Earnings

WOW! Down 4,500 Broadband Subs, Liberty’s GCI Down 900

WOW! added 2,900 subscribers from its expansion fiber builds.

Expert Opinion

PNT Resilience, Not Rhetoric: A National Security Vulnerability We Can Fix Together

NextNav already holds extensive spectrum licenses in the Lower 900 MHz band.

Trump

Trump’s Meme Coin Business Racks Up Fees as Buyers Jump at Chance For Access to the President

Trump’s meme coin has become one of the most high-profile ways the norm-breaking president has mixed politics and his personal finances.

5G Wireless

Wireless Giants: AI Foundational to Next-Gen Networks

At CTIA Summit, industry leaders rallied behind Open RAN and artificial intelligence.

Policyband

Final Senate Vote Expected Thursday on Voiding Biden's Wi-Fi Hotspots

◾ Report: Unserved BEAD Locations Plunge ◾ WOW! Down 4,500 B'band Subs ◾ Levin: Simington's 30% Cap ‘a Stretch’ ◾ Cammack Aims at App Stores ◾ Comcast Goes with Versant ◾ Comcast Losing Fitzmaurice

Defense Department

Cantwell Opposed to Auctioning Military Spectrum

Republicans are working to include a spectrum pipeline in an upcoming budget bill.

Digital Inclusion

Senate Advances Effort to Reverse New FCC Funding for Wi-Fi Hotspots

A similar measure has been introduced in the House.

5G Wireless

Federal Leaders Call for Immediate Spectrum Action at CTIA 5G Summit

Three top officials promised to deliver on commercial spectrum.

Spectrum

Push to Protect and Expand Wi-Fi Spectrum Intensifies as Usage Soars, Experts Say

Wi-Fi's economic value in the U.S. alone is projected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2027.

AI

OpenAI Reverses Course, Says Its Nonprofit Will Continue to Control Business

Shareholders will also receive stock and a cap on profit for some investors will be lifted.

Defense Department

Digital Progress Institute Backs Spectrum Pipeline

The Defense Department has reportedly proposed auctioning CBRS spectrum.

Policyband

Leader Thune Poised to Nullify Biden FCC’s Wi-Fi Hotspots Order Today

◾ Economist Praises Cities That Divest Broadband Networks ◾ Analyst Supino Warns Rural ISPs about Starlink Threat ◾Ajit Pai: China Taking 5G Lead. Why? ◾Broadcasters: FCC Regs Moving TV Sports to Apps

Rural

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Help Rural Communities Access Federal Broadband Funds

The bill would codify the USDA’s existing Broadband Technical Assistance Program.

Infrastructure

Not a Field of Dreams: Infrastructure Leaders Talk Buildout Strategy

At International Telecoms Week, public and private leaders discussed how they choose where, and whether, to build.

Funding

Trump Plan Wants to Cut USDA Broadband Funding

Other broadband resources are doing the job, White House said

ITW

Data Center Executives Cool on Nuclear: 'Still a Decade Out'

Operators turn to gas and coal to meet data’s power demands.