mergers
T-Mobile, Swedish Investor EQT Close Lumos Purchase
T-Mobile is aiming to reach 3.5 million passings with the joint venture by 2029.
FCC
FCC’s Carr Opens Probes Into Disney and ABC
The agency is investigating the company, along with Comcast and Verizon, over diversity practices.
FCC
FCC Opens Inquiry into GPS Backup
Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez criticized the agency's recent probes into media companies and ISPs.
FTC
FTC’s Ferguson Says Tech Censorship Practices May Violate Antitrust Law
Chairman signals agency’s expanding role in countering Big Tech censorship
DC Circuit
Judges Probe FCC’s $92 Million Fine Against T-Mobile
The company argued the fines were invalid under SEC v. Jarkesy.
national security
FCC Investigating Chinese Telecom Providers
The agency's chairman alleged some of the firms were operating in the U.S.
Spectrum
Court Declines to Stay 4.9 GHz Order on FirstNet
The FCC is looking to give AT&T's FirstNet access to more public safety spectrum.
Mobile
Charter and Comcast Offering Emergency Satellite Messaging on Certain Android Phones
Verizon, who the cable giants have MVNO deals with, announced satellite texting on the same Android phones Wednesday.
FCC
Who Might Replace Geoffrey Starks at the FCC?
Trump’s next move could upend agency norms.
Infrastructure
FCC Loosens Copper Retirement Rules
The agency allowed bundled voice services to qualify as an alternative option, among other things.
Media Ownership
FCC Defends Media Ownership Rules Before Eighth Circuit
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opposes the rules, and is expected to roll them back regardless of the outcome.
Funding
Missouri Wants FCC to Return $177 Million in Defaulted Grants
More than 85,000 locations meant to be served by the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund remain without service.
SpaceX
New Mexico’s $70 Million Starlink Plan Not in State Budget
State broadband office requested $70 million last November for the Starlink project.
Pole Attachments
Pew: States Should Collect Data on Utility Poles
The data could inform policy decisions where the FCC doesn't regulate poles, the group said.
FCC
FCC Commissioner Starks to Resign ‘This Spring’
With Starks leaving, Carr could have a majority sooner than he expected.
USF
USF Opponents Attacking ‘a Strawman’: Trump Administration
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether the fund is constitutional March 26.
