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Cable Industry Pushes Congress to Protect Wi-Fi and Shared Spectrum

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2025 – The cable industry asked Congress Tuesday to protect shared and unlicensed spectrum bands as part of the sweeping budget bill Republicans are working on pushing through. “The CBRS and 6 GHz Wi-Fi bands are working – for consumers, for innovation, and for the U.S. economy.

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GCI Customers In Sitka, Alaska to Lose Service for Days Amid Fiber Maintenance

Broadband Breakfast

The company said it will provide alternate, third-party connectivity for low-bandwidth services via satellite and radio wave during the 8-day maintenance period.  Josh Edge , a spokesperson for GCI, told Broadband Breakfast in an email that the company’s technical team detected what looked like damage to a strip of undersea cable.

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Agentic AI and the Future of Communications for Autonomous Vehicle (V2X)

IEEE ComSoc

by Prashant Vajpayee (bio below) Abstract: Autonomous vehicles increasingly depend on Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications , but 5G networks face challenges such as latency, coverage gaps, high infrastructure costs, and security risks.

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Hurricane Season Resiliency Coordination – and Why it Matters

Rural Broadband Association

Communicating over the weekend with Craig Cook, CEO of HCTC (Ingram, Texas), on what support or supplies NTCA could help provide, I was already in the mindset of what an important role communications tools play as a critical part of any natural disaster recovery.  With Washington, D.C.,

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Charter Moving Ahead with Shared-Spectrum Deployments

Broadband Breakfast

The cable operator spent more than $460 million on priority licenses in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band in 2020. He said that involved radios, chips, and mobile phone hardware and software that could take advantage of the airwaves. “Now that’s all done,” he said.

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Where Fiber Doesn't Fit

Broadband Breakfast

Fixed wireless access uses high-frequency radio waves and antennas to deliver high-speed connectivity between two fixed locations, without the need for physical cabling infrastructure. It can provide greater flexibility and affordability than fiber.

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CBRS Users Defend Band to FCC

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission should not consider auctioning shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum, users told the agency.  WISPA , the cable industry, and consumer groups tried unsuccessfully to secure protections for CBRS, a shared band that sits in the 3.55-3.70

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