Jake Neenan

3 days ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jake Neenan

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2025 – Charter and a former executive ended last week a legal battle over the cable provider’s trade secrets, they said in a court filingCharter had sued its former vice president of IT device activation, Prashanth Myla, alleging he violated stock option agreements and a Connecticut trade secrets law by taking the chief information officer job at fiber provider Metronet.

6 days ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jake Neenan

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2025 – Fiber broadband deployment might not be significantly impacted by tariffs imposed on imports this year, according to the Dell’Oro Group. The Trump administration announced sweeping duties on most American trading partners on April 2, then paused much of them for 90 days on April 9, leaving a 10 percent tariff in place across the board.

6 days ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jake Neenan

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2025 – Three Fifth Circuit judges tossed the Federal Communications Commission’s $57 million fine against AT&T Thursday, finding the agency’s enforcement procedures violate the carrier’s right to a jury trial. “No one denies the Commission’s authority to enforce laws requiring telecommunications companies like AT&T to protect sensitive customer data,” Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan wrote.

1 week ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jake Neenan

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission suspended Wednesday seven people convicted of fraud from its Universal Service Fund programs. The New York residents pleaded guilty in 2022 to running a scheme by which they secured more than $14 million from the agency’s E-Rate program over six years. As the Justice Department described the arrangement, two of the people worked as consultants who helped religious schools outside New York City participate in the program.

1 week ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jake Neenan

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025 – AT&T and satellite company AST SpaceMobile received federal approval to test direct-to-cell services on the carrier’s public safety network, the companies said Wednesday. AT&T operates its FirstNet network, a nationwide network for first responders and public safety users, via a contract with the Commerce Department. It hit 7 million connections last month.