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Member Moments: Veteran Touts Importance of Broadband with President Biden

North Carolina resident Edward Smith received the call of a lifetime last week when he was asked to introduce President Joe Biden at an event touting

NTCA Responds to FCC DIRS Vote

Making Childcare a Part of the Workforce Conversation

More than half a century ago, President John F. Kennedy said, "Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future." Any

CES 2024-5: Wrap-Up and Impressions

Pause. That might be the word that comes to mind as I think about the impressions I took from CES this year. Pause. In a good way. In the way we somet

NTCA Advocates for Implementation of Alaska Connect Fund Program

NTCA Continues Advocacy for Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet

CES 2024-4: Camera Roll

If nothing else, CES provides a notable amount of eye candy. My prowling mandate is to spot and learn about developments in connected tech. For rural

NTCA and ACA Connects Applaud Agency Efforts to Streamline Historic Preservation Reviews for Broadband Infrastructure

NTCA Encourages FCC to Preserve the Integrity of the USF Programs in Parallel with Proposed E-Rate Expansion

CES 2024-3: Where We Are, and Where We Could Be

I spent my third day at CES primarily in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. As opposed to the West Hall. Or the Center Hall. Or the A-

NTCA and ACA Connects Support Simplified Historic Preservation Reviews for Federal Broadband Projects

CES 2024-2: The Incremental Better

The most asked question after CES is, “What was the best thing you saw?” And while it is always possible to identify a product or development that mad

CES 2024-1: The Iterative Wow

Every so often I arrive at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and ask myself whether I really need three days on site. After all, the conference sess

NTCA Endorses Bill to Extend ACP Funding Through 2024

NTCA Advocates for Clear and Precise Exemption for Telecom Companies Regarding Fee Disclosure Practices

A White House Holiday Celebration

Per historical accounts, the first White House Christmas party was hosted by President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams in 1800 because their 4

NTCA Statement on BEAD Uniform Guidance Waiver

NTCA Continues Advocacy for Enhanced A-CAM Support Recipients

To 2024 and Beyond

About this time every December, I take a quick second to think about everything we’ve accomplished together over the last year. And it was quite a yea