Earnings
Cable One Expecting to Lose Up to 18,000 Residential Broadband Customers in Q2
The company’s stock fell on financial and operational estimates disclosed in an SEC filing
Jake Neenan
Reporter Jake Neenan, who covers broadband infrastructure and broadband funding, is a recent graduate of the Columbia Journalism School. Previously he reported on state prison conditions in New York.
BEAD
Oregon Re-Awards Refused BEAD Locations
Amazon Leo picked up more than 5,000 locations
Satellite
FCC Hoping New Satellite Licensing Regime Will Speed Large Applications
Space bureau chief said the agency had worked through 52 percent of its backlog since the start of 2025
Satellite
SpaceX Planning 100K More Starlink Satellites
The company is planning ‘extremely low-latency and multi-gigabit symmetrical’ speeds for consumers and enterprises
People
T-Mobile Bringing on Former AT&T Exec Chris Sambar
Mike Katz is leaving the company after 28 years
Pole Attachments
Comcast Files New Pole Complaint Against Virginia Utility
The cable company and the Appalachian Power Company have been unable to resolve a dispute over pole replacement costs
People
Top EchoStar Executive Hamid Akhavan Resigns
Tower companies are trying to slow Dish Wireless’s bankruptcy proceeding
Satellite
SpaceX Buoyed by Launch Dominance, but Starlink Mobile’s Future Unclear, Analysts Say
A MoffettNathanson report said real competition with terrestrial mobile carriers was unlikely
Privacy
FCC Data Breach Rules Still Under Review, Agency Says
Telecom industry groups still want to overturn a court decision upholding the rules, fearing the precedent would make it harder to ax rules with Congress’s help
Infrastructure
AT&T Gets FCC Approval for Calif. Copper Retirement
The agency is still considering whether to preempt the state’s own rules and allow the discontinuance to move forward
enforcement
Verizon, T-Mobile Want Refunds on Location Data Fines
They asked the Supreme Court to send the issue back to lower courts
Infrastructure
Tower Companies Oppose Dish Wireless Bankruptcy Timeline
They want to ensure they could collect on billions in lawsuit claims
Spectrum
FCC Approves T-Mobile-Grain Spectrum Swap
AST SpaceMobile told the agency it was 'well-positioned' to deploy the spectrum for direct-to-device
Spectrum
FCC Not Planning Tribal Licensing Window for Upper C-Band Auction
The agency adopted CTIA’s proposed interference limits
Spectrum
U.S. Should Prioritize Satellite Spectrum Sharing at WRC, Groups Say
With its own LEO constellations in the works, host country China may be on board
Spectrum
Dish Wireless, DBS File for Bankruptcy
EchoStar’s $23 billion spectrum deal with AT&T still hasn’t closed ‘due to unforeseen delays’
