Maura Sullivan, Author at One Touch Intelligence

Permitting Reform (and Opposition) Heats Up with New Legislation

As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025, advocacy groups are raising the alarm about the federal government’s effort to override municipal rules and regulations around broadband permitting. Impact: With Congress moving forward on legislation aimed at streamlining the broadband permitting process to simplify deployments, organizations like …

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AT&T and Verizon Reveal Strong Postpaid and FWA Gains in Q4

News / By Maura Sullivan

A strong Q4 2025 from Verizon’s mobile unit bested AT&T in postpaid and postpaid phone net adds for the first time in a year. Impact: Verizon’s consumer postpaid phone net adds came in at a better-than-expected 551,000, up 50% year-over-year and beating AT&T’s 421,000 net adds in the category. The Q4 gains helped Verizon offset …

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FCC Ready to Provide a Boost to 6 GHz Wi-Fi Spectrum

News / By Maura Sullivan

Devices dependent on Wi-Fi will get a boost if the FCC moves forward with a plan to enable additional devices to operate in the 6 GHz band, which ranges from 5.925 GHz to 7.125 GHz. Impact: With Wi-Fi now considered a vital part of daily life, the news that the FCC plans to hold a …

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Feds Discuss Non-Deployment Options

News / By Maura Sullivan

Even as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration moves to push states’ BEAD final proposals through, discussions about what to do with more than $20 billion in non-deployment funds continue to rage. Impact: Two Republican senators, Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced legislation last week known as the SUCCESS for BEAD Act …

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The Battle Over Broadband Permitting Reform Starts to Heat Up

Broadband / By Maura Sullivan

Broadband permitting has become something of a hot-button issue of late as NTIA starts approving BEAD final proposals and providers get ready to finally start deployments next year. Impact: Telecom industry groups like ACA Connects and USTelecom want the FCC to streamline the broadband permitting process and make it easier for providers to deploy broadband …

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AT&T Moves Quickly to Deploy EchoStar’s 3.45 GHz Spectrum

News / By Maura Sullivan

AT&T gained early access to the 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum licenses it’s in the process of acquiring from EchoStar in a $23 billion deal (that also includes 600 MHz low-band licenses) to help ramp up its 5G download speeds by a significant margin. Impact: A short-term spectrum lease management deal between the two companies while …

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Verizon Stumbles in Fixed Wireless, New CEO Plans Big Changes

Wireless / By Maura Sullivan

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 …

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FCC Moves to Revise Broadband Label Requirements

Broadband / By Maura Sullivan

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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Measuring How SpaceX Plans to Use $17B in EchoStar Spectrum

News / By Maura Sullivan

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 …

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BEAD Funding Still Leans Toward Fiber As Deadline Nears

Fiber / By Maura Sullivan

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 …

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