BEAD rural broadband program changes may not happen until June or July. Senator Capito is the latest to weigh in against a major overhaul.

The Xiangguang Hats company from China’s southern Guangdong province is one exporter able to expand beyond the U.S. market.

It started when President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on certain Chinese exports in 2018 during his first term. Xiangguang’s hats, which include baseball hats, trucker hats and cartoon bear hats with floppy ears, faced an extra 20% duties.

Back then, 40% of Xiangguang’s sales were to the U.S.

“But now, we sell mainly to South Africa, to big brands like supermarkets. So, our sales to the U.S. have dropped a lot — to about 15%,” Xiangguang owner, Wu Qizhen, told Marketplace at a recent Shanghai trade show.

The U.S. remains a major destination for Chinese exports but the market has been shrinking from 19% in 2018 to just under 15% last year.

Charter will acquire Cox Communications in a $34.B dealThe merger will create 'an industry leader' in mobile and broadband communications, the companies said< | The move will see the two cable operators combine into one company - Cox Communications - once the deal closes.

Charter Communications and Cox Communications, two of the largest cable companies in the U.S., have entered into an agreement to merge. 

Timnath, Colorado's new municipal network has announced they’ve lit up their very first subscriber in partnership with the city of Loveland’s Pulse Fiber municipal broadband network. Inspired by Pulse, the Town of Timnath entered into an intergovernmental revenue-sharing agreement with Loveland’s ISP in August of 2023. Tinmath receives 25 percent of the network’s gross income, with an expected 2 to 6 percent return on capital investment over 20 to 30 years. The network is expected to be paid off in 25 years.

Fiber’s upside is unlimited, and it delivers the vital and necessary infrastructure to support expanded economic growth.

A new project will provide more than 1,500 homes in Clallam County, Washington with access to Astound’s fiber-to-the-home network.

Brandon Dinsmore seeks to unlock potential in tribal communities by steering tribal members toward well-paying careers in communications.

Four hundred and eighty-six—that’s the number of patents attributed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who’s now the chief overseer of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Going by that number, one might reasonably assume that Lutnick is one of the most exceptional inventors in modern America. Patents, after all, are supposed to allow such people to benefit from their inspiration and hard work.

The reality is much different. It’s also possible to file junk patents and thereby use the legal system to extract money from legitimate businesses. A significant chunk of Lutnick’s portfolio is likely unenforceable, par for the course for Lutnick, who has a record of being cited for deceiving the USPTO in court. Now, as the man on the inside, the former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company, can put his thumb on the scale for low-quality patents.

While it’s not common for an FCC issue to face the court of last resort, two combined lawsuits recently heard before the bench—Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research and Schools, Health & Libraries Coalition v. Consumers' Research—could put millions of anchor institutions, rural communities and American families nationwide in real jeopardy of losing connectivity.

Digital inclusion organizations are reeling after the Trump administration announced the Digital Equity Act, embedded in the bipartisan infrastructure law, was being cancelled months after federal grants had already been reviewed and awarded.

As news began to trickle out, many of those working on these issues across the nation had more questions than answers as they scrambled to process a mix of confusion and frustration, especially mindful of the fact that the Digital Equity Act barely touches on the subject of race.

Season Two of On the Media’s Peabody-winning series The Divided Dial is the untold story of shortwave radio: the way-less-listened to but way-farther-reaching cousin of AM and F

The Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the communication issues at Newark airport.

In an open letter, the senators expressed concerns that the Trump administration may be offering countries tariff relief if they do business with Elon Musk.

In his tour through the Middle East this past week, President Trump announced major agreements with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that will see billions of dollars in American AI chips sold to the Gulf states for installation in what will be some of the world’s biggest data centers, happily collocated alongside gigawatts of cheap Gulf power constructed quickly and without all those pesky American environmental obstacles. The chip companies love it. The AI companies love it. The sheikhs love it. But is it good for the United States?

I’ve been reading dire headlines coming out of Kentucky related the operation of the 3,200 KentuckyWired statewide middle-mile network under the administration of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA). Headlines have been warning about a shutdown of the network due to a dispute between KCNA and Accelecom, a for-hire operator of the network. KCNA terminated…

Democrat Gomez condemned the approval as a 'backroom deal.'

Grays Harbor PUD says it’s getting to work leveraging a $7 million grant from the Washington State Broadband Office to expand affordable fiber access in the South Elma, Porter, and Cedarville areas of the Evergreen State. Grays Harbor PUD was one of 16 Washington utilities chosen by the Washington State Broadband Office to receive grant funding during awards first announced back in 2023.

The collaboration strengthens Harmonic’s mission to empower broadband operators through its Open ONU approach, according to Harmonic.

Verizon has pledged $5 billion over the next five years to support small business suppliers across the US, through the launch of its new Small Business Supplier Accelerator.

For years, U.S. government scrutiny of Facebook (now Meta) has focused on antitrust—most recently in the Federal Trade Commission’s high-profile case alleging the company illegally cemented its monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp. But this focus misses the far graver threat Meta poses.

New evidence shows in detail how Meta has systematically undermined U.S. national security and competitiveness. The scale and intent of these actions are so grave that CEO Mark Zuckerberg deserves more than regulatory penalties: He should face criminal accountability.

The aspects of the program that have been criticized most widely have nothing to do with Democrats’ preference for process over results.

Season Two of On the Media’s Peabody-winning series The Divided Dial is the untold story of shortwave radio: the way-less-listened to but way-farther-reaching cousin of AM and F