The National Telecommunications and Information Administration seeks approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to add 61 questions to the November 2025 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. This collection of questions is known as the NTIA Internet Use Survey and is also referred to as the CPS Computer and Internet Use Supplement.
Sen Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) told local news that she doesn’t expect her state’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment plan to change drastically under new program rules. Previously a staunch opponent of rebidding, she said she was “fine” with satellite providers getting another chance to bid for homes and businesses the state had awarded to fiber internet service providers.
New federal rules governing the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program purport to speed deployment of broadband infrastructure, but some experts say that the changes could come at the cost of long-term scalability and meaningful participation by smaller providers. “I do think that this [policy notice] is a mixed bag with a lot more bad than good,” said Jessica Dine, policy analyst at New America's Open Technology Institute, who said some ancillary requirements are being mischaracterized as “totally unnecessary.” She agreed that simplifying the rules would have a positive impact,
The 1996 presidential campaign for Bill Clinton used the mantra “It’s the economy, stupid” to keep the campaign focused. In the case of telecom, and not to be disrespectful to our readers, you could say "It's the legacy infrastructure, stupid." A big focus for operators right now is to clean up their technical debt so they can pounce on the opportunities in AI. Joe Cumello, SVP and general manager of Ciena’s Blue Planet, stressed the importance for service providers to clean up their inventory systems in preparation for agentic AI.
Shares of EchoStar were up more than 45 percent after a report surfaced that President Trump intervened in the dramatic conflict involving EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr. According to Bloomberg, Ergen met with President Trump on June 12, a day after a long-awaited meeting with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
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