enforcement

AT&T Seeking Refund on FCC Location Data Fine

T-Mobile and Verizon are also looking for refunds after the Supreme Court ruled initial forfeiture orders are nonbinding

mergers

Charter, Cox at Odds with Calif. Advocacy Groups on Merger Conditions

The state’s telecom regulator is set to vote on the $34.5 billion deal this week at its Aug. 13 meeting

Virginia

ZiTel to Take Over Troubled Virginia Broadband Projects

After RiverStreet’s removal, the provider faces an ambitious deployment timeline.

FCC

Lumos Asks FCC to Preempt Two Ohio Counties’ Rights-of-Way

Fiber provider says local permitting requirements near double anticipated project costs

Policyband

TV Stations ‘Sitting on a Gold Mine of Spectrum,” Scripps CEO Adam Symson Says

The new bullish spectrum comments came just days after Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley said he was open to spectrum deals with Elon Musk's Starlink following the transition to NextGen TV

Expert Opinion

Liliana Aide Monge: AB 2279 Deserves a Floor Vote. California's Digital Divide Can't Wait

AB 2279 would restore the original scope of California's Regional Broadband Consortia and boost their funding using existing CPUC fee surpluses.

Cybersecurity

House Committee Wants More FCC Oversight of Chinese Firms

Barred from providing consumer service, Chinese firms still provide networking and cloud services, lawmakers found

Satellite

3 More AST SpaceMobile Satellites Launched

The company, behind on it direct-to-device satellite deployment, has said it could buy a launch provider to avoid further delays

Expert Opinion

Christine O'Connor: An Enduring Commitment to Universal Service Transformed Alaska

O'Connor charts Alaska's shift from village pay phones to fiber and telehealth, crediting universal service and the Alaska Plan while noting BEAD's work is unfinished.

Donald Trump

Inside Russia’s and China’s Potential Plots to Take Down Starlink

As SpaceX’s satellites have become a valuable military weapon, the two countries may be exploring options to eliminate or neutralize low-Earth orbit technology.

People

White House Nominates Danielle Thumann for FCC Spot

A senior attorney in FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s office, she would give Republicans a 3-1 majority at the agency

Tribal

Hoopa Valley Tribe Opens Data Center to Advance Tribal Data Sovereignty

New facility will anchor the Tribe’s fiber network as it expands into underserved communities in Northern California.

Earnings

Cable One Down 17,000 Broadband Subs, Optimistic About Mobile

Also recently reported results: Liberty, Uniti, and Tucows

Rural

Rural Broadband Pays Off Only When Communities Decide, Panelists Say

Rural broadband is now table stakes for economic development, panelists said on a Broadband Breakfast Live Online panel.

Social Media

Court Orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to Pay $567M to Address Kids' Mental Health Online

Meta added that it remains confident in its record of protecting teens online.

Policyband

FCC Lifts 39% Cap But Do TV Stations Squeezed by Big Tech Have a Future?

'I don’t want local broadcast TV to go the way of local newspapers. And yet the risk is real,' FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says