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The Alaskan landscape is rife with broadband accessibility and deployment challenges, which GCI is all too familiar with. The operator recently reached a milestone with its AU-Aleutians fiber project, turning up 2-gig service in the city of Unalaska in December. Billy Wailand, SVP of GCI Corporate Development, and GCI Chief Communications Officer Heather Handyside discussed the project’s […]
Alan Davidson, the administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, spoke about the agency’s intention to develop open Radio Access Networks at last week’s CES convention in Las Vegas (open RAN). However, he reminded the audience that the NTIA also supervises federal spectrum use and serves as the President’s counselor on spectrum policy. This […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) appears to be rushing to approve broadband planning funding for all 50 states by the end of 2022, awarding 13 more grants this week alone. So far, money has been distributed to 47 of the 50 states. This week’s awardees included California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, New […]