Telecom Sales Platform CableFinder Announces Partnership with Fiber Carrier Lightpath
CableFinder, a telecom sales platform, announced a partnership with fiber carrier Lightpath that will enable single‑session contracts and real‑time serviceability checks via an API‑driven marketplace. Lightpath contributes over 12,000 miles of AI‑grade fiber, owned by Optimum and Morgan Stanley, to the platform. Distributors Avant and Telarus will access the integrated offering, slated for a summer launch. Further details will be shared at the 2027 Channel Partners Conference in Las Vegas.
FCC’s Carr Concerned About Verizon-Contractor Commitments
FCC Chair Brendan Carr voiced concern that Verizon may be breaching its post‑merger commitments to contractors, a condition of the FCC’s approval of the $20 billion Frontier acquisition. The agreement with NATE requires transparent procurement and inflation‑adjusted pricing, but contractors allege...
Energy Officials Pressured to Expand Grid as AI Demand Surges
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that exploding AI and data‑center workloads are driving a "huge demand for electricity" and forcing a rapid expansion of generation and transmission capacity. He said the Department of...
Industry Leaders Urge Congress to Boost Chip Policy to Win AI Race Against China
Industry leaders and congressional representatives urged Congress on April 16 to strengthen U.S. chip policy to keep pace with China in the AI race. They highlighted that AI now accounts for more than half of semiconductor revenue, with the market...
Lawmakers Aiming to Circulate Draft USF Framework This Summer
Lawmakers are preparing a discussion draft to modernize the $8.5 billion‑per‑year Universal Service Fund, with a target release this summer. The FCC has opened a comment period, ending May 15, on potential reforms to the nonprofit that administers the fund, USAC, focusing...
Connectbase CEO Predicts Edge Technology Is What’s Next for AI Inference
Connectbase CEO Ben Edmond said edge technology will drive the next wave of AI inference, shifting focus from hyperscale data centers to localized processing. In a webinar with INCOMPAS CEO Chip Pickering, Edmond highlighted use cases such as autonomous drones,...
Funding Secured for 2.7 GHz Studies, NTIA Says
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced it has nearly secured funding to study repurposing roughly 200 MHz of the 2.69‑2.9 GHz federal band for commercial wireless use. The agency cleared relocation plans and cost estimates for the two primary users,...
NTIA Holds Panel Showcasing Benefits of Fixed Wireless
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration hosted a panel on April 14 highlighting fixed wireless as a practical solution to the digital divide in remote regions. Panelists emphasized lower start‑up costs, rapid scalability and superior climate resilience compared with traditional...
FTC Moves to Crack Down on Hidden, Unfair Rental Fees and Perhaps Bulk Billing
The Federal Trade Commission opened an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to curb hidden, deceptive rental fees, reviving the possibility of regulating bulk‑billing internet arrangements after the FCC abandoned its ban. More than 1,500 comments from industry groups, consumer advocates,...
USTelecom Pushed for White House Environmental Review Guidance
USTelecom successfully lobbied the White House to issue new Council on Environmental Quality guidance that expands categorical exclusions for federal infrastructure projects. The memo directs agencies to reuse existing environmental reviews and adopt peer exclusions, aiming to cut duplicated NEPA...
BEAD Program Drives $100M+ Broadband Expansion in Spokane County
The federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has allocated more than $100 million to Spokane County, Washington, with a provisional $90 million award to public development authority Broadlinc and matching state funds. The money will finance a hybrid rollout of...
Virginia Enacts Law to Streamline Wireless Infrastructure Upgrades
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed House Bill 277 into law, streamlining upgrades to existing wireless infrastructure by restricting local governments from denying modification requests that do not substantially change a facility’s dimensions. The bill defines “substantial change” to include work...
Ookla Report: MmWave 5G Networks Are Growing
Ookla’s latest speed‑test report shows that Verizon and AT&T are expanding mmWave 5G deployments, especially in dense urban centers. Verizon’s mmWave footprint grew from 75 markets in 2024 to 91 in late 2025, while AT&T’s testing activity rose 20% in...
Senate Commerce Targets Satellite Security in Next Executive Session
On April 13, 2026, the Senate Commerce Committee scheduled a markup session to consider nine bills, including the Secure Space Act and the Satellite Cybersecurity Act, aimed at strengthening U.S. satellite communications security. The Secure Space Act would bar the...
Robert Corn-Revere: Fact Checking Without Facts
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is using the public‑interest licensing standard to threaten broadcasters that he labels as spreading "fake news," a stance that departs from decades‑old FCC precedent. Over the past year he has posted on social media that stations...
