Donald Trump

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.

mergers

Comcast Spinning off NBCUniversal, Sky

Analysts were split on whether that sets the stage for a merger with Charter

Privacy

Americans are Inundated with Scams. New Polling Shows Why Few Victims Report Them

A survey found that last year alone, about 10% of U.S. adults said they or someone else from their household was deceived by a scammer into losing money.

Policyband

Comcast to Spin Off NBCUniversal and Sky, Ending Brian Roberts' Failed Experiment in Vertical Integration

Mike Cavanagh to become CEO of NBCUniversal and Michael Angelakis will become CEO of Comcast, with no assigned title for Comcast Co-CEO Roberts, a major shareholder

E-Rate

Library Groups Mobilize Against FCC Proposal to Reshape E-Rate

Thursday’s FCC E-Rate inquiry would raise compliance burdens for consultants, participants, and providers, librarians said in interviews