Tag: Guam
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Mobile Data Speeds In Pacific Territories Are Being Left Behind
Guam, CNMI, and American Samoa mobile data speeds have approximately doubled in the last 5 years, according to our analysis. That is versus a national trend of 4- 5- and 6-fold increases.
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Boeing’s Crisis Can Drive Air Cabotage Reform for America’s Pacific
My flight home to O‘ahu—like hundreds of others—has been cancelled, with the situation prompting me to reflect on the state of air travel across the islands of the United States in the Pacific; specifically, our dependency on a few American-flagged air carriers.
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AI Translator Part 2: Building And Testing The App
Håfa ådai! In our last post, we introduced our (still very much in beta!) AI-powered language translator tailored to serve Pacific Islander languages, starting with Samoan. As part of the Pacific Broa…
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Dresslar Briefs Congressional Offices Of American Samoa And CNMI
On a busy week for Broadband in Washington DC, Pacific Broadband and Digital Equity (PBDE) Founder Peter Dresslar visited the Congressional delegations from the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands and American Samoa and briefed the Congressional delegation from Guam. The briefings focused on issues where the territories have a particular interest in working together…
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Powering Regional Broadband Map Challenges
Earlier this year, Pacific Broadband and Digital Equity (PBDE) supplied comprehensive technical assistance for comprehensive FCC Broadband Map challenges filed by each of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. As the challenges continue to be evaluated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and addressed by the Internet Service Providers (ISP)…