Broadband Mapping and Data

FCC Pleased With Pace of Broadband Deployments

The agency's 706 report did not include analysis of broadband affordability or adoption

National Security

Team Telecom Probes T-Mobile’s $2B Oak Hill Fiber Deal

The FCC has said it will not act on the underlying license applications until Team Telecom completes its review.

Expert Opinion

Mark Vasconi: A Growing Reality Check for BEAD

I’m a former State Broadband Officer. Here's what other SBOs are saying about BEAD.

Wireless

Some Smaller ISPs Feeling Pressure to Bundle

National wireless carriers and cable operators are leaning into convergence

Fiber

Prysmian Doubles Down on U.S. Fiber With $1.2B Expansion

Claremont, N.C., will get the bulk of the investment spanning facilities in three states.

BEAD

States Can’t Unilaterally Alter BEAD Contracts, NTIA Says

The agency asked states to reduce satellite awards, but some had already signed their agreements

Policyband

NT&T’s Collapse Forces Thousands in Five States to Find New Phone and Internet Providers Fast

An FCC filing shows the Nebraska carrier will shut down all services by Sept. 30 after wholesale partners cut off access, leaving 3,756 customers with only weeks to transition.

mergers

CPUC Approves $34.5 Billion Charter-Cox Merger

The agency adopted settlement agreements between the companies and consumer advocates with few additional conditions

Data Center

Texas Governor Halts Data Center Grid Connections Pending Audit

The data center interconnection freeze is separate from the state's halting the disbursements of billions in broadband funding.

permitting

With House Effort Stalled, NCTA Presses Senate on Broadband Permitting

Cable group asks Senate committee leaders to include broadband reforms in any permitting package.

Infrastructure

Wichita Internet Exchange Point Set to Begin Operations in Coming Weeks

A partnership with an AI compute tenant is providing the cash to build more rural IXPs

BEAD

Texas Halts BEAD Disbursements as New Comptroller Recasts Broadband Office

A broadband mess in Texas

Dustin Burrows

Broadband Grants Paused as Critics Allege Favoritism Toward Elon Musk’s Starlink

An audit is underway, but no completion date has been set.

Mountain Connect

Watch Out for Pole Disputes, Environmental Permits, Experts say

One engineer suggested outside consultants to support local permitting agencies

Expert Opinion

Bartlett Cleland: The Market Is Already Solving Dead Zones; BEAD Shouldn't Fund Them

Now that the big three carriers are jointly building satellite direct-to-device coverage, BEAD should stop chasing rural mobile and stick to connecting unserved homes.

Policyband

Texas Puts BEAD Funding on Hold Over Allegations of Favoritism to Starlink

About $1.2 billion in limbo as the Texas Broadband Development Office deals with criticism, apparently encouraged by Starlink rival Amazon Leo, over how broadband deployment funds were awarded