While many industry groups are supporting a bill that would streamline a major broadband program, many too have said they're concerned that satellite services could elbow out…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, accompanied by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei, speaks as he joins President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he's “ripping out” the “pointless requirements” inserted by former President Joe Biden into the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
A director at the Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute at New York Law School shares ways the administration of President Donald Trump can accelerate BEAD projects.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) talks to an aid as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 28, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
A group of 14 U.S. senators wrote a letter to federal telecommunications officials asking for relaxed requirements put on internet service providers participating in a major broadband…