Policy, Spectrum and Security Rules Shaping Digital Infrastructure Converge Digest tracks the legal and regulatory decisions affecting telecom networks, cloud infrastructure, spectrum, subsea cables, satellite systems, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and global connectivity markets. |
Innovation Pillars FCC ›Spectrum Policy ›Submarine Cables ›Cybersecurity ›AI Policy ›Satellite Regulation ›Broadband Policy › |
Key Institutions FCC ›NTIA ›White House ›European Commission ›Ofcom ›Team Telecom › |
| Tracking: Spectrum Auctions • Subsea Security • Merger Review • Export Controls • Broadband Funding • Data Sovereignty • National Security |
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules aimed at accelerating the deployment of secure submarine cable systems while strengthening oversight of critical network infrastructure. The Commission’s Second Report and Order streamlines...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concluded its AWS-3 spectrum auction with more than $3.5 billion in gross winning bids, marking the agency’s first major spectrum auction following a four-year gap....
America’s quantum strategy entered a new phase with President Donald Trump signing Executive Order 14411, a sweeping directive designed to accelerate the commercialization, deployment, and protection of quantum information science...
President Donald Trump signed a new Executive Order aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity through expanded use of artificial intelligence while maintaining a light regulatory approach to AI development. The order...
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau updated its Covered List process by recognizing new Department of War conditional approvals for specific foreign-produced equipment. The action exempts Elevon Aerial...
The FCC approved two EchoStar spectrum transactions totaling more than $40 billion, clearing the sale of about 50 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum to AT&T and...
The Federal Communications Commission voted to overhaul its satellite spectrum-sharing framework, replacing legacy rules from the 1990s with a modernized approach designed to improve performance for next-generation broadband constellations. The...
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, a federal proposal that would immediately halt new AI data center development until national safeguards are established. The legislation...
U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging three individuals tied to Supermicro with conspiring to divert high-performance AI servers from the United States to China in violation of U.S. export control...
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has proposed a new initiative aimed at ensuring sufficient spectrum resources for emerging space missions, including orbital laboratories, satellite servicing, in-space manufacturing, and future inhabitable spacecraft....
The Federal Communications Commission voted on January 29, 2026 to expand unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band, creating a new device class designed to deliver higher-performance Wi-Fi and support emerging...
The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote later this month on an order that would expand unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band by creating a new device class known as geofenced...
The Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List on December 22 to include foreign-produced unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components, following a national security determination by an Executive...
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