Federal Communications Commission

CEO of Aristotle Unified Communications unpacks the complexity of the long-awaited task of bringing broadband to the rural Arkansas. read more >

The motion calls for Rising Eagle Capital's businesses to be dissolved and for owner John Caldwell Spiller II to be banned from all telephone-related services. read more >

While robocalls are annoying, they’re problematic for companies that have legitimate reasons to try to reach customers. But there’s one business that’s come up with a solution. read more >

With over $1B from the BEAD program, Arkansas stands to build out internet infrastructure in rural areas and finally close the state’s digital divide. read more >

The state will receive $100 million in federal funding “right off the bat” for broadband deployment through the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed on Nov. 15. read more >

Heartland Forward has provided a $50,000 grant to LULAC as part of their partnership. read more >

Arkansas electric co-ops and broadband providers win $424 million to expand broadband to 200,612 homes and businesses over the next 10 years. read more >

Contractors are in high gear because federal funds must be used by Dec. 30. read more >

The coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed much of daily living online, highlights Arkansas’ status as a laggard in broadband deployment and illustrates the digital divide between broadband haves and have-nots. read more >

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received $940,000 from the Federal Communications Commission for digital health technology to treat patients for COVID-19. read more >

AT&T is doing its part to answer the call for more rural internet in the COVID-19 era, combining with the Federal Communications Commission to extend high-speed service to more than 41,000 rural homes and businesses in Arkansas. read more >

The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund could represent the best chance over the next decade to narrow the digital divide for many rural communities. While much work remains to finalize the fund, the FCC’s proposal outlines a framework that will likely define federal broadband policy for rural America over the next decade. read more >

Pat Ulrich lives in a rural Pulaski County subdivision that has been waiting more than 15 years for broadband internet, but Comcast wants nearly $50,000 to run a cable to her area. read more >

Six electric cooperatives in Arkansas are bringing high-speed broadband internet access to thousands of their members and plan to offer it to all of their members within the next four to six years. read more >

No, local news folks shouldn’t be pledging their bosses’ allegiance to Trump in the media wars. But they are at financial gunpoint. read more >

In 2015, the government estimated that 59.8 percent of Arkansas households had no landlines and relied only on wireless phones. read more >

Elizabeth Bowles will be on a mission April 21 when she flies to Washington, D.C., as a newly minted member of the federal Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. She’s demanding technological equality for rural people. read more >

The broadcast license for KMYA-TV, Channel 49, that Soul of the South Network investors are fighting over was an important piece to a funding puzzle two years ago. read more >

A schism among Soul of the South investors has erupted into a lawsuit over control of the venture’s most valuable asset: the broadcast license for KMYA-TV, Channel 49. read more >

Comcast announced Monday that it is increasing the speed of its Blast! tier by 50 percent to 75 Mbps in central Arkansas at no additional charge to customers. read more >