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Supreme Court Weakens Influence of FCC on Lower Courts

5 days ago | telecompetitor.com | Randy Sukow

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court — in the case of McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corp. — said that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy decisions are not exclusively reviewable by federal courts of appeal. Lower courts are free to interpret statues without accepting FCC interpretations. The decision follows a pattern of opinions reducing the influence of federal agencies on judicial review, most notably the 2024 Loper Bright Enterprises V.
Brightspeed Prices $575M in Capital to Help Push Aggressive Deployments

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Brightspeed, which has pledged to bring broadband to more than five million homes and businesses across its 20-state footprint, has priced the sale of $575 million in capital. That funding will be added to the $3.7 billion it raised last year. It also has received $295 million in public broadband grants and subsidies. The multiple system operator (MSO) says it has passed more than two million addresses with fiber and anticipates a million more will be added this year.
Mobile Industry Cuts Emissions as Connections and Traffic Increase: Report

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

The mobile industry is successfully using energy with increasing efficiency and reducing its emissions, according to the GSMA’s fifth annual Mobile Net Zero report. The organization found that emissions from the mobile industry fell by 8% between 2019 and 2023 despite the fact that connections grew by 9% and traffic increased by a factor of four. The press release for the report said that the findings indicate that the mobile industry has decoupled emissions from data and connectivity growth.
Pennsylvania and Oklahoma Have the “Loneliest” Phones: Report

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, with scores of 99.02 (out of 100) and 97.16, respectively, are the states in which people are most likely to engage in activities without their phones, according to a survey and report by Office Recovery. The remainder of the top ten are Oregon (97.09), Maine (97.04), New Mexico (96.88), Arkansas (96.60), Nevada (96.00), Maryland (95.91), Connecticut (95.66), and West Virginia (95.29).
Edge AI and Broadband Customer Experience

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Ian Doescher

Both providers and vendors in the broadband industry are trying to figure out how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve internal systems, customer service, construction, and more. Hailo Chief Technical Officer Avi Baum — who spoke with Telecompetitor today — has another take. He believes in the importance of edge-based AI, especially for broadband customer experience use cases.
Greenlight Networks Investing $100M in Baltimore Fiber

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Greenlight Networks says that its $100 million investment in fiber infrastructure in Baltimore will serve its first customers in September. The company says that it expects to begin serving the Mt. Washington, Roland Park, Belair Frankford Hamilton Hills, Arcadia Glenham, and Hampden neighborhoods. Other Baltimore neighborhoods will be announced later, the Greenlight Networks announcement said.
LiveOak Fiber Partnering with Accelecom for Fiber in Georgia

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Fiber-based service provider LiveOak Fiber has selected Accelecom to support its fiber-to-the-home expansion in Georgia. LiveOak will work with Accelecom to scale and upgrade its backbone in the state in Chatham and Glynn counties. No information about the timing or financial details were included in the press release.
Levin: CPUC Likely to OK Verizon Acquisition of Frontier

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Blair Levin, the Policy Advisor to New Street Research, thinks that the Verizon $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications will ultimately be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), though it may be a bit of a bumpy ride.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners to Acquire Hotwire

1 week ago | telecompetitor.com | Ian Doescher

On Friday, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners announced a deal to acquire Hotwire Communications from its parent company, Blackstone, according to a press release on Hotwire’s website. Hotwire Communications is a broadband service provider serving Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. No details of the transaction were offered in the reports. Blackstone purchased Hotwire Communications in 2019.
AST SpaceMobile Closer to Offering Faster D2D Satellite Service Via Three-Way Deal

2 weeks ago | telecompetitor.com | Joan Engebretson |Joan Engebreston

AST SpaceMobile came a step close to offering faster direct-to-device (D2D) satellite service with the news Friday that it expects to gain access to more spectrum. The additional spectrum is expected to boost the speeds that AST SpaceMobile can offer. The company will be playing a key role in a pending settlement involving litigation between the spectrum holder — Ligado Networks — and Inmarsat/Viasat.