FCC

Communications Act Could Give FCC Commissioners Firmer Legal Footing Than Slaughter

Unlike the FTC, Congress intentionally designed the FCC as a bipartisan commission, one expert said

Wireless

GOP Senators Want Phone Unlocking Mandate

The cable industry and SpaceX have also pushed for the policy

Policyband

ALLO Fiber or Fibber? Regional ISP Ditching Boulder, Colo., Pact after Finalizing Citywide Broadband Deal Just Last Year

Nebraska-based ALLO is asking Boulder officials to agree to a mutual termination of their Fiber Lease Agreement, with ALLO agreeing to forfeit a $1.5 million initial rental payment

Data Center

Energy Department to Turn Kentucky Uranium Plant into Data Center and Gas Complex

The Energy Department announced a similar project at its Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio.

Cybersecurity

Anthropic Says Its AI Modeals Hacked 3 Organizations During Testing

This comes just days after OpenAI said its AI models went rogue and hacked into another company.

USF

California Asks Court to Toss AT&T’s Copper Retirement Suit

State regulators say AT&T’s federal preemption claim lacks merit.

BEAD

BEAD Participants Could Face Tough Finances: Moffett

NTIA has been adamant that it’s preventing defaults

Privacy

Sixth Circuit to Rehear Case on FCC Data Breach Rules

Telecom industry groups and Republican lawmakers said the court’s previous decision made it harder for Congress to nullify disfavored rules

FCC

FCC Holds Lifeline Mobile and Broadband Standards Flat for Another Year

The program’s mobile broadband data allowance has remained unchanged since 2020.

Spectrum

Lawmakers Want FCC, NTIA to Protect Wi-Fi at WRC

House members expect China to try to ‘undermine continued international support for unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band’

AI

EU to Crack Down on AI Deepfakes, Illicit Imagery and Hacking with New Team in Brussels

Companies failing to adhere to the regulations could face fines or market access restrictions.

Spectrum

NTIA Clears Remaining 4.4 GigaHertz Study Plans

Rysavy Research argued the 4.4 GHz band was a good choice for 6G technology.

Expert Opinion

Jonathan Williams: Super-Sizing Benefits of the Big Beautiful Bill

The author is the chief economist of the Federal Communications Commission.

Policyband

FCC Probing Recent Flurry of Big Four Affiliation Swaps – ‘This is not the Wild West ... It's not Nam,’ Chairman Carr Says

'We are taking investigatory action right now on at least one, if not more, of these affiliation transactions," Carr says in a July 30 interview with Policyband

Congress

Senate Panel Hears Permitting Reform, Fiber Critical to Supporting AI Growth

Witnesses warn existing networks face mounting demand and call for faster infrastructure approvals

Wireless

FCC: Only Former Business Partners Can Draw on Dish Trust

The order comes two weeks after infrastructure companies said they were concerned Dish’s bankruptcy might drain the $2.4 billion fund