Chicago Mayor Extends Free Internet Program for Chicago Public School Students

Chicago has extended its Chicago Connected program through the 2026-27 school year

AI

Anthropic Researcher Resigns With Warning About the Dangers of AI Development

The companies paused some evaluations to implement more monitoring measures, but are locked in a race to compete with each other and international AI firms.

People

Tower, Fiber Trade Groups Back Thumann Severs for FCC

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus said the Senate shouldn’t move forward without a Democratic pairing

Clearwave

Clearwave, Visionary Broadband to Combine, Forming 17-State Fiber Platform

The agreement reflects the continued push among fiber providers to build scale and expand into new markets

Expert Opinion

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.

Policyband

AT&T Likely the ‘Fifth-Largest Copper Mine in the U.S.,’ CEO Stankey Says

Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference, Stankey says, ‘That copper needs to come out, it needs to be monetized’

BEAD

About 1 Million BEAD-Eligible Locations Remain, Researchers Say

Tentative NTIA estimates appear to target about half those locations

Earnings

Comcast Expecting More Broadband Losses Than Last Year for Q3

The company is working on a ‘cost transformation’ aimed at saving billions, CFO Jason Armstrong said

Telecom 150

While Most Countries Put Telephones Inside the Post Office, America Tried That One Year

Britain held its network 114 years. America's experiment lasted twelve months, ending August 1919.

BEAD

Washington State Moving Along on BEAD Grants

The state’s broadband director said grant winners are seeing cost overruns

Archtop Fiber

Archtop Fiber Names New CEO as Founder Moves to Executive Chairman

The company says the move is designed to preserve momentum as it expands its fiber footprint.

Policyband

Nexstar Needs to Finish ATSC 3.0 Transition Before Leasing Spectrum to Starlink

EVP and CFO Lee Ann Gliha tells Wall Street that broadcasters’ Edgebeam Wireless consortium covers 97% of the country – optimal for a national LEO service like Starlink with mobile ambitions

China

China's Huawei Technologies Faces Racketeering Trial in New York

Chinese officials say the U.S. government has engaged in “economic bullying.”

Expert Opinion

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.

Wireless

FCC to Vote on Orders Narrowing NEPA, Opening Satellite Spectrum

Also on the agency’s September agenda: Ultra-wideband spectrum rules, 911 access, and robocalls

FCC Returns $3.08 Billion to Treasury after Spectrum Auction Pays Off Rip-and-Replace Loan

The agency used proceeds from a recent spectrum auction to repay the Treasury