Policyband

Former Breezeline President Frank van der Post Named CEO of WideOpenWest (WOW!)

Takes the helm just a few days after DigitalBridge and Crestview Partners took the regional ISP private. WOW! CEO Teresa Elder to retire.

People

People: New FCC Chief Economist, USTelecom Promotions

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's new top economist is University of North Carolina economics professor Jonathan Williams.

Commerce Department

Officials and Executives Discuss Cyber Labels, Agentic AI, and Resilience

Officials pointed to NIST’s new AI cybersecurity profile, labeling programs and procurement standards as governments adopt oversight for autonomous systems.

Maine

Bill to Eliminate Maine’s Broadband Authority Struck-and-Replaced by Committee

Maine Connect Authority president criticized what he called ‘surprisingly outdated’ thinking behind the bill.

CTA

CES26: EU, South Korea Frame Early Global Push for AI Regulation

Officials from Ireland, South Korea and Canada said at the Consumer Electronics Show that shared rules are becoming essential as AI scales across borders.

mergers

Cable One to Combine Fiber JV with Point Broadband, Acquire Vyve

Separately, former Breezeline president Frank van der Post was named CEO of WOW! after private equity firms closed on the acquisition.

Spectrum

Rural Carriers, Consumer Groups Want AT&T-Array Deal Reviewed

Groups argued cable wasn’t a meaningful competitive constraint in the wireless industry.

CES2026

The Coolest Technology from Day 1 of CES2026

CES is a huge opportunity annually for companies both large and small to parade products they plan to put on shelves this year.

CES2026

AMD Showcases Growing AI Hardware Arsenal at CES2026

Lisa Su says AMD chips power nonstop AI with OpenAI, Microsoft, and additional partnerships.

Policyband

FCC Could Try to Bypass 39% TV Cap By Redefining 'National Audience Reach,' Analyst Says

Phoenix Center’s Lawrence Spiwak Called Such a Move a Regulatory ‘Hail Mary’ to Approve Nexstar-TEGNA Transaction

12 Days of Broadband

America Loses Dish, a National Wireless Carrier, in 2025

Is the EchoStar saga a success story for spectrum entrepreneurship, or cautionary tale about consolidation in wireless?

networking

NVIDIA Unveils New AI Systems as Computing Demand Surges

CEO Jensen Huang said its latest architecture integrates chips, networking and cooling to support next-generation AI workloads.

CES2026

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics Unveil Humanoid Robot Atlas at CES2026

The company says a product version is already in production and will be deployed by 2028 at Hyundai's facility in Georgia.

Wireless

Industries Opposed to FCC Prison Jamming Proposal

Trade groups, companies suggested small-scale trials before moving forward.

Rural

RDOF Default Leaves Some Rural Areas Without BEAD Path

South Central Connect walks away from 13 census block groups.

CES2026

CES2026: Robots Edging Toward Real-World Deployment

Industry leaders said adoption, not flashy demos, were defining the next phase of physical artificial intelligence with scale and trust.