Ajit Pai

FCC Chair Pai to Step Down January 20
Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai will step down January 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in. Pai was appointed to the commission in 2012 by President Barack Obama, and made chairman by President Donald Trump in 2017 ...
FCC Approves Order to Help Close Broadband Gap
The Federal Communications Commission approved an order late last week to help better identify gaps in broadband coverage throughout rural America.  The agency will identify those gaps with a new data collection process.  The Commission had previously established a new process to gather data for broadband deployment maps.   Ho...
Coalition Works to Expand Rural Broadband
Coalition Works to Expand Rural Broadband
Coalition Works to Expand Rural Broadband
A coalition of rural and farm groups are seeking to improve rural connectivity to broadband.  The first in a series of workshops was held Wednesday at the Department of Agriculture.  Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joined executives from the five partner organizations for the discussion.   The coalit...
Senate/FCC Expanding Rural Broadband Access
Senate/FCC Expanding Rural Broadband Access
Senate/FCC Expanding Rural Broadband Access
The FCC and the Senate are taking specific steps to bring more broadband access into underserved rural areas.  The FCC is moving forward on plans for something called a “reverse auction” next year, which would provide nearly $2 billion over the next ten years to expand high-speed access in rural areas that don’t have a fixed broadband service.   The commissio...
Pai Pushes For Broadband Expansion
Pai Pushes For Broadband Expansion
Pai Pushes For Broadband Expansion
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was in Wisconsin earlier this week, and one the topics he discussed focused on advancing is the expansion of broadband service to all of rural America.  Pai said people often don’t think of agriculture and broadband service in the same sentence, but he says broadband is an integral part of agriculture.  He said ...