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Saturday, May 30, 2026

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Coalition of Tech Giants Pushes Back Anthropic’s Subsea Cable AI Concerns

Anthropic warned that subsea cable operators might throttle or manipulate AI workloads, prompting the International Connectivity Coalition—backed by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Verizon—to label the claim technically incorrect and warn it would create redundant regulation. The coalition emphasized that existing FCC safeguards already protect against such manipulation. Anthropic is valued at roughly $965 billion.

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By the numbers: SpaceX announces $50B-$75B IPO

⭐ Big Story of the Day

Federal Broadband Policy Is Increasingly Being Recast Around Satellite

The FCC is revising its $4.5 billion High‑Cost universal service program to treat low‑Earth‑orbit satellite providers like SpaceX’s Starlink as a viable substitute for terrestrial broadband in hard‑to‑serve rural areas. The agency’s May 20 rulemaking asks whether continued funding for fiber, cable or fixed wireless constitutes inefficient overbuilding when satellite service already reaches most uncovered locations. Starlink’s performance has improved—44.7% of users met the 100 Mbps benchmark in Q4 2025—but still lags behind fiber in latency and reliability. Meanwhile, SpaceX is gearing up for a massive capacity boost and a historic IPO that could raise $50‑75 billion.

Source: Broadband Breakfast

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Comcast Business Supports Advanced Technology Infrastructure at Levi’s Stadium for Fan Experience, Venue Operations

Comcast Business has detailed the advanced network infrastructure it has deployed at Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers – one of the most technologically-enabled venues in professional sports. The […]

Sports Video Group (SVG)

Bermuda Moves NUVEM, SOL Toward Cable Licenses

Notice of Proposed Grant of Conditional Submarine Cable Licences By Regulatory Authority of Bermuda May 25, 2026 The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda (Authority) has received two submarine cable licence applications under Part 6 of the Submarine Communications Cables Act 2020 (SCCA). The applicant for the two submarine cable licences (to land and operate a submarine [...] The post Bermuda Moves NUVEM, SOL Toward Cable Licenses appeared first on SubTel Forum.

SubTel Forum

FCC Issues Violation Notices to Two Co-Owned Illinois Stations

The pair had tower structure infractions The post FCC Issues Violation Notices to Two Co-Owned Illinois Stations appeared first on Radio World.

Radio World

The Stratosphere Race: HAPS Move From Experiment to Commercial Reality

Autonomous high-altitude platform stations are getting ready to bridge ground networks and LEO satellites. The post The Stratosphere Race: HAPS Move from Experiment to Commercial Reality appeared first on EE Times.

EE Times – Designlines/AI & ML

Samsung and LG Uplus Want to Turn Cell Towers Into Radar for 6G

Samsung Electronics and LG Uplus signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 May to jointly develop Integrated Sensing and Communication, or ISAC, a technology that would allow mobile network base stations to double as environmental sensors. The agreement was signed at LG Science Park in Magok, Seoul, with Samsung Research, the advanced R&D division within […] This story continues at The Next Web

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