BEAD
Colorado Cancels $100 Million BEAD Award After Finding Misuse of Funds
The state is rebidding the 10,000 affected locations
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Policyband
Colorado Cancels $103 Million BEAD Award After Probe Finds Host of Problems, Including Missing Funds
Colorado Broadband Office terminates Maverix Broadband’s BEAD grants and refers the case to the state’s Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Treasury Inspectors
Telecom 150
Broadband Breakfast Updates Oct. 1 Online Conference on America250 / Telecom150
Event will begin at 12 Noon ET, and include two virtual panels, on innovation and competition.
Telecom 150
Lesson 5: Broadcast Radio and the Public Interest Standard
The commercial stations' own industry sat on the committee that proposed 'public interest' as the test for federal licensing, at a 1925 conference.
FTC
FTC’s Mark Meador Takes a Few Jabs at Lina Khan
Meador accused the former FTC chair of putting personal and political priorities ahead of the agency’s competition mission
Spectrum
AT&T Looking to Lease More 3.45 GHz Spectrum
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said planned auctions could bring in $100 billion
BEAD
Nearly One in Three Co-ops Turning Down BEAD Money, NRECA Says
The group’s members said one provider’s U.S.-made fiber prices jumped 40 percent in August alone
AI
Trump to Create AI Force, Name AI Czar
The move would centralize the administration’s efforts to advance artificial intelligence.
U.S. Broadband Capex Hits $92.6B in 2025 as Fiber Fuels AI-Era Networks
The report frames 2020-2025 as the strongest sustained era of network investment on record
Spectrum
Ligado Now Claiming $50 Billion in Damages By Defense Department
The company filed a new takings complaint against the government Friday
hyperscalers
Capex to Consume Nearly All Hyperscaler Operating Cash Flow in 2026
A London-based tech equity research firm projects a $600 billion gap as the largest cloud companies commit more money to data centers
AI
China and the US are Competing for AI Dominance but Have Shared Concerns Over Safety
Despite U.S. export controls, Chinese AI models are increasingly competitive.
Policyband
Trump, Carr Tell AI Policy Alarmists and Doomsayers – This Is Not Going to Be Your Net Neutrality Hoax 2.0
Trump to create an AI Force run by an AI Czar – ‘Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!’ the President says
AI
Lawsuit Says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google Made Illegal AI Slowdown Agreement
The plaintiffs are individual subscribers to AI services, and allege that a Sept. 12 essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged illegal industrywide cooperation
Cybersecurity
From Copyright and Privacy to Agents, AI Governance Is Racing to Keep Up
Copyright and privacy obligations already govern the data, but agentic systems add the problem of preserving identity and accountability as software acts on it own
permitting
Permitting Update: BEAD Projects Clear Federal Review Faster, Then Hit Poles and Roads
Louisiana has cut federal reviews to days, Kansas is reshuffling one-third of its awarded locations, and Virginia says utility poles and rights-of-way are now the biggest delays.
