April 2025

Reps Matsui, Allen, Walberg Reintroduce Future Networks Act

Reps Doris Matsui (D-CA-7), Rick Allen (R-GA-12), and Tim Walberg (R-MI-5) reintroduced the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act, legislation that directs the Federal Communications Commisison to bring together industry leaders, public interest groups and government experts to establish a 6G Task Force. Specifically, the FUTURE Networks Act:

Rural internet program on hold as Musk’s satellites get new consideration

Recipients of Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) grants have expressed worries that years of planning to bring internet to underserved rural households could be stymied by the Trump administration’s shift in the program’s direction.

Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator

It is the policy of the United States to modernize its processes to attract substantial domestic and foreign investment in the United States and to actively assist those building here for the benefit of our Nation’s economic prosperity to unleash investment from our small businesses to the largest companies. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall establish within the Department of Commerce an office named the United States Investment Accelerator (Inv

French Competition Watchdog Fines Apple $162.4 Million Over App Tracking Transparency

France’s competition regulator fined Apple 150 million euros ($162.4 million) over concerns the company abused its dominant position in mobile apps through the privacy measures it imposes on developers on its iPhone and iPad’s operating system.