Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from BEAD

The Senate Is One Step Closer To Passing a 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Regulation

The Senate parliamentarian says the 10-year AI moratorium may be passed by a simple majority through the Senate's budget reconciliation process.

Reason

Revamped Senate AI provision faces quick opposition - Roll Call

A Senate committee's decision to tie a moratorium on state regulation of AI to the federal broadband expansion program is raising questions.

Roll Call

Texas official wants low-cost broadband requirements tied to federal dollars dropped

Texas is getting more than $3 billion from the federal government to help expand internet access.

The Texas Tribune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Why Has Joe Biden's $42 Billion Broadband Program Not Connected One Single Household?

The senior Republican FCC commissioner blames progressive politics, while lawmakers and telecom companies blame bureaucratic red tape.

Reason

Rural Texans, internet providers worry that feds’ broadband expansion plan will have a painfully slow rollout

A historic $3.3 billion federal investment in broadband could connect millions of Texans to the internet. But getting the money to the right hands could be a challenge.

The Texas Tribune

Biden Administration Gives Broadband Providers More Buildout Flexibility

NTIA adjusts guidance on multibillion-dollar BEAD subsidy program

Multichannel News

GOP: Biden Broadband Program Allows Illegal Rate Regulations

House GOP says state plans run afoul of congressional prohibition on setting rates

Multichannel News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

FCC Enacts Anti-Digital Discrimination Rules

Critics say overbroad regulations miss the mark and mean potential ISP rate regulation

Multichannel News

I coined the term ‘digital divide’ 25 years ago. Biden is providing the funding to bridge it–but one rule could squander this opportunity

Grantees will have to front millions of dollars before they receive a dime from Uncle Sam under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

Fortune

CommScope Announces Fiber Cable Manufacturing Expansion in North Carolina

It plans a $60.3 million investment that will help bring broadband services to underserved and rural communities throughout the U.S.

TV Tech

Do D.C. and Rhode Island Really Need $200 Million for Broadband Access?

How not to distribute federal funds

Reason

What next for Biden’s billion dollar broadband expansion?

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:

The Independent UK

Biden's $42 Billion Broadband Boondoggle

More than 90 percent of Americans already have access to high-speed internet.

Reason

Biden's broadband plan aims to connect every home and business in U.S. by 2030. What's next?

The Biden administration's plans to bring affordable, reliable broadband to every home and business in the U.S. could transform underserved communities

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Multichannel News

Biden Administration Doles Out BEAD Broadband Billions to States

NTIA grants Texas biggest share at more than $3 billion

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Biden Administration

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.