Verizon continues to struggle in several areas of its business, and the Q3 results showed the effects of that, but new CEO Dan Schulman plans a shift in strategy designed to turn the company around and drive customer growth. Impact: Though Verizon remains the second largest fixed wireless access provider behind T-Mobile with 5.4 million …
Verizon Stumbles in Fixed Wireless, New CEO Plans Big Changes Read More »
In its October 28 monthly meeting, the FCC plans to vote on adoption of a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to eliminate some service provider requirements for consumer broadband labels and determine whether the commission will solicit comments on other ways to make the labels easier for providers to comply with while also ensuring they …
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called the SpaceX deal to acquire $17 billion in EchoStar spectrum “a potential gamechanger for the American consumer,” but not everyone seems sure the transaction will change much beyond giving SpaceX access to more spectrum. Impact: Nevertheless, the transaction (and a similar AT&T deal two weeks ago) ended the FCC’s twin …
Measuring How SpaceX Plans to Use $17B in EchoStar Spectrum Read More »
With most states scheduled to submit their final proposals to the National Telecommunications & Information Administration by September 4, state broadband offices have been releasing provisional BEAD awards for the last several weeks, with new announcements occurring nearly every day. Impact: As of the end of August, 30 states had released their subgrantee selections using …
BEAD Funding Still Leans Toward Fiber As Deadline Nears Read More »
With the BEAD program’s Benefit of the Bargain round well underway, trends have started to emerge that illustrate how states plan to navigate the new rules implemented by the Trump Administration. Impact: Though the round hasn’t ended yet, not everyone is happy with how states have decided to navigate the revamped process, with SpaceX particularly …
SpaceX Unhappy with Benefit of the Bargain Round, Wants More Funds Read More »
After the FCC went more than two years from March 2023 to July 2025 without the ability to conduct spectrum auctions, Congress included a provision restoring the agency’s authority to so in the budget bill that passed last week. Impact: While the controversial bill faced a lot of opposition on a range of topics before …
FCC Auction Authority Restored, NTIA to Consider More 5G Spectrum Read More »
With so much uncertainty in the world right now, it wouldn’t be surprising to see companies pull back on risk-taking until things get more stable both economically and politically in the U.S. and around the globe. Impact: But that hasn’t been the case in U.S. telecom so far in 2025 (and wasn’t really in 2024 …
Telecom M&A Shows Resilience in First Half of 2025 Read More »
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration finally released a new notice of funding opportunity for the $42.5 billion federal BEAD program on June 6. Impact: As expected, the program’s fiber preference has been eliminated in favor of a more technology-neutral approach, although in this case technology neutral seems to …
BEAD Changes Throw the Entire Program into Disarray Read More »
Though less out of the blue than the Charter-Cox merger announcement on May 16, the news less than a week later that Lumen had agreed to sell its Mass Markets fiber business to AT&T still made a significant impact. Impact: After several months of negotiations, AT&T will acquire the majority of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber …
AT&T Acquires Lumen’s Mass Markets Fiber Assets for $5.75B Read More »
The Trump Administration’s wide-ranging tariffs will undoubtably have a negative impact on telecom providers, with most of that expected to come from an increase in equipment costs that will make network upgrades and expansions more expensive. Impact: The tariffs on China, Vietnam, and the European Union potentially could do real damage to telecom supply chains …
Broadband and Wireless Providers Face Increased Costs with Tariffs Read More »
