Alongside a skills gap that plagues large swaths of the American workforce, our country faces a serious homework gap. Even though 70 percent of American teachers assign homework that requires an internet connection, the United States is currently home to more than five million households with school-age children who do [...]
We recently wrote about the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and other critics’ opposition to using television white spaces (TVWS) as one of the ways to close the digital divide in rural America. Since Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai has deemed August “Rural Broadband Month,” citing the impact [...]
In his testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecom, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai reiterated the vital need to close America’s digital divide. During his remarks, the chairman projected that broadband auctions would allocate $6.5 billion for rural broadband expansion over the next decade, a [...]
ACT | The App Association applauds Congress’s action to restore the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to its full strength by holding a confirmation hearing for Chairman Ajit Pai, Jessica Rosenworcel, and Brendan Carr. With a full dais, the FCC can move forward on tackling the important issues we face in [...]