Broadband Breakfast

JULY 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission approved two major deals Friday: T-Mobile’s $4.3   It also will create a more vigorous multi-orbit competitor in the satellite communications marketplace.” billion purchase of UScellular’s wireless business and SES’s $3.1

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 22, 2025

At the hearing before California’s Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, proponents described AB 470 a long-overdue step to modernize California’s communications infrastructure. There's a whole community behind your FREE membership. “COLR is about a responsibility.

Landline

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 23, 2025

The Wadena Pioneer Journal reports Since 1950, West Central Telephone Association (WCTA) has been a foundation for communication in rural communities, bridging the gap between neighbors and businesses.

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 2, 2025

The bill, officially dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and narrowly passed by the House, would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to auction off spectrum, which expired in March 2023. Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? “We don’t need six, we need 12.”

Provisioning

AT&T Connects

JUNE 4, 2025

FirstNet was born from critical lessons learned during the tragic events of 9/11: our nations first responders need a reliable, dedicated communications network that allows them to stay connected when seconds matter most. With FirstNets always-on priority and preemption features, first responders now have a VIP lane for communications.

Communication

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 17, 2025

Standford Social Innovation Review looks at why broadband has not reached some rural areas Broadband deserts exist largely because traditional finance and big-name ISPs do not build for communities too rural or too poor to hit their profit targets. Broadband is no different.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 25, 2025

What was missing, those executives told them, was broadband internet access. The communities needed access. The Tobacco Commission paid for 3,000 miles of rural broadband. Ralph Northam would call on Feinman for another job, as the commonwealth’s chief broadband adviser. Soon, then-Gov.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2025 – AT&T won a legal battle against the Federal Communications Commission in April, saving the company from paying a $57 million fine. ” There's a whole community behind your FREE membership. There's a whole community behind your FREE membership.

Television

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2025 – The House passed Monday five telecom and communications bills, including efforts to require more vetting for high-cost fund participants and codify modern responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.  The bill still had bipartisan support Monday, with Reps.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 8, 2025

introduced but ultimately withdrew an amendment that would have incorporated provisions from his own Intimate Privacy Protection Act. 2399 , the Rural Broadband Protection Act, would tighten FCC vetting procedures for broadband providers seeking federal funding in unserved areas. Jake Auchincloss , D-Mass.,   H.R.

Router

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 9, 2025

billion in broadband subsidies has pledged to move away from an 'extreme tech bias in favor of fiber' toward technology neutrality—a welcome shift that could bring transformative connectivity to rural America. billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 14, 2025

Wednesday, House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee passed communications provisions in a broader reconciliation budget package unchanged, defeating a series of Democratic amendments that would have redirected spectrum auction revenue toward broadband affordability, public safety, and cybersecurity initiatives.

Provisioning

Rural Broadband Association

MAY 22, 2025

I marvel at how well and how often community-based broadband providers work together to address challenges, seize opportunities and improve the services they provide to their communities. That same spirit exists between the national cooperative organizations who support those providers.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2025 – The Wireline Competition Bureau said that it had decided to delay enforcement of key provisions of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act until April 1, 2027.    In July 2024 , the FCC voted to set audio rate caps of $0.06-$0.12

Phone

IEEE ComSoc

MARCH 12, 2025

Analysys Mason says investments in the satellite communications industry from AT&T, Google, Vodafone, Apple “could well surpass $20 billion in 2025.” She pointed out that in 3GPP Releases 17, 18 and (forthcoming) 19 and 20, the work has progressed from IoT to broadband to low-earth orbit ( LEO ) satellites.

Mobile

IEEE ComSoc

MARCH 17, 2025

They’ll explore how the AI-native 6G RAN can deliver extreme levels of radio access performance, integrating technologies like deep learning and edge computing, promoting sustainability, enhancing public safety, and driving economic growth through advanced applications like smart cities, digital twins, and immersive communication.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 13, 2025

Whatever notions one may have entertained in the past—or may still entertain—regarding the Federal Communications Commission as a so-called “independent” agency, it’s obvious that those notions may not hold true much longer. I concluded that the president likely would prevail.

Entertainment

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 23, 2025

He said, “If Elon Musk had decided to be a ginormous Democratic donor , I have no doubt that the Biden administration would have pulled out a piñata and celebrated Starlink providing broadband.”   I understand why the new administration wants to speed up Broadband Deployment across the country.

