NTIA

NTIA Chief Urges FCC to Wait on LightSquared

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:09:17 -0400

Full article: Wireless Week
Maisie Ramsay
NTIA Chief Larry Strickling has asked the FCC to delay its approval for LightSquared's mobile broadband service until the agency can conduct more tests on a new plan to reduce the network's effect on GPS service.

Power to Become White House Telecom Aide

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:35:20 -0400

Full article: Politico
Tony Romm
Tom Power, current chief of staff for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will join the White House on Monday as its new deputy chief technology officer for telecommunications.

Panel Zooms in on Broadband Adoption

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:40:32 -0400

Full article: Broadband Breakfast
Rahul Gaitonde
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Deputy Administrator, Anna Gomez presented an overview of the recently released Digital Nation report, the largest and most in-depth study of broadband use and access ever conducted by the Commerce Department. The report says that many households in America still do not subscribe to broadband speeds fast enough to do common internet activities, such as watch streaming video.

Lawmakers Tell Agencies to Return Unused Broadband Funds

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:33:10 -0400

Full article: IDG News
Grant Gross
A Congressional subcommittee has approved a bill requiring two government agencies to return any unused money from broadband deployment programs that were part of a huge 2009 economic stimulus package.

Interactive Map of Internet Access Released

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:44:00 -0500

Full article: Nextgov
Josh Smith
Federal officials released their interactive online map of Internet access around the country, promising to provide new ammunition to all sides in the debate over national broadband deployment. Users can view such details as wireless speeds, the types of service available, and other key information, from the national level down to census blocks. But some consumer groups are already blasting the map for leaving out pricing information -- an omission that the advocacy organization Free Press said was beyond NTIA's control and "driven by politics."

NTIA Would Allot $7 Billion for Public Safety Network

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:38:46 -0500

Full article: The Hill
Sara Jerome
The telecom arm of the Commerce Department, NTIA, will administer funding for a national mobile broadband network for first responders under the White House budget proposal. The White House estimates the cost of the network at over $10 billion, but that includes as a cost the $3 billion the government would cede by choosing not to auction off the D Block of spectrum to commercial providers.

Media Minutes: November 19, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:46:14 -0500

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could diminish the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information Act by determining how much information a corporation is required to make public. And the NTIA's new report outlines several proposals to get the federal government to be more efficient spectrum users. Is improved competition and better wireless access on the horizon?

NTIA Identifies Federal Spectrum For Reallocation

Stevie Converse — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:28:09 -0400

Full article: National Journal
Juliana Gruenwald
The head of the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration said that his agency has recommended that 115 megahertz of spectrum now controlled by some federal agencies be reallocated for commercial mobile broadband use.

NTIA Beats Deadline for Spectrum Report

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:58:45 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
John Eggerton
The National Telecom and Information Administration appears to have beaten its Oct. 1 deadline for reporting to the White House on its plan for freeing up spectrum through more efficiency and reclamation.

NTIA Give $6.1M in Grants to North Carolina, Washington

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:52:00 -0400

Full article: BroadbandBreakfast.com
The Commerce Department's National Telecom and Information Administration announced two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments, totaling $6.1 million in grants, to North Carolina and Washington.