Spectrum

Judge Terminates EchoStar Obligation to Run a Mobile Network After Spectrum Sales

The requirement was a condition of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger in 2020.

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.

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'

Data Center

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.