcing today its second lawsuit in less than a week against a company it’s accusing of illegally obtaining customer records...
OBSAI membership surges, WiMAX helps
By: By Dan O'Shea
The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI), the international wireless industry group pursuing open air interfaces for base station equipment, said today that its membership ranks had reached 130 companies...
Neutrality nets scapegoat as rhetoric rises
By: By Carol Wilson
The murky waters of Internet neutrality grew even murkier last week, as a group of major consumer groups called for government intervention...
WiMAX group refines a maligned process
By: By Dan O'Shea
Certification gets back on track with announcement of forum-certified process...
WCA: WiMAX Forum unveils first certified products
By: By Dan O'Shea
SAN JOSE.CALIF.--The WiMAX Forum, one day after discussing changes in the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard that led to a last-minute delay in certification testing, announced this morning the first products to pass conformance and interoperability testing and achieve the designation of "WiMAX Forum Certified"...
Lafayette to amend bonds for fiber plans
By: By Ed Gubbins
To keep its public fiber-to-the-premises project on track, the city of Lafayette, La., will amend the $110-million bond ordinance created to fund it rather than appeal a recent defeat in court....
