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June 2026

FCC Announces Conditional Approvals for Certain UAS and Routers

The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau maintains a list of equipment and services that have been determined to “pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.” Pursuant to section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 and sections 1.50002(a) and 1.50003 of the Commission’s rules, PSHSB announces that the Department of War has granted Conditional Approvals for certain uncrewed aircraft systems and routers. 

Musk’s Starlink hooked rural customers. Then came the price increases.

When Julie Slama and her husband moved to a home outside Dunbar, Nebraska, in April 2022, they were happy customers of Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Wolfe Research thinks Starlink should buy a Big 3 carrier

Of all the analyses coming out ahead of SpaceX’s big initial public offering, one in particular stands out. First, some background. All three of the big mobile network operators in the U.S. have said “no” to an MVNO deal with Starlink, SpaceX’s most profitable unit.

Verizon taps AI agents for network automation

Verizon is ready to take network automation to the next level with agentic AI and is starting to see promising results from agents taking on some operational tasks. From its early learnings, the carrier urges the industry to focus on security, transparency, and, where it makes sense, a common framework for agentic network operations. The foundation for the carrier's automation capabilities is the on-premise Verizon Cloud Platform that hosts virtual and cloud-native network functions.

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