Wireless Internet

SpaceX has disrupted the satellite industry. Now, its Starlink unit aims to do the same with America’s telecommunications giants.   SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell at a meeting with investors earlier this year talked about potentially building out a network on the ground to provide mobile service, people familiar with the matter said.

Google lost its long-running fight against a €4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine after the European Court of Justice said regulators were right to punish the company for abusing Android’s market power. The court ruled that Google’s earlier defeat against a European Commission penalty should stand.

The Government Accountability Office highlighted three areas where open recommendations to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration should be given high priority:

As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pacific to reach the coast of Japan. Once there, the roughly 200-foot-long craft, built by the New Mexico–based company Sceye, will park some 18 kilometers above the ocean’s surface, in a wispy-thin layer known as the stratosphere.

When police officers sweep up location data from cellphone users near crimes scenes, they must comply with the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled in a modest victory for privacy rights in the digital age. Such so-called geofence searches have become a popular tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans and violate the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizure. “An individual has a

Some T-Mobile customers are being notified today that they’re getting moved to newer, sometimes pricier, rate plans. Basically, a lot of customers are on plans so old that they can’t experience the full greatness of T-Mobile’s current 5G and 5G Advanced network. At least, that’s how they’re justifying the switch. “We think ultimately it will improve their experience with us,” said T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Allan Samson. A segment of customers will see a price increase of about $4 per line; others will see less and some will see “a little bit” more, he said.

Verizon Communications and BT Group said they would merge their international enterprise operations to form a joint venture, turning to a partnership to provide connectivity services to thousands of clients across several countries. The two companies said in a joint statement that they had signed an agreement to set up the joint venture, in which both groups will have equal voting rights. The joint venture is expected to serve over 3,000 clients in more than 180 countries, representing roughly $4 billion in combined annual revenue.

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) adopted the Performance Plan Template that mobile providers must use to submit their Alaska Connect Fund (ACF) performance plans for Bureau review and approval. The Bureau incorporates, in part, three of the four requested changes to the proposed template and declines to incorporate a requested change because it is inconsistent with the Alaska Connect Fund Order. The Bureau also clarifies that providers may voluntarily claim additional hex-9s in the comparable areas columns of the Performance Plan Template. 

On June 23, 2026, bidding concluded in Auction 113, the auction of Advanced Wireless Services licenses in the 1695–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 MHz, and 2155–2180 MHz bands (collectively, the “AWS-3” bands).  Auction 113 raised a total of $3,572,347,950 in net bids and $3,572,889,200 in gross bids, with seven bidders winning a total of 200 licenses. (see winning bidders)

Now that the Federal Communications Commission is freeing up spectrum once again, we have an opportunity to build on that momentum and deliver the 800-megahertz pipeline Congress envisioned—and in a timely way. Doing so is critical to ensuring that AI innovation stays where it belongs: here in the United States. The pressure on timing is real.