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FCC Accelerating Rollout of Modern, High-Speed Networks
Agency streamlining process to retire copper lines, freeing up billions for new networks
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Chairman Carr Proposes Call Center Onshoring, English Proficiency Requirements
Rulemaking opens new front in robocall crackdown, too, while bringing back American jobs and improving customer service
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US Wireless Industry Invests Over 2.5x More Than European Counterparts
European leaders have long bemoaned their low levels of wireless infrastructure investment compared to the United States
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Can Elon Musk’s Starlink Mobile defy physics?
For now, satellite is a rural complement—not a mobile network killer
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House Passes Rep Kean's Bill to Accelerate Broadband Deployment to Rural and Tribal Communities
H.R.5419 directs the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture to conduct a comprehensive review of administrative barriers that delay the review of communications use authorizations
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Optimum offers super cheap fiber broadband to lure subscribers
Optimum is trying to entice new broadband customers to its Optimum Fiber service with a $25 per month offer
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FCC denies Savage Communications' request for waiver of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support recovery rules
In December 2025, Savage submitted a petition requesting waiver of the Commission’s non-compliance rules
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