By: Lee Morreale The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has reached a defining phase. After years of planning, coordination, and policy refinement, the largest federal broadband initiative in U.S. history is now moving from design into execution. This signals real momentum in the effort to close the digital divide. According to the latest … Read more
By: Alex Livoti Over the past year, many of us working in the wireless infrastructure space have felt a noticeable shift. As the telecommunications industry continues to evolve with new technologies, funding programs, and growing expectations for connectivity, the pace and complexity of network deployment are changing as well. Project pipelines are less predictable. Margins … Read more
As we step into 2026, I’m honored to serve as President of NYSWA during a time of significant transformation for our industry and meaningful opportunities for our community. This past year reaffirmed what many of us have sensed for some time: the telecommunications landscape is shifting on multiple fronts. Wireless networks, broadband infrastructure, and their … Read more
At the start of 2025, we shared a forward-looking view of the wireless industry through Jennifer Fritzsche’s Crystal Ball, highlighting potential shifts in spectrum policy, infrastructure investment, carrier behavior, and emerging technologies. As the year comes to a close, it is worth stepping back to see which predictions came into focus, which trends are still … Read more
By: Heather Douglas Wilkins The telecommunications industry is entering one of its most meaningful periods of change in more than two decades. In the past, big transitions like the jump from 3G to 4G or from copper to early fiber, played out over predictable, multi-year cycles. Today, everything is shifting at once. Wireless networks, broadband … Read more