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On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission banned U.S. companies from using funds to purchase equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE. Officials cited security concerns.
FILE — In this Oct. 31, 2019, filer photo, a man uses his smartphone as he stands near a billboard for Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. On Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, Huawei announced it is paying its workers bonuses as thanks for helping the Chinese tech giant cope with U.S. sanctions threatening its smartphone and other businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FCC blocks U.S. companies from using federal funds for deals with Huawei, ZTE

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Race to 5G Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How America can still win the race to 5G wireless technology

By Stephen Moore

In this Dec. 6, 2018, photo, a man lights a cigarette outside a Huawei retail shop in Beijing. The Federal Communications Commission on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, voted, 5-0, to bar U.S. telecommunications providers from using government subsidies to pay for networking equipment from companies that are a threat to national security. The agency says China’s Huawei and ZTE pose such a threat. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

FCC blocks funding for Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for U.S. networks

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 6, 2018, photo, a man lights a cigarette outside a Huawei retail shop in Beijing. The Federal Communications Commission on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, voted, 5-0, to bar U.S. telecommunications providers from using government subsidies to pay for networking equipment from companies that are a threat to national security. The agency says China’s Huawei and ZTE pose such a threat. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

US regulators bar govt telecom funds for Huawei, ZTE

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

Federal agency to give $12M for Wyoming broadband expansion

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In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, after a meeting voting to end net neutrality, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai smiles while listening to a question from a reporter in Washington. A federal court is ruling that the FCC had the right to dump net-neutrality rules, but couldn't bar states like California from passing their own. The ruling is largely a victory for Pai. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ajit Pai declares ‘victory for consumers’ as court upholds net-neutrality repeal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, after a meeting voting to end net neutrality, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai smiles while listening to a question from a reporter in Washington. A federal court is ruling that the FCC had the right to dump net-neutrality rules, but couldn't bar states like California from passing their own. The ruling is largely a victory for Pai. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Court: FCC can dump net neutrality, but can’t bar state laws

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019, file photo, Jimmy Kimmel attends the Walt Disney Television 2019 upfront at Tavern on The Green in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FCC fines networks for wrongly using emergency alert system

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FCC approves priority window for tribes to expand broadband

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FCC proposal could boost broadband internet on tribal lands

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Georgia internet speed far slower than US government reports

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A call log displayed via an AT&T app on a cellphone in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Robocalls to be automatically blocked by cell phone companies approved by FCC

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 2, 2019, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, speaks during a hearing with Energy Secretary Rick Perry on the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Communications Commission's broadband report is being hammered by critics who say it paints too rosy a picture of high-speed internet availability in the U.S. Manchin joined two dissenting FCC commissioners in criticizing the report released Wednesday, May 29. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Critics say FCC report overstates broadband availability

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2019 file photo, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during an event with President Donald Trump on the deployment of 5G technology in the United States, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington. Pai says he plans to recommend the agency approve the $26.5 billion merger of wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint, saying it’ll speed up 5G deployment in the U.S. Pai also said Monday, May 20 that the combination will help bring faster mobile broadband to rural Americans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Weighing the Sprint, T-Mobile merger

By Gerard Scimeca

Miss Piggy and friends used sexual innuendo and drug and alcohol references in a reboot of “The Muppets” with a family-friendly rating. (Associated Press)

TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board rife with inaccurate grading, FCC report reveals

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by Amy Martin shows Ophelia Watahomigie-Corliss, a member of the Havasupai Tribal Council, at Red Butte, a site that the Havasupai consider sacred about 15 miles south of Tusayan, Ariz. Native American tribes are pushing the federal government to give them priority when it issues licenses that could expand internet coverage in their communities. Tribes in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Washington, Idaho and others in Arizona also are pressing the FCC for a priority filing window. On the Havasupai Tribal Council, Watahomigie-Corliss is dubbed the telecommunications member. (Amy Martin via AP)

Havasupai secures license to retain, expand internet access

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 4, 2018, file photo a man talks on the phone in a hallway adorned with the palm tree-printed wallpaper at a hotel near the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. U.S. regulators are proposing new measures intended to thwart billions of annoying robocalls received by Americans each year. The rising volume of unwanted calls in the last few years has created pressure on Congress, regulators and phone companies to do something to act. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Help coming on blocking scam calls for robocall-plagued US

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Amy Martin shows Ophelia Watahomigie-Corliss, a member of the Havasupai Tribal Council, at Red Butte, a site that the Havasupai consider sacred about 15 miles south of Tusayan, Ariz. Native American tribes are pushing the federal government to give them priority when it issues licenses that could expand internet coverage in their communities. Tribes in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Washington, Idaho and others in Arizona also are pressing the FCC for a priority filing window. On the Havasupai Tribal Council, Watahomigie-Corliss is dubbed the telecommunications member. (Amy Martin via AP)

Tribes across country push for better internet access

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2017 file photo, personnel from Liberty Cable work to restore fiber optic lines on the third day after the impact of Maria, a Category 5 hurricane that crossed the island, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. A report issued Tuesday, May 13, 019, by the group Free Press, a consumer activist group, is calling on the U.S. government to investigate the collapse of communications in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria to avoid a repeat of the situation as the island prepares for another storm season. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Report calls on FCC to probe storm aftermath in Puerto Rico

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 5, 2019, photo, Kelly Povroznik grabs a few carrots from inside her storage space to give to her horses in their pasture outside of Clarksburg, W.Va. Povroznik teaches an online college course that has been hampered by slow connections on her computer and phone. There is widespread agreement that expanding broadband internet in rural America is desperately needed. (AP Photo/Craig Hudson)

With billions to spend, feds unsure who lacks broadband

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press