Infrastructure
Consolidated Looking to Discontinue Copper at 45,000 New England Locations
The FCC is set to vote on easing the copper retirement process later this month.
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NTIA
Iowa Launches New BEAD Bidding Round
State expected to receive $415 million to close digital divide.
mergers
Moffett Likes Charter-Cox Deal
Charter's mobile service will have more room to grow with Cox's wireline footprint.
Infrastructure
Experts Debate Real, Perceived Threats to Global Subsea Cable Infrastructure
Panel explores whether fears of cable sabotage match operational reality
Fiber
Comporium Names New CEO
ISP family-owned since 1912
FCC
Consumer Groups Balk At Verizon’s Bid to Delay Phone Unlocking
Urge FCC to adopt uniform 60 day unlocking standard instead
Digital Inclusion
FCC Flooded with Comments Over Delay in Prison Phone Rate Caps
Hundreds of copy-paste comments urge FCC to fully implement the Martha Wright-Reed Act.
Policyband
O’Rielly Says NextGen TV A Lot about Extracting 'Side Hustles' from 'Soviet-Era Politicos'
On Tuesday, the National Association of Broadcasters slammed the cable TV industry and the Consumer Technology Association, for refusing to cooperate on the transition.
Democracy
Court Vacates FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule
Major cable providers prevail.
Satellite
SES-Intelsat Deal Clears Foreign Review
The satellite operators control much of the upper C-band.
NTIA
More States to Open BEAD Application Portals Under New Rules
Indiana, Maine, Missouri, and West Virginia to relaunch BEAD application round on Thursday, July 10
Broadband's Impact
Linda Yaccarino Resigns as CEO of X
Departure comes one day after Grok’s antisemitic posts
Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality Bill in Maine Becomes Law Without Governor’s Signature
Governor Mills has yet to issue a statement about the decision
mergers
T-Mobile Ending More Diversity Initiatives as Deals Await Approval
The carrier is in the process of acquiring Metronet and UScellular.
SpaceX
Amazon CEO Pushes Back: Project Kuiper Will Pay Off
Plan is to increase competition in the LEO satellite space.
Rural
Blackfoot Asks FCC to Waive Over $1 Million in RDOF Penalties
Cites ‘unforeseeable site-specific geographic and economic challenges’ as reason for default
