February 12, 2025

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Chairman Richard Hudson to Keynote America’s Communications Association Summit 2025

Published February 11, 2025

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Updates from Washington, D.C. (February 2025)

Published February 4, 2025

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New Disaster Reporting Requirements for All Voice Service Providers Take Effect February 20, 2025

Published January 24, 2025

BEAD State Reports Roundup - February 12, 2025 Update

States having broadband coordination meetings occurring or planned are: Illinois, Maine, and Vermont. More details about the activities occurring in the states named above and those that follow can be found in updated state reports that are now posted on the BEAD State/Territory Implementation Tracker:  California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont.

Important updates in the reports include Maine’s BEAD Phase 2 application deadline. The original submission deadline was February 28; however, it has been extended to March 7, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. Kentucky’s Office of Broadband Development has re-opened the pre-application process for 30 days from February 11 through March 13, 2025. The re-opening of the pre-application process will allow additional prospective subgrantees to pre-qualify for future rounds and/or selections.

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Some Red States Don’t Want Too Much Satellite for BEAD

Source // Broadband Breakfast

Republican leadership in the Senate has assailed the Commerce Department's flagship broadband subsidy's preference for fiber, citing high per-location costs.

Yet officials from some red states aren’t sold on shifting the scales too far in one direction.

Court sets March argument schedule

Source // SCOTUS Blog

The justices will hear arguments in nine cases over six days, including:

FCC v. Consumers’ Research (consolidated with SHLB Coalition v. Consumers’ Research) (March 26) – A challenge to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that invalidated parts of a FCC program to improve internet and phone services in underserved areas. The court of appeals ruled that the program violated the Constitution by improperly delegating Congress’s power to the FCC and the FCC’s power to a private company. 

Will telecom be priced out with Trump’s tariffs?

Source // Fierce

President Donald Trump is less than a month into his second term but has wasted no time imposing a 10% tariff on goods from China, sparking concern from the telecom industry. Equipment vendors are understandably keeping a close eye on how events unfold, because while wireline providers may be left unscathed the same can’t be said for the supply chain.

Unshackle States to Deliver on Broadband Promises

Source // AEI

The Biden administration’s handling of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program exemplifies why Americans turned to Donald Trump to be their president: big promises, bureaucratic bloat, and little to show for either. This presents an opportunity for Trump to deliver what others only promise.

US cracks down on Russian ransomware networks

Source // The Hill

The U.S. took aim at two separate Russian ransomware networks Tuesday, announcing new sanctions and arrests against a Russia-based internet service provider and several Russian nationals. 

Fox: Super Bowl Viewership Peaks at Record 135.7 Million

Source // TV Tech

The number of viewers of Sunday’s Super Bowl across Fox, Fox Deportes, Tubi, Telemundo and NFL Digital Properties averaged 126 million and peaked in the second quarter at 135.7 million—a record for the game, according to a projected viewer tally from Fox Sports.