SpaceX’s Aborts Starship Launch, Planning Another Next Week

AST SpaceMobile also said its satellite launch schedule is being pushed into 2027

GOP Lawmakers Want FCC to Require Phone Unlocking

The agency has had an open rulemaking on the issue since 2024

Mitch Carrel: Dark Fiber's 3 Barriers of Land Use, Engineering, and Sales

Dark fiber's economics are compelling in the AI era, but projects stall because operators treat land use, engineering, and sales as sequential hurdles rather than tackling all three at once.

GOP Lawmakers, AGs Want FCC Data Breach Case Reheard

The fear the precedent would make it harder for Congress to eliminate agency rules it doesn’t like

China's Xi Calls for More Global Efforts to Guide AI, Chides U.S. for Curbs on Tech Sharing

Xi also announced the establishment of AI cooperation centers.

Roth's Speech Backing Technological Neutrality Hits a Nerve at Fiber Trade Group

FBA CEO Gary Bolton, hoping to trim Trump administration support for LEOs and FWA, calls fiber 'fundamentally different' from other broadband technologies and the 'foundational infrastructure'

President Trump Rips New York Data Center Ban

The president urged New York to reverse its ban, calling data centers ‘liquid gold’ in a July 15 Truth Social post.

Wisconsin Continues to Report $60 Million Gap in BEAD Funding

State officials say they will have to use state funds to connect the remaining 31,000 locations.

BEAD Satellite Locations Could Drop 35-42%, Analysts Say

NTIA is asking states to remove locations based on new broadband mapping data

Communications Subcommittee to Consider Bill Requiring National Broadband Strategy to Close the Digital Divide

Six bills before the panel would create new responsibilities for NTIA and the FCC.

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Cut ISPs’ Red Tape Filings with Financial Regulators

The bill would cut compliance costs for small broadband providers.

FCC’s Digital Discrimination Rules Poised for a Narrower Rewrite

Any new rule issued under current FCC Chairman Brendan Car would likely be more limited in scope, panelists said