Expert Opinion
Wi-Fi is America’s Secret Weapon in the Tech Race with China
If we want to put America first, we must put Wi-Fi first.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is the regulator of telecommunications, television, wireless, cable, satellite and radio-frequency spectrum in in the United States.
FCC
FCC Approves $20 Billion Verizon–Frontier Merger
Democrat Gomez condemned the approval as a 'backroom deal.'
Charter
Charter-Cox Merger Provides Convergence Runway
Analysts don't expect the deal to face regulatory hurdles.
mergers
Verizon Ends DEI Programs as FCC Reviews $9.6B Frontier Deal
FCC Chairman Carr previously warned diversity efforts could jeopardize merger approval.
FCC
White House Pressure on Newsrooms a ‘B.F.D.,’ FCC’s Gomez Warns
Gomez said White House-directed effort to chill speech in newsrooms and online was working.
Spectrum
Charter Moving Ahead with Shared-Spectrum Deployments
The company is aiming to deploy CBRS in 23 markets by the end of the year.
Humphrey's Executor
Fired FTC Officials Warn of ‘Corruption,’ Threat to Independent Agencies
Slaughter, Bedoya head to court May 20.
Congress
House Commerce Advances $88 Billion Spectrum Auction Plan, Turning Back Amendments
Democrats fail in bid to redirect spectrum funds to broadband affordability, 911 infrastructure, or cybersecurity in reconciliation bill.
Cyber Trust Mark.
Surprise: Simington Praises Biden on Cyber Trust Mark
“Sometimes, the best way to protect our nation is to empower it.”
Congress
Protesters Disrupt House Markup of Budget Bill Addressing Spectrum, AI
House Energy and Commerce Committee markup stretched late into the evening.
Benton
Groups: FCC Needs to Combine Review of Big UScellular Deals
UScellular has deals to sell its operations and much of its spectrum to the three major wireless carriers.
Spectrum
FCC Reviews EchoStar’s 2 GHz Spectrum Rights
Move follows SpaceX's push to open the band to new satellite entrants.
Expert Opinion
Randy May: If the President Can Fire FCC Commissioners, Should the Agency Be Restructured?
In a world in which commissioners may be dismissed at the will of a president, the notion of agency independence, as conventionally understood, no longer holds.
Virginia
UVA Deploys CBRS Network With Comcast to Boost Cell Coverage
The university’s historic Grounds get wireless upgrade with the help of shared spectrum.
Spectrum
Guthrie Wants FCC Spectrum Auction Pipeline to Raise $88 Billion
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is marking up its contribution to a budget package on Tuesday.
FCC
Simington, Wax Call on Trump to ‘DOGE’ the FCC
The commissioner and his new chief of staff called for slashing subsidies and downsizing staff.
