Drew Clark

2 weeks ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark |Ted Hearn

💡◾ FTC's Bedoya Exits, Slaughter Stickin’ ◾ Verizon Battles RWA Access to MVNO Details ◾ Simington in EchoStar’s Corner ◾ Phoenix Center Questions ACP Design ◾ House Voting Today on Ending CPB FundingSenate: Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee want to be sure they get to vote on the spectrum-crammed reconciliation package unveiled by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week.

1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Andrew Jay Schwartzman |Roslyn Layton |Lynn Follansbee |Jason Neal |Drew Clark |Nicholas Degani

In July 2024, the Fifth Circuit upended a $9 billion-a-year lifeline when it ruled that the Universal Service Fund’s funding mechanism is unconstitutional. Opponents say Congress gave the Federal Communications Commission and its nonprofit book-keeper Universal Service Administrative Company unchecked power to tax voice revenues. Defenders counter that the 1996 Telecom Act sets clear limits and that USAC’s role is strictly ministerial.

1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2025 - The satellite industry generated $293 billion in global revenue in 2024, growing 3% overall despite ongoing challenges in the video sector, according to the annual State of the Satellite Industry Report released Tuesday. The report, commissioned by the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) and prepared by BryceTech, highlighted a particularly strong performance in satellite manufacturing and launch services, which grew 17% and 30% respectively.

1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2025 – After more than 100 days of official silence about the status of digital equity grant funding, President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon said that the government would be "ending this immediately" and cancelling what he called a $2.5 billion "giveaway." In a post on his Truth Social social network, Trump called the funding under the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist and illegal.

2 months ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | J. Christopher Giancarlo |Drew Clark

Cryptocurrency emerged as an unexpectedly important issue in the 2024 election. President Trump, who branded himself the pro-crypto candidate during his campaign, quickly delivered on promises to reverse what he called the Biden administration's "war" on crypto. Meanwhile, industry leaders who supported Trump's campaign are now actively engaging with Washington policymakers. Are clearer regulatory frameworks in scope?