workforce
A Grim Job Outlook Meets a Scrappy Workforce as Administrative Assistants Harness AI
Administrative professionals say adapting is a key part of their day-to-day.
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Fiber
House Bill Seeks to Avoid Another ‘Rip-and-Replace’ with Foreign Fiber Ban
The bipartisan FIREWALL Act would restrict federal broadband funding to domestically sourced or allied fiber-optic cable.
Policyband
FCC Approves T-Mobile-Grain Management Spectrum Swap
The agency shortened Grain’s proposed buildout deadlines to three and eight years, down from six and 12 years. Agency did not comment on Grain’s DEI policies with regard to hiring at the PE firm
Spectrum
FCC Not Planning Tribal Licensing Window for Upper C-Band Auction
The agency adopted CTIA’s proposed interference limits
Independent Agencies
The Internet Dispersed Power. The Supreme Court is Concentrating It
Panelists at BroadbandLive event including the ‘father of the Internet,’ the author of the maxim that ‘Code is Law’ and a pivotal FCC chairman
NTIA
GAO Renews Pressure on NTIA Over Spectrum, Broadband Coordination
Auditors say agency has implemented just one of 11 priority recommendations issued last year.
Expert Opinion
Reed Hundt: An Artificial Intelligence-Focused Telecom Act
Congress will likely pass AI and data center legislation, but recent Supreme Court rulings threaten the bipartisan agency structure needed to implement it well.
Spectrum
U.S. Should Prioritize Satellite Spectrum Sharing at WRC, Groups Say
With its own LEO constellations in the works, host country China may be on board
FCC
FCC Set to Consider Rewrite of Satellite Licensing Rules
The order would support faster deployment of space-based broadband if approved.
Fiber
Carr Announces Upcoming Changes to the FCC’s Broadband Nutrition Labels
The chairman announced that changes would be addressed at the FCC’s July 22 open meeting
Spectrum
Dish Wireless, DBS File for Bankruptcy
EchoStar’s $23 billion spectrum deal with AT&T still hasn’t closed ‘due to unforeseen delays’
Cybersecurity
Trump Administration Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Models
Anthropic widely releases Fable 5, restores Mythos 5 for vetted U.S. organizations vetted by the federal government.
Crypto
Trump Filing Shows he Took in About $1.2 Billion From Crypto Businesses Last Year
Trump's mainstay real estate business also boomed last year.
Policyband
FCC to Create a 'Super Band' of Spectrum, Allowing U.S. to Gain Global Next Gen Wireless Leadership, Carr Says
The FCC will vote July 22 on rules for auctioning 160 megahertz of Upper C‑Band spectrum next year, following 2025 legislation signed by President Trump that restored the agency’s auction authority
NTIA
Roth: NTIA Now Targeting Non-Deployment Guidance ‘This Summer’
She also gave updates on California and Illinois’s BEAD plans
AI
FBA Urges FCC to Set Higher Broadband Speeds as AI Expands
The association is asking the FCC to reevaluate internet speed requirements in light of AI’s expansion.
