Earnings
Optimum Beats on Broadband Losses, but Debt Looms
The company expanded its MVNO deal with T-Mobile
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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
Spectrum
SpaceX, Unlicensed Spectrum Users Want Tweaks to FCC Direct-to-Device Proposal
Experts said the agency’s proposal would only work in rural areas
Virginia
RiverStreet Networks Loses Virginia Contracts After Numerous Delays
Virginia has stripped the company from multiple state-subsidized broadband projects after years of missed deadlines and funding shortfalls.
Congress
Senate Commerce Advances Kids’ Online Safety Bills
From chatbots to connected toys, senators push new guardrails for kids online
USF
Fifth Circuit Judges Probe USF Spending, Administrator
A Fifth Circuit panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in Consumers' Research's latest challenge to the program
AI
Fiber Users More Likely to Engage With AI More, Analyst Finds
AI sessions with fiber connection are 50 percent more intensive than those with cable.
Broadband Mapping and Data
BEAD Projects Could Require 86,000 Permits Nationwide, Analysts Say
ACLP researchers said that was likely an undercount
Expert Opinion
Rebecca Stone: What ISPs Need to Know About ‘Work from Home’ Habits
ISPs should treat the home network as business-critical infrastructure, since remote-work usage patterns differ sharply between the U.S. and Europe.
Policyband
Elon Musk's Message to Rival ISPs – More Pain on the Way
“It’s not out of the question that at some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world’s Internet,” Musk said on an Aug. 4 earnings call with Wall Street analysts
Earnings
SpaceX Planning Terrestrial Deployments to Support Direct-to-Device
The company added 1.7 million broadband subscribers in the second quarter
Wireless
Tower Companies Optimistic Amid Spectrum Auctions, Potential AI Deployments
SBA Communications has been in early talks with satellite companies about terrestrial deployments
Expert Opinion
John Doyle: The FCC’s New ID Rule is a Gift to America’s Adversaries
The FCC's proposed ID collection rule would build the exact database Chinese hackers are already inside U.S. telecom networks looking for.
USF
New Mexico Launches Rulemaking for Broadband Affordability Program
The state program will offer eligible households discounts toward broadband service beginning Dec. 1.
Digital Inclusion
Commerce Working on New Round of Digital Equity Act Funding
The agency is planning to take applications in December
