Briefs
FCC Agrees to Expedited Review of SoftBank’s Acquisition of WOW!
The transaction would transfer ownership of the U.S. ISP to a Japanese company
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Spectrum
FCC to Vote on Upper C-band Auction Rules in July
The agency is set to sell off 160 megahertz in the band
Data Center
Stack Energy Proposes to Invest $500 Million to Build Massive Data Center in Alaska
The center, located in remote Alaska, will span a square mile, slightly smaller than Central Park in New York City.
Drones
Fiber-Connected Military Drones Are Rewriting Modern Warfare
New drones in Lebanon are using spools of fiber optic cable to evade radio jammers and lasers
Competition
Trump Plans to Nominate FCC’s Top Lawyer to Lead Antitrust Division
FCC General Counsel Adam Candeub has the support of President Trump, New York Times reports.
Fiber
AT&T Urges FCC to Allow the Company to Get Rid of Copper Services
The company is asking the commission to reject the CPUC’s rules.
Policyband
Supreme Court Backs Trump in Firing FTC Democrats
Opinion: 'Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people'
Lee Jae-myung
South Korean Tech Giants to Build a $518 Billion Chipmaking Hub to Serve Soaring AI Demand
President Lee Jae Myung joined the chairs of companies Samsung and SK Hynix on Monday in announcing the planned investment.
Cybersecurity
FCC Expands Covered List Ban
The agency also granted another waiver under its router ban, as requests keep coming in
Satellite
Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium in $8 Billion Deal
The launch provider said it was partly after Iridium’s valuable L-band spectrum
National Security
InfraCo Wants Trump to Build $125 Billion Dark Fiber Network
Company executives cite national security fears, but experts say a new network ‘only gets you so far’
mergers
Verizon, BT Combining International Units in Joint Venture
The joint venture will bring in about $4 billion in annual revenue, the companies said
Data Center
Zoning Webinar Outlines Overlooked Front in Data Center Permitting Fights
Panelists discussed how to assuage community pushback with ‘common sense’
Data Center
New Florida Data Center Law Takes Effect July 1
The law will require data centers to cover full energy costs and give communities more control over data center development.
BEAD
Colorado Governor Unveils Dashboard Disclosing BEAD Funding
The portal discloses how $1.3 billion in federal funding is being used throughout the state.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Federal Trade Commissioner, Carves Out Federal Reserve Exception
Supreme Court permits FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter's firing, overturning 91-year-old precedent in Humphrey's Executor v. U.S.
