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Your Wireless Connection
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Fierce Network – As EchoStar moves to sell spectrum to AT&T and SpaceX, infrastructure vendors say the company is using a “force majeure” excuse to avoid paying its bills. Industry groups are urging the FCC to attach conditions to the spectrum transfer to ensure EchoStar does right by its vendors. Read More
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FCC – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr summarized some of the FCC’s key wins in 2025, including unleashing high-speed infrastructure builds, strengthening America’s telecom workers, and restoring America’s leadership in wireless. Read More
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Inside Towers – Wireless groups and carriers are calling on the FCC to adopt proposed streamlined rules for wireless infrastructure deployment while localities oppose the effort. More than 3,550 comments were available in WT Docket 25-276 as of Tuesday. Read More
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Fierce Network – The Trump regime has started to prepare the ground for 6G, issuing a memo about the spectrum it will reallocate and auction ahead of the next major cellular standard. Read More
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Inside Towers – SoftBank Group announced a definitive agreement to acquire Boca Raton-based DigitalBridge Group, a digital infrastructure asset manager, for about $4 billion. Read More
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Nokia – New research commissioned by Nokia surveying more than 2,000 technology and business decision-makers in the U.S. and Europe shows strong demand for AI solutions – and a clear industry consensus that connectivity and network infrastructure must evolve to support the next wave of AI growth. Read More
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Light Reading – Two of the three big carriers appointed new CEOs last year, and the question on everyone’s mind is, what will they do? Dan Schulman took over at Verizon in October, and Srini Gopalan took the helm at T-Mobile in November. 2026 will be pivotal for both as they look to make their mark in the competitive U.S. market. Read More
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Flight Global – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to require airlines and other operators to upgrade radio altimeters again to head off fresh interference concerns posed by 5G cellular networks. Read More
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Fierce Network – The Fierce Network editorial crew completed the first-ever virtual team Vulcan mind meld to bring you predictions for 2026, including trends in enterprise wireless, private 5G, BEAD funding and AI. Read More
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Marin Independent Journal – Marin County planners are reviewing a proposal by Verizon to replace two cell towers with taller, 21-foot towers on a hillside east of Highway 101 near the Marin-Sonoma border in California. Read More
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PinalCentral – What started as an effort to make remote learning more accessible to all students has led to a massive infrastructure project that will improve wireless connectivity for many important public sectors. Read More
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