mergers

Cable ISP WOW! Gets Offer to Go Private

DigitalBridge Investments, Crestview Partners team up on the bid

Expert Opinion

Utility-Owned ISPs Should Outsource Network Operations Centers

Vigilant NOC operations are vital to preserving reliable broadband performance and customer satisfaction.

Keller Heckman

Broadband Advocate Jim Baller Presented With ILSR's Lifetime Achievement Award

Baller has spent his career promoting the expansion of broadband at the national scale

JD Vance

GOP Leaders Remain Skeptical Amid Push for ACP Funding

Sen. Ben Ray Luján signaled his USF working group is looking to fold ACP into the fund.

Eighth Circuit

Intervenors Accuse FCC of Exempting BEAD Recipients From Discrimination Rules

The FCC may have breached federal regulations by introducing a last-minute safe harbor in its recent digital discrimination policies.

Fixed Wireless

Altice USA Loses 30,000 Broadband Subs in Q1

Altice Chairman and CEO: 'The competition is fiercer than ever, but our ability to compete continues to improve every day.'

FCC

Fetterman Introduces Long-Term Universal Service Funding Bill

As full funding for Affordable Connectivity Program expires, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel issues letter to lawmakers.

Maine

BEAD Roundup: Seven More Challenge Portals Open

That makes 10 open challenge windows, plus 18 states finished with the first phase of the process.

Earnings

Lumen Hits Fiber High, Despite Q1 Loss of Legacy Customers

The legacy copper provider has secured 25% market share in fiber-based broadband services.

ACP

Supporters Rally for Affordable Internet Access through ACP

A U.S. senator, FCC commissioners, and a White House official rallied alongside public interest and industry groups for the subsidy program.

Communications Act

FCC Reclaims Some Broadband Oversight From FTC

The agencies will nullify their existing memo of understanding when net neutrality rules go into effect.

FCC

Justice Department Wants Lower Prices, More Competition in Prison Telecommunications

The justice department argues that the status quo harms low-income families

Digital Inclusion

Small Vermont ISP Pledges to Fully Fund ACP in May

ECFiber, a small ISP in Vermont, has heeded the call of the lawmakers to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program out of their own pockets.

Exclusive Reports

The Smart City Blueprint for Urban Innovation

At play in Smart Cities: Data collection, smart infrastructure, IoT, communications technologies, regulations and more.

OTI

Wireless Providers, Others, Disagree on Allocating Spectrum Without Auction Authority

Carriers like AT&T want temporary licenses, while smaller providers and think tanks pushed for spectrum sharing.

What's New

Pressure Point for the Affordable Connectivity Program

Join the Affordable Connectivity Program Rally at 11:30 a.m. (live online), with FCC commissioners, National Economic Council Deputy Director Jon Donenberg, Sen. Peter Welch, and others!