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07/16/2025
Effros: The Rate of Change
So we’re back where we were with rate of return regulation: an incentive to spend more. There’s just not much rate of change in our regulatory thinking.
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07/16/2025
altafiber Says It’s Lost 12 Customers Over NewsNation Blackout
The back-and-forth continues between altafiber and Nexstar, with the provider telling the FCC this week that Nexstar’s rebuttal of its retransmission complaint is a mischaracterization of facts, and it has the receipts to prove that customers don’t care about its NewsNation cable network.
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07/15/2025
BEAD Tweaks Leave Rate Regulation Bills in Uncertainty
As several states weigh bills that would mandate low-income broadband offerings from ISPs, the recent changes to NTIA’s $42.5 billion BEAD program have prompted legislators to reassess their approach in closing the digital divide.
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07/14/2025
FCC Approvals Raise Speculation for More Mergers
The FCC’s approval of a trifecta of deals—T-Mobile-UScellular, Intelsat-SES and T-Mobile-Metronet—could open the floodgates for more consolidation
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07/14/2025
Bell Canada-Ziply Fiber Get Regulatory Greenlight
Bell Canada got a thumbs up from the FCC on its $3.65 billion agreement to acquire Pacific Northwest-based Ziply Fiber.
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07/14/2025
RWA Wants T-Mobile Review; Spectrum Wars Reach FCC, DOJ
The Rural Wireless Association is unhappy the T-Mobile-USCellular transaction was approved with no “guardrails” and intends to seek a full review from the Commission.