The FCC this week cleared SpaceX’s plan to launch 15,000 satellites for its direct-to-device service. The company would have until October 7, 2032, to have half of the constellation up and running, ...

The FCC has big plans for its October meeting votes. The agency proposes to conduct a new auction, more rules for direct-to-device (D2D) services, final rules to allow drone operations within the 800 ...

No stranger to policymakers in Washington, DC, Patrick Halley spent nearly four years as a Partner at powerhouse communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer following two years at the FCC, where ...

Five wireless industry leaders were inducted into the Wireless History Foundation Hall of Fame Tuesday night, for contributions spanning infrastructure, public safety, spectrum policy and mobile ...

Carrier spending has not stopped, but the tower business is operating in a different phase of the wireless investment cycle. The first broad 5G coverage build is giving way to more targeted network ...

Although a shackle is one of the simplest tools in rigging, being only a U-shaped piece of metal secured by a pin, it has two very different histories, according to Kathy Gill, President and Founder ...

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) is pushing to make satellite connectivity as seamless as cellular and WiFi as its partnership with SpaceX expands direct-to-device services. Speaking at the Competitive ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed and sent several bills to the full House yesterday. Three of them concerned telecommunications. The measures passed without opposition by voice vote. The ...

As of 2026, at least 35 to 43 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have enacted statewide laws, executive orders, or state board policies that restrict or ban cell phones in public schools, according to ...

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE: DBRG), in partnership with L&G and TD Asset Management, announced an agreement to acquire VodafoneZiggo’s passive mobile tower infrastructure from Ziggo BV, a subsidiary of ...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has changed his approach to data center development, moving from encouraging the industry’s growth to imposing significant new restrictions. The potential 2028 ...

Water usage by data centers is of growing concern to communities across the country, and there are lots of compelling arguments on both sides of the debate. Data centers use less water than swimming ...