New FCC Broadband Maps Coming This Fall

By Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told lawmakers Thursday new agency broadband coverage maps will be ready this fall. The maps are key to NTIA’s distribution of $42.5 billion in broadband infrastructure grants. Rosenworcel and fellow Commissioners Brendan Carr, Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington testified before the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee. It was the first FCC oversight hearing in a year and a half, and the first since Rosenworcel was able to remove “interim” from her title.   Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), asked Rosenworcel about the timing of the maps, noting that she told the Senate in March 2020 the agency could improve the maps within six months. Now, he said, the FCC says providers have been asked to submit their coverage information to the Commission by September 1. Continue Reading