Retail

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2025 – Supporters of unlicensed and shared spectrum services keep pushing Capitol Hill lawmakers to protect those airwaves if they restore the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to auction wireless licenses. The unlicensed band is largely used for Wi-Fi and fixed broadband.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 9, 2025

The Trump Administration said they would be making changes to federal funding going to states for broadband. 1 Each Eligible Entity must comply with this Policy Notice to gain approval of its Final Proposal from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. There are a lot of changes.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 17, 2025

The brief but consequential provision , tucked into the House Energy and Commerce Committee's  sweeping markup , would be a major boon to the AI industry, which has lobbied for uniform and light touch regulation as tech firms develop a technology they promise will transform society. “That sounds to me like a policy change.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 Thursday to give its bureaus explicit authority to use the direct final rulemaking process to eliminate regulations. ” There's a whole community behind your FREE membership. There's a whole community behind your FREE membership.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 6, 2025

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program could result in years of delays, a former National Telecommunications and Information Administration official warned Wednesday. billion BEAD broadband expansion program was under “rigorous review” and would be “revamp[ed] to take a tech-neutral approach.”

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2025 – In news that many in the broadband industry have been bracing for, the Commerce Department said Wednesday it was launching a sweeping review of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, and vowed to strip Biden-era requirements.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 14, 2025

KSTP TV posts about the BEAD funding coming into Minnesota for broadband Minnesota has been giving grants to broadband providers over the last 10 years through its Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant program to encourage investment in unserved and underserved areas of the state.

Broadband

US Telecom

JULY 3, 2025

The following statement is from USTelecom President and CEO Jonathan Spalter: “Updating the nation’s tax code—including through 100% expensing and deductible interest, in combination with unleashing additional spectrum—will help ensure a more connected future for all American communities and families.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 30, 2025

billion in broadband funding. The moratorium, down to five years from ten after previous revisions, is tied to $500 million in new funding for AI development under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., The Senate would still have to approve the measure.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 1, 2025

Mamdani has not talked much about broadband access on the campaign trail, but his legislative history offers some clues on where he stands. New York Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New York. The plan sought to use city-owned infrastructure to expand affordable high-speed internet across all five boroughs.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 – The wireless industry lauded Congress Thursday after the House passed a sweeping budget reconciliation package that delivered a series of major policy wins for telecom providers, including the long-awaited restoration of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 22, 2025

The House bill would, along with restoring the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority until September 30, 2034, require the sale of 600 megahertz for exclusive, licensed use, the model favored by the major wireless carriers. leadership in the global communications industry.” ” Sen.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 21, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit should not ask for any additional briefs on the legality of the USF, the Federal Communications Commission told judges. The Supreme Court upheld the roughly $9 billion-per-year program last month, overturning a Fifth Circuit decision from last year. 

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 12, 2025

Policyband Unlimited Access to Broadband Breakfast and Policyband Broadband Breakfast Broadband Breakfast Cruz has no intention of honoring the Democrats’ request. ” said Cruz Communications Director  Macarena Martinez.

Cramming

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 17, 2025

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, a central focus of NTIA oversight. There's a whole community behind your FREE membership. Rosen vowed in June to respond to the Trump administration’s changes to the BEAD program by opposing all Commerce Department nominees that oversee broadband policy.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2025 – Bureaus within the Federal Communications Commission should not be able to eliminate regulations through the direct final rulemaking process. That’s the message a consortium of 22 public interest organizations had for FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Thursday.

Media

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 2, 2025

Broadband Breakfast he Senate passed a bill requiring the FCC to auction 800 MHz of spectrum. It could raise $85B for tax cuts, but consumer groups say this could reduce access to Wi-Fi and rural broadband by selling unlicensed bands.   In an exchange with Broadband Breakfast , Rep. A Risk to Wi-Fi? Benny Thompson , D-Miss.,

Healthcare

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2024 – In the second quarter, the pattern looked familiar among publicly traded broadband Internet Service Providers: The wireline variety as a group lost subscribers, while fixed wireless access providers posted solid gains. Frontier Communications, after 6.8  million subscribers. With over 1.8

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

5, 2024 – Broadband providers looking to block New York’s Affordable Broadband Act are worried other states would enact similar laws, they told the Supreme Court last week. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 reply brief.   “The ABA was enacted more than three years ago,” she wrote.

Broadband