Earnings
Cable One Loses 4,200 Subs, Liberty’s GCI Down 700
Alaska-based GCI is set to be spun off this summer as Charter proceeds with its Liberty acquisition.
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.
mergers
Carr Probing Verizon Over Diversity Initiatives
The company's $20 billion acquisiton of Frontier needs FCC approval.
Spectrum
FCC Moves Forward on Efforts to Promote Spectrum
Both the AWS-3 and Upper C-Band items included language seeking input on boosting Tribal spectrum ownership
Digital Inclusion
Digital Equity Grantees Hopeful Amid Uncertainty
The Biden NTIA recommended more than $600 million for broadband adoption efforts.
Cox Communications
Cable Re-ups Push for Pole Attachment Timelines
The industry wants a firm deadline for utilities to process large pole attachment requests.
BEAD
AT&T Exec Says Fixed Wireless Has a Role in BEAD
The company's licensed spectrum could make its fixed wireless service easier to fund under program rules.
Digital Inclusion
Supreme Court Still Won't Review N.Y. Affordable Broadband Act
A group of 22 states – including Massachusetts and California – supported New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office.
Spectrum
WISPA Wants Spectrum Sharing from FCC Under Carr
The group said the upper C-band, eyed by 5G carriers ad Starlink, could be a candidate for sharing.
Earnings
Frontier Adds 97,000 Fiber Subs
The company is being acquired by Verizon.
USF
SCOTUS: False Claims Act Applies to E-Rate
But the justices didn't rule on the question of whether all E-Rate funds are government cash.
Earnings
TDS Targeting 1.8 Million FIber Passings
The company is selling off its mobile business and spectrum holdings.
USF
GOP Attorneys General Urge Supreme Court Against USF
More than a dozen conservative legal groups filed briefs pushing to expand the nondelegation doctrine.
Earnings
Shentel Reports 5,900 Broadband Adds, Revenue Misses
The company is aiming to hit 600,000 fiber passings by 2027.
Education and Distance Learning
Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition Taps Joey Wender as Executive Director
Wender joins SHLB from the Capital Projects Fund at the Treasury Department, where he oversaw billions in broadband infrastructure.
Defense Department
Senators Look for Way Forward on Spectrum Impasse
Lawmakers are looking to include FCC spectrum auction authority in upcoming budget legislation.
Canada
FCC Seeking Comment on Canadian Bell Purchase of Ziply
BCE, Canada's largest telecom provider, is looking to enter the American market.
