High-speed data connections, or broadband, are critical to the economy. Our work on broadband covers a wide range of topics, including the digital divide, wireline and wireless provision, spectrum, net neutrality, competition, and more.
Blog
Why Policy Experiments Never End: Constituencies Form Faster Than Evidence
Scott Wallsten
The Appeal and the Trap Policy experiments are everywhere. They admit uncertainty…
Blog
CBRS in 2026: What Have We Learned? Panel Recap
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
The Technology Policy Institute’s Winter Spectrum Series panel on CBRS revealed an…
Podcasts
Ambassador Steve Lang on WRC-27 and International Telecom Diplomacy
Sarah Oh Lam, Scott Wallsten and Ambassador Steve Lang
Two Think Minimum · Ambassador Steve Lang on WRC-27 and International Telecom…
Blog
The Direct-to-Device Era: Panel Recap
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
The Technology Policy Institute’s Winter Spectrum Series panel on direct-to-device satellite services…
Press Releases
2026 TPI Winter Spectrum Series: The Direct to Device Era
Ashley Benjamin
The Technology Policy Institute will host a virtual discussion titled “The Direct…
Press Releases
TPI Comments Warn FCC Space Licensing Reforms May Worsen Congestion Without Market Mechanisms
TPI
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 22, 2026) — The FCC’s proposal to modernize satellite…
Press Releases
TPI Proposes Market-Based Auction to Consolidate Rural Carriers and Reduce USF Costs
TPI
WASHINGTON D.C. (January 21, 2026) — The FCC’s IP interconnection transition creates…
Testimony and Filings
Comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission in the Matter of Space Modernization for the 21st Century
Thomas M. Lenard
The FCC has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “to modernize the…
Press Releases
Announcing the 2026 TPI Winter Spectrum Series
TPI
Join us for the 2026 TPI Winter Spectrum Series, a four-part virtual…
Policy BriefsTestimony and Filings
The Voluntary IP Service Transition Auction (VISTA)
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
The IP interconnection transition generates unavoidable costs for ICC-dependent rural carriers, and…