mergers
FCC Approves T-Mobile-Metronet Deal
The wireless carrier committed to end more diversity initiatives.
FCC
Consumer Groups Balk At Verizon’s Bid to Delay Phone Unlocking
Urge FCC to adopt uniform 60 day unlocking standard instead
Expert Opinion
Karl Bode: California’s Affordable Broadband Bill at Risk of Being Destroyed by Lobbying
Amendments degrade the bill’s speed definitions, weaken the CPUC's ability to hold large telecoms accountable, and creates new financial risks for municipal providers.
Mobile
RWA Continues Push for Access to Verizon-Mediacom MVNO
Group calls Verizon’s arguments ‘speculative and unsupported.’
Mobile
Law Enforcement Rallies Behind Verizon for Waiver of Phone Unlocking Rules
Growing number of police groups oppose an unlocking mandate
SpaceX
T-Mobile and Starlink Satellite Service to Officially Launch July 23
The service will come free with the carrier's top tier plans and cost $10 per month for other users, including AT&T and Verizon customers.
Infrastructure
Judge Dismisses Investor Suit Against AT&T Over Lead Cables
The court said some claims were actionable and gave the investors 30 days to file a new complaint.
Briefs
Tillman Global Holdings Announces New Leadership at FiberCo and Digital Cities
Infrastructure investment company appoints new CEOs to lead its fiber broadband and wireless businesses.
Mobile
RWA Wants Access to Verizon’s Mobile Agreement with Mediacom
Trade association flags potential of discriminatory pricing in Verizon mobile agreements
Digital Inclusion
AT&T Says it Will Keep DEI Policies in Place Ahead of Merger
Company could face standoff with FCC Chairman Carr, but AT&T already rolled back major DEI policies in March.
Ron Wyden
Wyden Warns Fellow Senators about Executive Branch Surveillance
Claims lawmakers not being informed as required.
mergers
AT&T Paying $5.75 Billion for Lumen’s Consumer Fiber Business
The carrier plans to find a co-investor and operate the asset on an open-access basis, with itself as the anchor tenant.
House Appropriations
Carr Pressed Over FCC’s ‘Speculative’ Savings as No Budget Request Submitted
Lawmakers say only a fraction of Carr’s $567 million in cuts may be realized .
FCC
FCC Approves $20 Billion Verizon–Frontier Merger
Democrat Gomez condemned the approval as a 'backroom deal.'
mergers
Verizon Ends DEI Programs as FCC Reviews $9.6B Frontier Deal
FCC Chairman Carr previously warned diversity efforts could jeopardize merger approval.
Spectrum
Charter Moving Ahead with Shared-Spectrum Deployments
The company is aiming to deploy CBRS in 23 markets by the end of the year.
