FCC Leader Brendan Carr Examines EchoStar Licenses Due to Unfulfilled 5G Buildout Commitments
FCC Chair Considers Revoking Spectrum License Granted to Ecostal FCC Chair Brendan Kerr is contemplating the possibility of revoking a valuable spectrum license that the Biden administration granted to Ecostal. This decision comes amid concerns about how Echostar’s founder, Charlie Ergen, appears to be undercutting the goals of the previous Trump administration by holding onto […]
Biden-Harris Admin Threw Over $40 Billion At An Internet Buildout — Three Years Later Not A Single Project Is Underway
President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Act of 2021 (BIL) earmarks tens of billions of taxpayer dollars for broadband internet expansion, but more than three years later, not a single project has moved forward. not present. The $1.2 trillion law allocates more than $42 billion to: provide Regarding internet access in mostly rural and underserved areas, […]
Yellen says China’s rapid buildout of its green energy industry ‘distorts global prices’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized China’s expansion of production of solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, saying that unfair competition “distorts global prices” and that “not just companies, but U.S. It also harms workers.” and workers around the world. ” Republican leaders push back against Janet Yellen over $110 billion energy […]
Biden administration waiving some ‘Buy America’ requirements in broadband buildout
The waiver allows some of the funds from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (President Biden’s push to expand high-speed internet access across the country) to be spent on equipment manufactured overseas. The decision came after discovering that some materials were not produced in the state in “adequate and reasonably available quantities” to meet […]