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Howard Buskirk

Washington, D.C.

Executive senior editor of Communications Daily. Long-time Washington journalist. Specialist in wireless, FCC politics. Tweets are my own.

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  • 3 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Monty Tayloe

    Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! Carr noted the pending departures of Commissioners Nathan Simington and Geoffrey Starks, which will mean a commission without a quorum for the moment (see 2506040073). “As the saying goes, the show must go on,” Carr wrote. “There’s a lot of time between now and our scheduled … meeting.

  • 3 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Jimm Phillips |Monty Tayloe |Howard Buskirk

    “I look forward to continuing to serve the public interest in the years ahead and to contributing to the vital conversations surrounding our communications infrastructure, national security, and technological leadership,” Simington said.

  • 4 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Monty Tayloe |Howard Buskirk |Jimm Phillips

    Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! The makeup of the agency is already in flux: Current Democratic Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said he will leave before the FCC's planned June 26 meeting (see 2505220043), and Senate confirmation of Republican Olivia Trusty isn’t expected until late June or July (see 2505290053).

  • 1 week ago | communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk

    Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! AT&T and UScellular “ignore the severe consequences for rural carriers and consumers and the broader competitive implications of UScellular’s exit from the mobile wireless market,” RWA said.

  • 2 weeks ago | communicationsdaily.com | Jimm Phillips |Howard Buskirk |Monty Tayloe

    Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! “This has been the role and honor of a lifetime,” Starks said during the meeting. He followed up in an X post, saying, “Thank you for all of our work together!” Starks didn’t indicate his departure was effective immediately, as some news organizations reported after the announcement.

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Howard Buskirk
Howard Buskirk @hbuskirk
8 Sep 22

RT @churchofengland: A prayer on the death of Her Majesty The Queen. https://t.co/BhMBTSeB4e

Howard Buskirk
Howard Buskirk @hbuskirk
1 Sep 22

.@TMobile , as expected, dominated the 2.5 GHz auction, winning 7,156 licenses for $304.3 million, covering 2,724 counties, the @FCC announced Thursday. Only @Verizon came away with anything among the other major national carriers.

Howard Buskirk
Howard Buskirk @hbuskirk
29 Aug 22

After late action in Guam, the @FCC's 2.5 GHz auction comes to an abrupt end, with net proceeds of $427.8 million. @TMobile is widely expected to walk away with many of the licenses. More should be known shortly.