Last week, the organizers of the Enterprise Connect event 2021, will go on, but this year the event be all virtual.

But don’t fear! FREE virtual passes will be available to attendees. Listen for details.

New kids on the block are proving that you don’t need to be an incumbent LEC to provide infrastructure. Especially when you can avoid pole attachments and fees, and bury fiber in the ground.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, along with  Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada have introduced legislation to modernize the nation’s 9-1-1 systems (S.2754).

After a two-day exhaustive mark-up session, a bill earmarking $10 billion for the deployment of NG911 in the US, has passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is now headed 'up the hill' for full House approval and inclusion in the full $3.5 trillion budget package. The next step is to pass muster with the US Senate before final inclusion.

Original Story Credit: Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications

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