Bill Johnson
Permitting Delays Remain Top Broadband Deployment Obstacle: Industry Leaders
From railroad crossings to pole attachments, permitting emerged as the primary obstacle slowing fiber broadband deployments.
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Permiting
North Dakota's Fedorchak Wants to Give Senate a Menu For Permitting Changes
Providing the Senate with a variety of permitting reform packages may lead to a consolidation of ideas with bipartisan support, she said.
Pole Attachments
Comcast Wins in FCC’s First Accelerated Pole Dispute Order
The agency stood up its Rapid Broadband Assessment Team in 2023.
EU
EU Accuses TikTok of 'Addictive Design' that Harms Children, Seeks Changes to Protect Users
Other countries are also taking action against social media addiction.
Policyband
FCC Pole Decision Should Clear the Way for ‘Faster, More Reliable Broadband,’ Chairman Carr Says
In a unanimous ruling rendered in expedited fashion, agency says Comcast not required to pay the full cost to replace poles owned Appalachian Power Company
permitting
Federal Permitting Council Introduces Faster Data Center Permitting Process
In alignment with President Trump’s goals, the council is working on new data center projects through a streamlined process.
Infrastructure
Dish Default Causing Crown Castle to Accelerate Layoffs
Crown Castle said there are now at least six lawsuits against Dish Wireless.
AI
Obernolte: Passing Bipartisan AI Regulation Would Send Strong Message to Public
The California Republican congressman hosts a monthly bipartisan dinner club on Capitol Hill to build relationships.
Wireless
Verizon Consumer Group CEO to Step Down
Sowmyanarayan Sampath had been considered a likely future CEO.
INCOMPAS
New 'Data Center Excellence' Standard From Telecom Trade Group
In the AI race with China, data centers need quality standards for a streamlined process, the trade groups said.
BEAD 2026
NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth to Keynote BEAD Implementation 2026
Roth's leadership comes at a pivotal moment, as states' BEAD deployments are firmly in the implementation phase.
Public Safety
House Lawmakers Appear Supportive of Draft FirstNet Reauthorization Bill
There was bipartisan support in both chambers for more NTIA oversight.
Expert Opinion
Bill Maguire: Leveraging BEAD 'Non-Deployment' Funds for Permitting Reform
NTIA may allow states to use BEAD non-deployment funds for permitting reforms and pole-attachment programs to accelerate broadband deployment.
Policyband
Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Foes Airing Attack Ad Smearing Trump, Carr, and the TV Station Deal
CAR President Daniel Suhr called the ad ‘a left-wing hit job on President Trump and Chairman Carr from a group that disagrees with everything this Administration is trying to accomplish.'
Energy
Energy for AI Will Require An All-Source Approach, McCormick Says
‘This is happening across the world, we don't have a choice of opting out,’ said the Pennsylvania Republican
Infrastructure
Sen. Ben Ray Luján Expressed Frustration, Dedication to Federal Permitting Reform
Despite partisan challenges, Luján said moving past them was necessary for the U.S. to become a world leader.
