CEO Fanning's View: Landmark FCC Order
Cybersecurity Implications
My sense is as we progress into this new telecom environment, it will open up a whole new level of security and resilience for this industry.
President Presley's View: Landmark FCC Order
NARUC on Broadband
Much of America today, as far as commerce and day-to-day life, is held together by the broadband network.
Senator Warner's View: Landmark FCC Order
National Security Strengthened
A key barrier has been the lack of spectrum availability to support those specialized networks. Now, thanks to this new FCC order, utilities can get access to that spectrum.
Chair Pai's View: Landmark FCC Order
Why the FCC Acted
There are many heroes in this drama, that ends with utilities getting the spectrum they need to build private LTE broadband networks, air-gapped from the very public Internet. But if we had to choose only one, it would be the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, who ushered the 900 megahertz proposal along an arduous path all the way to a final order.
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We Stopped the Presses
Utilities can secure their communications separate from the Internet, and create protected communications links with customers as the grid becomes two-way and more customer-centric.
FCC Allows Utilities Private LTE Broadband
Landmark May 13 Order
The FCC made a key segment of spectrum available for electric utilities to use for the broadband data platforms that will support the modern electric grid.
Electric Meter Data, AI and Pandemics, by Branko Terzic
Could real-time electric meter data have warned us in January about the coronavirus pandemic?
Canadian Provincial Commission Chairs Consider the Coronavirus Crisis Challenge
Video Roundtables Fortnightly #3
Spending on Travel and Restaurants Down, But Electricity Steady
Consumer expenditures fell sharply in virtually every category in March.