While online access seems ubiquitous, there are still Washington residents going without this essential resource. Roughly 8% of the state’s households lack high-speed internet connections and 4% don’t have a… Read More
The City of Seattle has announced the recipients of the 2021 Technology Matching Fund, which provides aid to community-led projects increasing access to technology and providing digital skills training for… Read More
With remote learning ramping up in school districts across the country, T-Mobile is launching a $10.7 billion initiative designed to help connect millions of underserved student households to the internet… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe —… Read More
At a time when internet access has never been more critical, 20% of households are underserved in King County, a region that encompasses Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, and other communities in… Read More
In the wake of Tuesday’s power-shifting midterm elections, the White House plans to stay the course in tech policy and may even work with Democrats on beefing up the nation’s… Read More
News Brief: A week after becoming an independent business under Alphabet’s wing, the venture formerly known as Google’s Project Loon has struck its first commercial deal to provide balloon-powered 4G/LTE… Read More
Roughly half of the world’s households have internet access, leaving billions of people without a tool that’s become essential for basic activities including banking, tracking healthcare and viewing YouTube’s educational… Read More
News Brief: Facebook says it’s ending its campaign to build a fleet of high-altitude drones to boost internet connectivity, after spending millions of dollars on the years-long effort. In a… Read More
The drive to provide global internet access from the air is more of a horse race in the wake of Facebook’s second test flight of its full-scale Aquila high-altitude drone –… Read More
Intelsat and OneWeb today laid out plans for a mega-merger aimed at bolstering their satellite internet services, with a $1.7 billion investment boost from SoftBank. The arrangement is a head-turner,… Read More
SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the work is now at a “critical stage.” That assessment is… Read More
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, emerged from an elevator into the lobby of his Seattle hotel Sunday morning, making his way past a small crowd of people and out the… Read More
The Seattle City Council voted against a $5 million municipal broadband pilot program on Monday, delivering a major blow to groups that want to see the Internet treated like a public utility akin to… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show was Bill Schrier, the former CTO for the City of Seattle and current state point of contact for FirstNet, a $7 billion program… Read More
