CTIA

BEAD

House NTIA Oversight Hearing Set for Next Week

NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth is set to testify

Cybersecurity

FCC Grants Cable’s Router Ban Waiver

NCTA said its suppliers would be hit by severe supply shortages if they couldn’t swap out components in already approved router designs.

Cybersecurity

Trade Groups Don’t Want Broad Interconnection Ban for Chinese Firms

The FCC sought comment on blocking telecom carriers from connecting with entities on its covered list.

FCC

Telecom Industry Opposes FCC Proposal to Onshore Call Centers

Industry, labor, and business groups urge FCC to reject the proposal.

Cybersecurity

Cable Industry Wants Waiver from FCC Router Ban

NCTA said its suppliers need to swap components in already approved router designs amid AI-induced shortages

Infrastructure

Groups Push Back on Proposed Massachusetts Pole Attachment Timeline

Current processing timelines exceed what surrounding states and FCC timelines look like.

AT&T

Is Broadband's ‘Price War’ Real? Not Everyone Agrees.

Industry filings to the FCC offer competing views on whether consumers are benefiting from broadband competition.

FCC

USAC Audits Are ‘Kafkaesque,’ Industry Tells FCC

Providers say the audit process costs more to defend than it recovers - and want the FCC to fix it.

Spectrum

Airlines Want Reimbursement for Retrofitting Gear After Upper C-Band Auction

Wireless carriers, who would be on the hook, have opposed the idea.

Spectrum

Wireless, Cable Industries at Odds over Spectrum Needs for AI

NTIA also revamped spectrum.gov to display progress of spectrum studies.

Spectrum

NTIA and FCC Chiefs Tout Unified Spectrum Expansion Effort at CTIA Event

Leaders call for more airwaves to support 6G capacity and AI growth.

Spectrum

CBRS Proponents Reiterate Opposition to Higher Power

‘The spectrum access systems have no way of dealing with this.’

Wireless

Wireless Prices Fall as Inflation Rises, CTIA Finds

CTIA’s wireless affordability tracker shows faster speeds and lower data costs.

Wireless

Virginia Enacts Law to Streamline Wireless Infrastructure Upgrades

Measure limits local denials, aims to expand wireless coverage for state services.

Drones

Georgia AG Chris Carr Ready to Shoot at Drones to Stop Prison Cellphone Smuggling

Prison contraband crackdown effort expands beyond jamming as drones draw scrutiny.

Privacy

States Ramp Up Restrictions on Sale of Sensitive Consumer Data

Maryland’s law banning the sale of sensitive data signals a shift toward stricter state privacy regulation.