Snow College in Ephraim, Utah has received a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant. ...
Last updated: July 19, 2016
FCC Approves 5G Spectrum Order In Coordination with White House Campaign
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to pass the Spectrum Frontiers Order at its most recent open commission meeting on July 14. Spectrum Frontiers will allocate spectrum for 5G...
Last updated: July 19, 2016
NTIA Seeks Comment on Community Connectivity Self-Assessment Tool
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is asking for comment on its Proposed Framework for the Community Connectivity Self-Assessment Tool. Details about the Self-Assessment Tool were published to the...
Last updated: July 18, 2016
New Senate Broadband Caucus Formed
Broadband issues are getting some extra support in the U.S. Senate. A group of bipartisan senators formed the Senate Broadband Caucus this week, a group that will work on broadband...
Last updated: July 14, 2016
SHLB Publishes New Broadband Action Plan
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) released a Broadband Action Plan this week to kick off their Grow2Gig+ Campaign. The plan was developed by SHLB as a resource to...
Last updated: July 13, 2016
Spectrum Auction Reaches $86 Billion Clearing Cost
On June 29, 2016, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) closed the reverse auction portion of its spectrum auction and announced an $86,422,558,704 final clearing cost. The FCC will need to...
Last updated: July 1, 2016
Utah is Still the Fastest in the West According to Akamai
Akamai Technologies recently released its First Quarter State of the Internet report for 2016, indicating that Utah has remained a consistent leader in the U.S. for top Internet speeds and...
Last updated: July 1, 2016
Celebrating Five Years of Partnerships with the Utah Broadband Advisory Council
Earlier this June, The Utah Broadband Advisory Council celebrated its 5th Anniversary. Since 2011, stakeholders across Utah have proven that unprecedented partnerships are central to economic development in Utah as we’ve...
Last updated: June 27, 2016
Growing the Digital Economy
The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report this month detailing the growth of the digital economy over the last seven years. In 2014, over half of U.S. services exports...
Last updated: June 27, 2016
Appellate Court Upholds Network Neutrality Ruling
Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Network Neutrality Rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2015. A number of Internet...
Last updated: June 16, 2016