Justice Department
Verizon, Frontier Settle with Two Merger Opponents in California
The companies are eager for the CPUC to approve the deal at its Dec. 18 meeting.
enforcement
Second Circuit Affirms FCC's $47 Million Fine Against Verizon
There was already a circuit split on whether the FCC's forfeiture process is legal.
Copyright
SCOTUS Told Fourth Circuit Ruling Could Cut Off Families From Internet
Broad coalition urges justices to reject $1 billion piracy verdict against Cox Communications.
AI
Verizon CFO Sees AI as Next Revenue Stream
Skiadas unveils plan to repurpose central offices for hosting AI workloads.
Wireless
Comcast CFO Says 2025 an ‘Investment Year’
Armstrong outlines plans to prioritize wireless and broadband as competition mounts.
mergers
Verizon Confident Frontier Deal Will Close on Time
California utility regulators are scrutinizing the deal.
Spectrum
Jostling in the Airwaves Resumes After Passage of Trump’s Budget Bill
Trump’s budget law mandated a ‘spectrum pipeline’ to sell off 800 megahertz of spectrum. Coupled with FCC pressure, the law is quickly re-arranging the commercial airwaves
Community Broadband
Vineland, N.J., Nabs $3.7 Million Grant To Begin Municipal Fiber Network
Grant from the New Jersey Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Equity program aims to expand broadband access in the city
BEAD
Pennsylvania Planning Fiber for 64% of BEAD Locations
North Dakota would get fiber to almost all of its relatively few locations.
Fixed Wireless
Doug Dawson: Fixed Wireless Far From ‘Running Out of Gas’
Notes steady growth and newly available spectrum as reasons for industry optimism
Wireless
Coalition Renews Call for FCC to Consolidate Review of UScellular Deals
Coalition indicates that its not finished fighting UScellular-T-Mobile transaction, closed or not.
Infrastructure
AOL Finally Shutting Down its Dial-up Internet Service
AOL introduced many households to the world wide web for the first time in the 90s and early 2000s.
Earnings
Bell Canada: Ziply Counts 375,000 Fiber Subs
The Northwest ISP is expected to hit 2 million fiber passings by 2028.
Satellite
FCC Adopts New Satellite Licensing Reforms
SpaceX, Kuiper pushed for more flexibility; CTIA warned of 5G interference risks
Infrastructure
FCC to Narrow Environmental and Historic Reviews of Wireless Build
Certain small cells, towers, and rural 5G builds may soon bypass NEPA and historic site reviews
Community Broadband
USTelecom Warns Permitting Delays Force Providers to Abandon Projects
Eleven states called out.
