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Sen. Tommy Tuberville voted against a bill that just gave his state $1.4 billion for rural broadband. He's celebrating it anyway.
Tuberville joined most Republicans in voting against the bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021, des…
Bryan Metzger
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Reliance Jio launches JioSpaceFiber: India's first satellite-based gigabit broadband service
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, a leading name in India's telecommunications sector, has unveiled Ji…
ANI
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Dominick Reuter
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India largest 'connected' nation with over 800 mn broadband users: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
"We also expect further technological innovations as well as updated regulatory policies to re…
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SpaceX just won $885 million in federal subsidies to expand Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite-internet project
The FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund announced the winners of first-phase bidding, and SpaceX e…
Dave Mosher
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India raises broadband speed to 2Mbps but even Bangladesh offers 5Mbps
Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Wednesday hailed the government's step to raise the minimum speed of…
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Progressive economists have left rural America behind. Here's how small towns and farmlands can win the next economic revolution.
America's rural populations have been ignored by urban progressives, exploited by corporations, and…
Paul Constant
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Biden is pouring nearly $700 million into internet access for rural communities so that kids don't 'have to sit in the back of a mama's car in a McDonald's parking lot in order to do homework'
Residents, businesses, and schools across 22 states will get access to high-speed internet under th…
Juliana Kaplan
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The first Starlink user in the UK tells us what it's like going from zero broadband to zippy internet speeds in rural England
Northern US, southern Canada and now parts of Europe are taking part in Starlink's "Better Than Not…
Kate Duffy
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Women, unemployed, rural poor lag due to digital divide, says Oxfam India Report
The percentage of men owning phones is as high as 61 per cent while only 31 per cent of the wome…
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SpaceX's internet has changed our lives — and saved us money — say some Starlink users
One customer said he couldn't video call his doctor before SpaceX's Starlink internet, while anothe…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk says SpaceX has sent 15,000 Starlink internet kits to Ukraine over the past 3 months
This is the first time SpaceX has announced the number of Starlink kits delivered to Ukraine since …
Kate Duffy
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TRAI suggests government to pay for half of your broadband bill, increases minimum broadband speed to 2 Mbps
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended the government to look into the po…
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'Scammed by Starlink': Customers are frustrated with price hikes for uplink kits they still haven't received months after paying $100 deposits
Two Starlink customers told Insider they'd had trouble getting their deposits returned. "This is no…
Kate Duffy
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Tata group to offer satellite broadband services in India through Telesat’s Lightspeed brand
India may have the second-highest number of internet users in the world but there’s still a large f…
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Public-private partnerships can help expand internet access in rural America. Here are the biggest hurdles utility providers and local governments face in solving the issue.
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund works to bridge the digital divide, but it faces challenges like…
Erica Sweeney
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Reliance Jio powers ahead of its competitors as India’s broadband connections go past 800 million
The total broadband connections in India exceeded 800 million according to a July report released b…
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India’s richest billionaires are fast catching up while Elon Musk struggles for satellite broadband licence
Reliance Jio, owned by Ambani, has formed a joint venture (JV) with SES, a satellite-based con…
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SpaceX's Starlink user growth dropped in December as some preorder customers became frustrated over waiting 11 months for the internet service
Starlink internet service added 5,000 users over the past two months, half the number of users usua…
Kate Duffy
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Union Budget 2022-2023: Here’s how FMCG brands reacted to the budget
How will Union Budget’s boost to rural farming and infrastructure propel growth for FMCG companies