Infrastructure

FCC to Narrow Environmental and Historic Reviews of Wireless Build

Certain small cells, towers, and rural 5G builds may soon bypass NEPA and historic site reviews

Community Broadband

USTelecom Warns Permitting Delays Force Providers to Abandon Projects

Eleven states called out.

USF

Lawmakers Open Comment Portal on Future of Universal Service Fund

Working group sought input on the effectiveness of USF programs, proposed reforms

mergers

T-Mobile-UScellular Deal Closes

Opponents have asked FCC commissioners to rescind bureau-level approval and review the transaction.

Infrastructure

Richard Brandon: How Will Tariffs Impact the Telecom Industry?

With tariffs set to impact imported hardware vital to U.S. broadband, operators embracing network disaggregation can still minimize costs, boost flexibility and future-proof their networks.

Policyband

Buckeye Broadband Puts Disney on Ice, Drops ESPN Ahead of New App Rollout

USTelecom pointed to a number of states and some of their subdivisions that are slowing or stopping broadband deployment because of permitting.

SpaceX

Wireless Now Dominates Colorado’s BEAD Applications

New BEAD rules push some Colorado providers away from fiber

Earnings

EchoStar Launching LEO Service, FCC Talks Ongoing

The company also added 212,000 mobile subscribers in the second quarter.

Funding

Luján Presses NTIA’s New Chief to Act on Broadband Funds ‘Day One’

Restoring digital equity and broadband funds should be Roth's first act as Administrator, Luján says.

Social Media

Musk, a Social Media Powerhouse, Boosts Fortunes of Hard-Right Figures in Europe

Musk is helping unite nationalists across borders in common cause to halt migration, overturn progressive policies and promote an absolutist vision of free speech.

Earnings

Cable One Testing Mobile Service

The cable operator lost 13,500 broadband subscribers in the second quarter.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Sens. Fischer, Cortez Mastro Introduce MAP for Broadband Funding Act

Bill pushes FCC to improve functionality and and transparency of broadband spending map

BEAD

Hundreds of Defaulted Colorado RDOF Locations May Be Ineligible for BEAD

Commnet notified FCC of default 20 days too late for BEAD

Public Safety

Rural Texas County's Top Leaders Were Asleep, Out of Town During Initial Hours of Flood Crisis

Lawmakers have filed bills to improve emergency communications and provide additional funding for affected areas.

Fiber

Study: Data Centers Will Require 214M More Fiber Miles By 2029

Increase in fiber miles will require permitting relief, other actions, study says.

Policyband

Ed McKay Named Shentel CEO in First Leadership Change Since 1988

Cable One: In 2Q results, Cable One yesterday said it lost 13,500 broadband subscribers and remained on track to replace CEO Julie Laulis.