April 2025

T-Mobile CEO prefers pureplay fiber for M&A

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said the company will continue to consider merger and acquisition opportunities where appropriate—but that the company would lean toward "pureplay fiber" options where available. "We are interested in the space," Sievert said of T-Mobile's growing fiber ambitions. "We're out there kicking the tires. Our appetite is limited. It has to be just the right thing. And we've kind of shown our preference for pureplay fiber.

GAO Assesses Artificial Intelligence and Finds Five Risks and Challenges

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has exploded in popularity in recent years, altering the technological landscape worldwide. To try and understand how these seismic shifts will impact communications systems in the United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessed the environmental and human effects of generative AI. GAO highlights five AI risks and challenges that could result in substantial human effects.

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals. Given the limited enforcement resources of executive departments and agencies (agencies), the unlawfulness of disparate-impact liability, and the policy of this order, all agencies shall deprioritize enforcement of all statutes and regulations to the extent they include disparate-impact liability. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General, in coor