People

White House Nominates Danielle Thumann for FCC Spot

A senior attorney in FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s office, she would give Republicans a 3-1 majority at the agency

Tribal

Hoopa Valley Tribe Opens Data Center to Advance Tribal Data Sovereignty

New facility will anchor the Tribe’s fiber network as it expands into underserved communities in Northern California.

Earnings

Cable One Down 17,000 Broadband Subs, Optimistic About Mobile

Also recently reported results: Liberty, Uniti, and Tucows

Rural

Rural Broadband Pays Off Only When Communities Decide, Panelists Say

Rural broadband is now table stakes for economic development, panelists said on a Broadband Breakfast Live Online panel.

Social Media

Court Orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to Pay $567M to Address Kids' Mental Health Online

Meta added that it remains confident in its record of protecting teens online.

Policyband

FCC Lifts 39% Cap But Do TV Stations Squeezed by Big Tech Have a Future?

'I don’t want local broadcast TV to go the way of local newspapers. And yet the risk is real,' FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says

White Papers

From Megabits to Milliseconds

Researchers at national nonprofit Connected Nation contend that policymakers are still focused on broadband speeds while underinvesting in the middle-mile and interconnection infrastructure that will determine future AI performance.

Briefs

Broadband Engineering Consultants Launch Preconstruction Framework

The ICQ evaluation system will allow owners to review network design and capability gaps before construction.

Congress

Farm Bill Fails to Advance from Senate Agriculture Committee

Impasse leaves rural broadband provisions, including ReConnect reauthorization, on hold.

Wireless

Analysts Skeptical of SpaceX Mobile Plans

The satellite company said it intended to deploy terrestrial ‘femtocells’ to support its direct-to-device service

Briefs

Comcast Business is Deploying Private Wireless Network in Smartlink Headquarters

The network will combine cellular and radio services to enhance wireless coverage in office buildings.

Fiber

Zayo, Nvidia Team Up to Expand Fiber for AI Traffic

Zayo will build, own and operate more than 8,000 miles of new fiber, with Nvidia as an early customer.

FCC

FCC Approves Proposal on Unlicensed Spectrum for Direct-to-Device, Without 900 MHz

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency was working on ‘three big, new spectrum auctions’ for 2028

Earnings

Optimum Beats on Broadband Losses, but Debt Looms

The company expanded its MVNO deal with T-Mobile

FCC

In FCC’s High-Cost Modernization Docket, SpaceX Stands Alone

SpaceX wants the FCC to sunset ‘high-cost’ rural broadband subsidies – almost no one else agrees.

Policyband

Sinclair Ready to Talk Spectrum Deals with Starlink after Transition to NextGen TV

“I think the macro point is that this spectrum is very valuable,” Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley told Wall Street analysts yesterday