Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) plan to retire copper-based landlines in nine U.S. states won’t be automatically approved. The FCC says it needs more time to review Verizon’s proposal. The nine states are: ...

UPDATE Maverix Broadband is disputing a Colorado Broadband Office report alleging misuse of public funding, findings that prompted the state to freeze projects involving the company and rescind a ...

In Georgia, Morgan County’s plan for an $8 million public safety radio system has hit a major obstacle: a lack of radio towers. Commissioners narrowly approved a Motorola Project 25 system in August ...

With Congress considering permitting reform and America’s broadband providers investing at “historic” levels, USTelecom President/CEO Jonathan Spalter is calling on lawmakers to ensure broadband ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public and expert input on potential health effects from electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency (RF) radiation produced by cell phones, WiFi, ...

For towercos, the value of a digital twin is not simply knowing what is on a site. It is using trusted site truth to make faster, higher-confidence decisions that move a colocation from opportunity to ...

Solaris Technologies Services is building for connectivity problems that do not always fit the timeline of a traditional network deployment. A construction site may need communications before a ...

Tower safety systems are easy to overlook until they are needed. For Allfasteners, that has kept attention on a relatively small component at the top of the safety climb: the energy absorber that ...

Global demand for horizontal directional drilling insertion pipe is shifting toward telecommunications and utility infrastructure, driven by fiber broadband, 5G backhaul and underground network ...

The simultaneous failure of the primary circuit and a fiber-optic cable cut by construction crews impacted air traffic control in the northeast on Monday. It forced the FAA to restrict operations at ...

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 ...

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 ...