Upcoming event
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a $14 billion benefit program launched by the Federal Communications Commission to ease the burden of monthly broadband services and the purchase of an internet-enabled device. To date, more than 17 million Americans have enrolled in the program, which offers $30 toward monthly service for low-income households and $75 for those residing on Tribal lands. The ACP, which is an offshoot of the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, is likely to run out of funding by mid-2024.
The agenda for the July meeting is expected to focus on discussions of recommendations to be included in the IoT Advisory Board’s report for the IoT Federal Working Group. The final agendas will be posted on the IoT Advisory Board web page: https://www.nist.gov/itl/
Digital Inclusion Week is an annual week of awareness, recognition, and celebration.
With support from NDIA, organizations and individuals across the country host special events and campaigns to promote and increase digital equity in their communities.
In search of a sustainable funding mechanism through which to power universal connectivity, the European Commission has launched a consultation on “The Future of the Electronic Communications Sector and its Infrastructure.” But will the consultation’s proposal on mandating a “fair contribution” by large digital players undermine the Internet ecosystem or strengthen it?
Witness
The Honorable Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
FCC Announces its June 2023 Open Meeting Agenda
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the agenda for its June 2023 Open Commission Meeting. In June 2023, the FCC is:
Mississippi is the 42nd most connected State in the nation. Quinn Jordan and his team at the Mississippi Broadband Association are working to change lives in Mississippi with fiber. Quinn will share the actions underway to catapult the State from the back of the pack to leaders in connectivity and economic development.