What's the Story? FCC grants E-Rate funds for Wi-Fi on school buses

The FCC recently approved the use of E-Rate funds for Wi-Fi on school buses. T-Mobile is among the service providers and organizations in support of the ruling.

Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano

October 23, 2023

At a Glance

  • FCC approves E-Rate funding for deploying Wi-Fi on school buses (00:49)
  • Potential downsides to providing Wi-Fi on school buses (03:34)
  • T-Mobile among companies supporting ruling to provide Wi-Fi on school buses with E-Rate funding (05:46)

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's recent ruling to provide E-Rate money for Wi-Fi on school buses. Mike explains which service providers and government officials were in support of the ruling and what it could mean for students and schools.

For a lightly edited transcript, please click the caption button in the video toolbar.

Here are a few topics we covered:

  • FCC approves E-Rate funding for deploying Wi-Fi on school buses (00:49)

  • Potential downsides to providing Wi-Fi on school buses (03:34)

  • Kajeet pivots to selling Internet connections to school buses (04:38)

  • T-Mobile among companies supporting ruling to provide Wi-Fi on school buses with E-Rate funding (05:46)

  • Other organizations supporting the FCC ruling (09:36)

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About the Authors

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

Mike Dano

Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading

Mike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at [email protected], @mikeddano or on LinkedIn.

Based in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.

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