October 2018

MMTC President and CEO Maurita Coley Flippin Speaks on Smart Cities, Apprenticeship, and the Future of Work

October 31, 2018

Tweet On October 30th, MMTC President and CEO Maurita Coley Flippin spoke on inclusion, innovation, smart cities, and MMTC’s apprenticeship and workforce development initiatives at Charter Communications, Inc.’s “Partnering with Communities Today to Build the Smart Cities of Tomorrow” event. Noting the cable industry partnership with local government franchising authorities for over 40 years, Coley Flippin […]

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FCC, Spectrum, and Our Communities: MMTC Addresses 5G and Spectrum Issues at October Digital Equity Roundtable Meeting

October 29, 2018

Tweet On October 24th, the Federal Communications Commission voted on two significant items regarding the future of spectrum: The FCC voted on rules regarding the Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum band, with the goal of promoting additional investment and encouraging broader deployment in the band. The FCC proposed to make up to 1200 megahertz […]

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Honig: ‘How the FCC Suppressed Minority Broadcast Ownership, and How the FCC Can Undo the Damage It Caused’

October 19, 2018

Tweet The Southern Journal of Policy and Justice recently published a law review article by MMTC President Emeritus and Senior Advisor David Honig, addressing the FCC’s 46-year history of deliberate exclusion of diverse voices and ownership of the nation’s airwaves “on a grand scale” from 1932 to 1978, and Honig’s recommendations on steps the Commission […]

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MMTC Files Open Internet Amicus Brief

October 18, 2018

Tweet The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on the Mozilla Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission open internet case. The brief assesses “[w]hether the Commission appropriately considered the needs of our nation’s most vulnerable, hard-to-reach populations, including communities of color, when […]

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MMTC Pays Tribute to Telecom Leaders and Organizations During Hispanic Heritage Month

October 15, 2018

Tweet National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th each year. This year, MMTC paid tribute to former FCC Commissioners Henry M. Rivera, Patricia Diaz Dennis, and Gloria Tristani; and the contributions of the Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP), League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC), MANA, A National Latina Organization, […]

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Cablefax Names MMTC President and CEO Maurita Coley Flippin One of 2018’s Most Influential Minorities

October 15, 2018

Tweet This month, Cablefax named MMTC President and CEO Maurita Coley Flippin as one of the 2018 Most Influential Minorities. Cablefax’s award celebrates the contributions of minorities in technical, legal, financial, creative, and other fields who help shape the media and broadband industry. Coley previously was named one of Cablefax’s Top Lawyers in 2017 and 2018. Focusing […]

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MMTC Relaunches Digital Equity Roundtable with Consumer Online Privacy Workshop

October 1, 2018

Tweet MMTC relaunched its Digital Equity Roundtable series with a discussion and workshop on consumer online privacy with guest speaker Travis Hall, Telecommunications Policy Specialist at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), held at Davis Wright Tremaine on September 19th. Since this workshop, NTIA has released a Request for Comment on approaches to consumer […]

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