Policy

In November, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Brendan Carr as the new chairman of the FCC. A Republican currently serving on the Commission, Carr will aim to redirect …

Much has been made over the glacial pace at which the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is rolling out its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment …

The ongoing fallout from the Salt Typhoon cyber attack on U.S. telcos may result in new requirements around network security plans In the wake of the Salt Typhoon cyber attack …

Amid the ongoing revelations related to the Salt Typhoon cyber attack on telecommunications companies including AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, a Senate subcommittee recently held a hearing on the issues related …

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Universal Service Fund unconstitutional The U.S. Supreme Court will review a circuit court ruling which held that the Universal Service Fund is …

Carr wrote a chapter in Project 2025 that outlined priorities for the FCC Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, is the incoming Trump administration’s pick to …

As the 2024 US Presidential Election approached, political robocalls and robotexts surged. Potential disinformation campaigns, scams and AI-generated deepfakes may hae been increasingly used to attempt to confuse and mislead …

Q Link Wireless of Dania Beach, Florida and its CEO, Issa Asad, have both pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Lifeline program that provides discounted connectivity services to low-income people, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the vision for 6G begins to make its way from R&D to standardization, what are the trends and goals, both technological and societal, that will and should influence …

The FCC says AT&T is “strengthening its data governance practices” The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today (Sept. 17) announced that AT&T will pay $13 million to settle an investigation associated …

Data centers are a vital component of digital infrastructure, one that is expected to grow at a fast rate and require more land, power and interconnections. The United States doesn’t …

The Federal Communications Commission plans to “reignite” the $9 billion Rural 5G Fund, moving forward with new rules for the program, which has been languishing since 2020. According to the …

The Federal Communications Commission has announced two settlements with telecom service providers in regards to network outages during 2023. AT&T will pay nearly a million dollars as part of its …

Settlement includes “historic” compliance plan, FCC says The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau has come to a settlement with Lingo Telecom, the voice service provider that transmitted political robocalls to …

The Wireless Innovation Forum, which developed the spectrum sharing standards under which CBRS operates, is setting its sights on new work to develop approaches for spectrum sharing that is more …

$60 million in recent grants will support V2X deployments in Utah, Arizona and Texas The U.S. Department of Transportation has officially released a national V2X plan for vehicle-to-everything communications and …

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is proposing that the agency open an inquiry on “ways to ensure that consumers have appropriate and efficient access to customer service resources” when …

NARB concurs with recommendation that AT&T ‘discontinue or modify’ claims about the availability of NTN coverage The National Advertising Review Board (NARB) has agreed with the previous recommendation made by …

The Federal Communications Commission is asking for input on how it should define the types of robocalls and texts that would be considered “AI-generated”, as well as proposing new rules …

The states of New Mexico and Virginia recently had their “Internet for All” plans for the implementation of the federal Broadband Access, Equity and Deployment (BEAD) program accepted by the …

Court ruling reverses an earlier panel decision on USF constitutionality The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the mechanism by which the Universal Service Fund …

The federal CHIPS for America program has released info about a new funding round of up to $1.6 billion, focused on bolstering advanced semiconductor packaging manufacturing in the United States. …

The only way out of this mess is with technology, an old Labour prime minister told a new Labour prime minister in London today (June 9) – four days after …

The purchase would have led to ‘significant impediments to competition and consumer harm,’ said Portugal’s competition authority Following a draft decision thwarting Vodafone Portugal’s proposed acquisition of Cabonitel, including Nowo …

Apple will also withhold iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay Screen Sharing in the EU this year Due to regulatory concerns relating to the European Parliament’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple has said …