FCC
Schools, Libraries Fight to Preserve E-Rate in Major Battle at FCC
Advocates urge stakeholders to contact lawmakers as the Republican-led agency considers changes to the $2.5 billion broadband subsidy.
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Satellite
SpaceX’s Aborts Starship Launch, Planning Another Next Week
AST SpaceMobile also said its satellite launch schedule is being pushed into 2027
Wireless
GOP Lawmakers Want FCC to Require Phone Unlocking
The agency has had an open rulemaking on the issue since 2024
Expert Opinion
Mitch Carrel: Dark Fiber's 3 Barriers of Land Use, Engineering, and Sales
Dark fiber's economics are compelling in the AI era, but projects stall because operators treat land use, engineering, and sales as sequential hurdles rather than tackling all three at once.
Privacy
GOP Lawmakers, AGs Want FCC Data Breach Case Reheard
The fear the precedent would make it harder for Congress to eliminate agency rules it doesn’t like
AI
China's Xi Calls for More Global Efforts to Guide AI, Chides U.S. for Curbs on Tech Sharing
Xi also announced the establishment of AI cooperation centers.
Policyband
Roth's Speech Backing Technological Neutrality Hits a Nerve at Fiber Trade Group
FBA CEO Gary Bolton, hoping to trim Trump administration support for LEOs and FWA, calls fiber 'fundamentally different' from other broadband technologies and the 'foundational infrastructure'
Donald Trump
President Trump Rips New York Data Center Ban
The president urged New York to reverse its ban, calling data centers ‘liquid gold’ in a July 15 Truth Social post.
BEAD
Wisconsin Continues to Report $60 Million Gap in BEAD Funding
State officials say they will have to use state funds to connect the remaining 31,000 locations.
BEAD
BEAD Satellite Locations Could Drop 35-42%, Analysts Say
NTIA is asking states to remove locations based on new broadband mapping data
Congress
Communications Subcommittee to Consider Bill Requiring National Broadband Strategy to Close the Digital Divide
Six bills before the panel would create new responsibilities for NTIA and the FCC.
Rural
Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Cut ISPs’ Red Tape Filings with Financial Regulators
The bill would cut compliance costs for small broadband providers.
FCC
FCC’s Digital Discrimination Rules Poised for a Narrower Rewrite
Any new rule issued under current FCC Chairman Brendan Car would likely be more limited in scope, panelists said
Expert Opinion
Michelle Yin: America is Fighting About the Wrong End of the Wire
The real broadband fight isn't over data centers but over whether $21 billion in leftover BEAD savings goes toward helping people actually use the networks being built.
Democracy
ALEC Report Finds 22 States Have Ended Chevron Deference
South Carolina is the most recent state to end judicial deference, striking it down in June.
Wireless
Verizon to Cut 500 Jobs, Sell 274 Stores
The company reports second quarter results July 24
