CTC Technology & Energy president Joanne Hovis has been named to the global advisory board of FiberFete, an April 2010 event that “will bring Internet innovators from around the world to meet with local leaders for three days of discussion, learning and fun in Lafayette, Louisiana, a fiber-powered city in the heart of Cajun country.” Ms. […]
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has selected CTC Technology & Energy to provide strategic advice and guidance to member stations on broadband and stimulus grant opportunities. CTC President Joanne Hovis will help participating stations understand the grant application process, and will provide targeted analysis of the stations’ business, sustainability, and technical plans to maximize their […]
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CTC Technology & Energy joined the New America Foundation and other public interest groups today in submitting comments and a technical report to the FCC in the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet. The report, entitled “Any Device and Any Application on Wireless Networks: A Technical Strategy for Evolution,” was prepared by CTC at the request of […]
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CTC Technology & Energy President Joanne Hovis was a featured speaker today at a New America Foundation forum that explored the relationship between broadband and economic development. Ms. Hovis was invited to the forum as an expert on broadband markets. She also represented the views of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), of which […]
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CTC President Joanne Hovis spoke today at the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband workshop in Washington, D.C. Representing the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), Ms. Hovis spoke on a panel discussing “Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices.” The goal of the workshop series is to promote an open dialogue between the FCC […]
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The U.S. Broadband Coalition today released a report highlighting the crucial issues that must be addressed in a National Broadband Strategy, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to complete by February 2010. Blair Levin, the coordinator of the National Broadband Plan for the FCC, accepted the report at an event held at the […]
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Dr. Andrew Afflerbach, CEO and Director of Engineering at CTC Technology & Energy, spoke today at the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband workshop on public safety and homeland security issues. Representing the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), Dr. Afflerbach participated in a panel that addressed “how best to utilize broadband technologies to prepare for, […]
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CTC Technology & Energy client OneMaryland, a consortium of 11 jurisdictions collaborating on a federal braodband grant application, was highlighted today in the Washington Post. The article, “Md. Jurisdictions Seek Funds for Broadband Boost: $100 Million Requested From Stimulus Pool,” outlined the broadband project that has united Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties with six […]
A Businessweek article published today explores the ways that the current federal broadband grant program’s rules exclude urban areas. “Broadband Stimulus and the Underserved” explains that, “as written, the rules governing the grants are stacked against cities like San Francisco, even though urban areas are among the places least reached by broadband and most in […]
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CTC Technology & Energy President Joanne Hovis discussed the benefits of high-speed broadband as a panelist at the Media Access Project (MAP) policy forum, “Broadband Stimulus and the National Broadband Plan: What They Mean for Communications, Technology, and Innovation.” Sharing the platform with Thomas Kalil from the White House Office of Science and Technology, among […]
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