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Gleb Tsipursky: AI Infrastructure Needs Authority Budgets Before Agents Get the Keys

As AI shifts from chatbots to agents that act on networks, operators need to cap what an agent can do before a human signs off

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John Strand: Greenland, USA and Denmark – Ménage à Trois Now With a Happy Ending

The Greenland defense pact expands U.S. Arctic reach and makes trusted telecom networks a NATO prerequisite.

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Evan Swarztrauber: The Hidden Supply-Chain Risk Inside America’s AI Data Centers

The FCC should add Chinese-made optical transceivers to its covered list before America's AI data centers become dependent on an adversary's supply chain.

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Michael O'Reilly: Making Progress on D2D Satellite Services

The FCC should approve pending satellite direct-to-device applications and reject stale objections that only slow U.S. leadership.

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Suman Kanuganti: China Is Selling AI Tokens, but Carriers Should Build the Agent Store

U.S. carriers should become AI platforms, not just resellers.

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Ron Kerbs: The FCC Robocall Scorecard Should Grade the Whole Call Path

By grading only retail carriers, the FCC's robocall Scorecard skips the upstream providers where illegal traffic actually enters the network.

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Nate Karren: BEAD Saving Can Be Lifesaving… If We Let It

NTIA should let states put leftover BEAD funds toward Next Generation 9-1-1 upgrades, no new money from Congress required.

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Joel Thayer: Getting One Big Beautiful Spectrum Pipeline by 2028

Notifying NTIA is not the same as identifying spectrum for auction, and the FCC should use that difference to keep 2028 auctions alive.

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Chad Johnston: After 26 Years Building Fiber Networks, Here's How My Thinking Has Changed

A fiber veteran argues there's no single right architecture. Rising costs and scarce labor mean operators should design for long-term flexibility, not habit.

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Johnny Kampis: The Impracticality of Widescale Fiber Broadband in Alaska

The USDA spent $34.91 million on fiber to reach 28 customers in two remote Alaska villages, topping $2 million per passing, the author says

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Glenn Lurie: There Is No AI Without a Pipe

AI's infrastructure isn't just about chips and data centers. It's about the fiber, wireless, satellite, edge and power infrastructure required to move intelligence everywhere.

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Bhavin Gandecha: The Permitting Bills Won’t Fix What’s Actually Broken

Congress keeps asking how to build faster, but nobody has defined how much delay or funding variance the system will tolerate before escalation is automatic.

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Bob Bartz: The Broadband Map Is Getting Better. Here’s What Still Needs to Change

Faster provider reporting and engineering field data would make FCC broadband maps more accurate, and that matters for investment decisions well beyond BEAD.

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Mark Vasconi: A Growing Reality Check for BEAD

I’m a former State Broadband Officer. Here's what other SBOs are saying about BEAD.

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Bartlett Cleland: The Market Is Already Solving Dead Zones; BEAD Shouldn't Fund Them

Now that the big three carriers are jointly building satellite direct-to-device coverage, BEAD should stop chasing rural mobile and stick to connecting unserved homes.

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Iyad Tarazi: AI and the New Economics of Wireless Growth

Operators have traditionally added capacity by acquiring spectrum, building infrastructure or upgrading equipment. Physical AI introduces a fourth lever: extracting more value from assets already deployed.