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Member Moments: Twin Valley First to Launch Mobile Offerings

Rural Broadband Association

The collaboration between NTCA and NRTC provides exclusive access to a special mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) solution, special financing for devices, an activation credit for new mobile subscribers and waived up-front business start-up fees.

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Digital Infrastructure Investment 2024: 'All-in' on Open Access

Broadband Breakfast

Under this model, multiple ISPs can offer services over the same broadband infrastructure. The Fiber Broadband Association is the voice of fiber. Using an active ethernet infrastructure and operating at the wholesale level, UTOPIA Fiber supports open access and promotes competition in all broadband and telecommunications services.

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AT&T Wants Two Years to Comply FCC’s Mobile Phone Unlocking Proposal

Broadband Breakfast

The company also requested a two-year compliance period for the proposed mandate, which would require mobile providers to unlock customers' devices, even if the devices are still under financing agreements.  ” AT&T’s filing also urged regulators to consider the differences between prepaid and postpaid models.

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Wisconsin GOP Cuts $750 Million from State Broadband Budget

Broadband Breakfast

Tony Evers (D) seeking $750 million in state funding to supplement federal broadband dollars was removed during final stages from the state’s 2023-25 budget by Republican lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee. Evers has expressed that he will continue to advocate for state broadband funding in the next budget cycle. 

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Would Trump Put BEAD on Hold? Unlikely, Experts Say

Broadband Breakfast

1, 2024 – Republican complaints about various provisions of the Biden administration’s flagship broadband expansion program are well known. The preference for fiber, more expensive but more future-proof than wireless broadband, was set out by the NTIA. WASHINGTON, Oct.