Sara Winegardner

Cogeco ’s 1Q25 earnings call Tuesday was an opportunity to get a better understanding of Breezeline ’s operations under the company’s unified operating structure. The business is in a state of transition.

Louisiana is no longer the only state to have earned NTIA ’s approval of its Final Proposal for the BEAD program. Delaware earned the green light on Tuesday, paving the way for awards to be distributed throughout the state.

The end of FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel ’s term is now far from peaceful. In a move that’s riled up both conservatives and liberals, the agency’s Media Bureau denied two complaints and two petitions related to broadcast licensees over claims of news distortion in what it called a measure to protect free speech. The actions come following several criticisms made against media outlets from President-elect Donald Trump, most recently a social media post in which he said Comcast “should pay a BIG price.”

A transition in leadership isn’t slowing down investment in artificial intelligence. President Donald Trump repealed former President Joe Biden ’s 2023 executive order related to the technology and announced a $500 billion investment from SoftBank, Oracle, OpenAI and MGX to build AI infrastructure for OpenAI.

It was a new era for the House Communications Subcommittee Thursday with fresh leadership and new faces taking their seats for a hearing on wireless technologies and the spectrum behind them.

With AI set to be the buzzword of the year, Verizon is positioning itself as a partner for businesses looking to scale up their artificial intelligence capabilities.

AT&T finally has a path forward to retiring a number of its copper phone lines. It announced during its 4Q24 earnings call that it has received the first FCC approval opening the door to exiting its legacy network operations across the majority of its wireline footprint by the end of 2029.

The potential fallout from a bombshell memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget temporarily freezing federal grant programs is nearly impossible to measure.

The confirmation hearing of Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick was almost jovial at times as members of both sides of the aisle commended his turnaround of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald after 9/11 as a personal and professional feat. But tensions grew as Democrats grew concerned over how Lutnick would respect funding that had already been appropriated by Congress, including for broadband buildouts.

Comcast ’s 4Q24 broadband numbers were worse than expected, closing out a disappointing year for the operator.