Broadband in America Fixed Broadband Competition Focus Report – June 2026 Edition
Focuses on a clear turning point in U.S. fixed broadband competition
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Supreme Court lets Texas restrict minors' access to app stores for the time being
Utah, Louisiana, and Alabama have passed similar laws
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FCC Adds Digitalsystem Technology Inc. Services to Covered List
FCC updates Covered List to include international telecommunications services provided by Digitalsystem Technology Inc
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From Call Boxes to AI: 250 Years of Public Safety Communications
Americans have repeatedly reinvented public safety communications, driven by a single objective: getting help where it’s needed, faster
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WIA Awarded $29.9 Million to Expand Registered Apprenticeships for Telecommunications Workforce
Department of Labor’s Pay-for-performance funding will help employers establish and sustain Registered Apprenticeship programs that build the skilled workforce needed for America’s digital future
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Statewide Tour to Drive Digital Opportunity for Everyone in Maine
As high-speed internet access becomes a reality, focus shifts to the meaningful opportunities it unlocks in Mainers’ lives
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Rep. McDowell Introduces Broadband Infrastructure Extension Act
Legislation provides states and local communities additional time to complete broadband projects already underway
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Federal Communications Commission: Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2026-2030
Agency Strategic Plan for years 2026-2030
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Federal Communications Commission: Agency Performance Plan Fiscal Year 2027
Agency Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 2027
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FCC Seeks Comment on Tentative Findings for the 2026 Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act Biennial Report
FCC invites further comment on whether these tentative findings accurately represent the current state of accessibility and usability of telecommunications and advanced communications services and equipment
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Dish’s bankruptcy exposes the messy aftermath of its 5G gamble
Tower owners say Dish is using bankruptcy to walk away from billions in obligations tied to its abandoned 5G network
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Amazon Leo deploys 29 more satellites, eyes service rollout this year
Amazon Leo will begin providing services later in 2026
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Gov. Pritzker Signs Nation-Leading Artificial Intelligence Safety Law
Landmark bipartisan legislation creates the country's strongest AI accountability framework while supporting responsible innovation
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Texas governor’s office asked for broadband rules that help Elon Musk’s Starlink
The Texas office responsible for distributing over $5 billion in state and federal money to expand rural broadband faced allegations of “favoritism” and offering “sweetheart” deals
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Anthropic says Claude has carved out its own space to ponder
Anthropic's research paper uses the word "conscious" over 200 times, though the company doesn't go so far as to say its models are conscious
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The FCC Wants to Speed Up Wireline Deployment. How Will It Impact Broadband?
FCC would set nationwide limits on how much time state and local governments may take to approve wireline telecommunications deployments in public rights-of-way and how much they may charge for that access
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Alt Funding Field Guide
The series reframes digital adoption programs from a charitable expense into a shared investment
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Steve Hilton asks Trump’s FCC to stand down in California landline dispute
California is “more than capable of deciding whether our own residents still need landlines as a public-safety backstop.”
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Sen. Collins Asks OMB to Withdraw Parts of Grant Rule, Extend Comment Period
Letter to Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on the agency’s proposed rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance.
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