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Announcing the Global City Team Challenge

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has teamed with US Ignite to provide the Global City Teams Challenge. This challenge aims to advance technology in the direction of developing...
Last updated: November 20, 2014
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FCC Begins Spectrum Auction

Starting November 13th, the FCC will be implementing an AWS-3 (Advanced Wireless Service) spectrum auction. This will be the largest spectrum auction since 2008....
Last updated: November 14, 2014
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October 2014 Map of the Month: Utah and the new broadband mapping data format

Our August 2014’s Map of the Month discussed and detailed the significant transition and associated data collection changes that the National Broadband Map (NBM) is slated to undergo. The October map of the...
Last updated: October 20, 2014
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Rural Broadband Experiments Application Due November 7

Recently, the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau released a public notice and hosted a webinar about the process for applying for the FCC’s Rural Broadband Experiments program. All applications...
Last updated: October 20, 2014
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Utah Broadband Plan Released

The Utah Broadband Project has released the Utah Broadband Plan, which details strategies and key initiatives to help increase broadband deployment, adoption and connectivity throughout the State of Utah....
Last updated: October 8, 2014
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Rural Broadband Experiment Applications Delayed

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated $100 million to the Rural Broadband Expansion Experiments program. This program will provide funding to deploy broadband networks in high-cost or extremely high-cost...
Last updated: September 26, 2014
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2014 State of Broadband Report Released

Recently, the Broadband Commission for Digital Development released a report titled, “The State of Broadband 2014: Broadband for All.” This report analyzes the worldwide access, use and deployment of broadband across globe....
Last updated: September 26, 2014
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Rural Broadband Experiment Application Deadline Delayed

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated $100 million to the Rural Broadband Expansion Experiments program. This program will provide funding to deploy broadband networks in high-cost or extremely high-cost...
Last updated: September 26, 2014
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September 2014 Map of the Month: Utah’s Rural School Classification

Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order making reforms to the E-Rate program, which helps provide discounts to schools and libraries in rural areas ensuring that they are...
Last updated: September 25, 2014
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Utah Mobile Broadband Drive Test Report Released

The Utah Broadband Project recently released a comparison report between the 2011 and 2013 mobile drive tests....
Last updated: September 16, 2014