Parents and community members in Fayetteville are concerned about the installation of a cell phone tower on the playground of McNair Middle School, adjacent to Vandergriff Elementary School. The group, Protect Our Children – Fayetteville, says placement on school property …
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Arkansas Looking to Clamp Down on Contraband Cell Phones
by Doug Criseby Doug CriseHelp is on the way for Arkansas prisons trying to prevent the use of contraband cell phones, even though the specifics of what that will look like remain under review. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin was joined by Sen. Tom …
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin …
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Biden Secures Telecoms Against Huawei, Other National Security Threats
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAxios reports that President Biden signed into law Thursday a bill that requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to secure telecommunications systems against potential foreign threats to national security. Under the new law, the FCC is barred from considering authorization …
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Little Rock School District, Mayor Partner to Increase Access to Broadband
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe City of Little Rock, the Little Rock School District, Central Arkansas Library System, and nonprofit Heartland Forward are working together to increase awareness for the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The Emergency Broadband Benefit is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
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OzarksGo Hosts FCC’s Brendan Carr for Broadband Talk in Fayetteville
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffOzarksGo, a telecommunications subsidiary of Ozarks Electric Cooperative, hosted FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on Thursday at its Fayetteville headquarters for a discussion on fiber broadband projects. The meeting was spearheaded by the state’s electric cooperatives. OzarksGo represents the first cooperative-owned …
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Farm Bureau to Host Summit Addressing Arkansas Internet Access on Sep. 8
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas Farm Bureau will host the Arkansas Connectivity Summit next week on Sept. 8, at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The event will focus on plans to improve high-speed broadband, and cellular connectivity in Arkansas. The summit will feature …
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Hutchinson Announces Plan to Expand Broadband Internet Access
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleBy 2022, the number of communities in the state of Arkansas that have high-speed internet will be increasing if Gov. Asa Hutchinson gets his way. Hutchinson announced the Arkansas State Broadband Plan today, which is designed to provide high-speed internet …