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Broadband Breakfast on April 30, 2025 - Accelerating U.S. Leadership in Wi-Fi

Broadband Breakfast

In 1985, the Federal Communications Commission opened a limited number of spectrum bands for unlicensed use, allowing anyone to deploy radio equipment without an FCC license or exclusive use rights. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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House Commerce Republicans Reject Efforts to Expand Broadband Affordability

Broadband Breakfast

27, 2025 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans blocked efforts to expand Congressional oversight of broadband affordability and the Federal Communications Commission, during a contentious 12-hour markup session Tuesday. “Unfortunately, this committee's oversight plan only prioritizes broadband availability.

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Dean Bubley: Does AI Drive Demand for Mobile Spectrum?

Broadband Breakfast

On a recent Broadband Breakfast webinar, a CTIA speaker suggested that a lack of suitable 5G spectrum might somehow hinder AI development and usage. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene. More traffic?

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RTL Deutschland Expands FAST Channel Offering with Harmonic and netorium

Total Telecom

The new FAST channels are powered by Harmonic’s VOS®360 Media SaaS, which simplifies all stages of media processing, including advanced playout, powerful graphics insertion, premium OTT encoding and distribution. Leveraging the VOS360 Media platform, RTL can easily create and deploy additional FAST channels at scale.

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Kids Off Social Media Act Divides Lawmakers on Senate Commerce Committee

Broadband Breakfast

5, 2025 – A bill to bar children under 13 from accessing social media sparked the most controversy at a Senate Commerce Committee markup session on Wednesday. The Kids Off Social Media Act, reintroduced last week by Committee Chair Sen. 315 – AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act : Introduced by Sens. WASHINGTON, Feb.

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How Reliable is Our Nation's – and the World's – Broadband Infrastructure?

Broadband Breakfast

Were readers of this publication to present at a telecom conference on the topic of broadband reliability, outages might not be top of mind.  More pointedly, in today’s technology-centric ecosystems, to not have broadband means the real potential for societal catastrophe. 

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Broadband Breakfast on October 9, 2024 - Democratizing Spectrum Access

Broadband Breakfast

Brown , Executive Director, WifiForward Dean Bubley , Founder & Director of Disruptive Analysis, London Dr. Monisha Ghosh , Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame Drew Clark  (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast Mary L.