Frontier & Verizon reach a settlement with the State of Arizona over broadband service to Native American counties; Changes ahead for the FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System; A number of fiber industry mergers and acquisitions & Echostar moving ahead with Direct-to-Device satellite service. Those stories & more on This Week in the Broadband Universe.

The Communications Workers of America condemns NTIA policy changes; FCC moves closer to AWS-3 spectrum auctions; The U.S. Department of Energy selects the first four Federally owned sites for AI data center development & LEO satellites are interfering with radio telescope imaging. Those stories & more on This Week in the Broadband Universe.

Arielle Roth confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications & Information; NTIA has approved all 56 Revised BEAD Initial Proposals; A new CEO at Yellowstone Fiber; Tilson files suit against Gigapower & Kuiper ramps up its launch schedule in the LEO battle with Starlink. Those stories & more on This Week in the Broadband Universe.

Legal action in Oregon over the sale of a broadband company; A handful of telecom bills passed by the U.S. House; Another handful of telecom acquisitions & an overhaul of NEPA may speed up broadband infrastructure projects. Those stories & more on This Week in the Broadband Universe.

OpenAI on the cusp of entering the web browser game; A new subsea Cable Landing Station to be built in Florida; Click to Cancel ends before it begins; Spectrum auctioning authority restored to the FCC & a Net Neutrality bill becomes law in Maine without the Governor’s signature. Those stories & more on This Week in the Broadband Universe.

Echostar makes a last minute $500 Million interest payment; Tilson Technology Management clarifies its bankruptcy status; DOJ settles its lawsuit challenging Hewlett Packard’s acquisition of Juniper Networks & a major regional fiber network expansion in the Pacific Northwest. Those stories & more on This Week in the Broadband Universe.