Today’s Headlines
■ CTA Leader Gary Shapiro Slams AM Radio Bill on House Floor Possibly Tomorrow
■ Special Report: Five Questions for GCI President and CEO Ron Duncan
■ New Jersey Regulators Want FCC to Slow Verizon’s Copper Exit
■ North Carolina to Spend $1 Million on LEO Emergency Backup
■ Oregon Purging Dead from Its Lifeline Subscriber Rolls
■ NTIA’s Roth: New OMB Policy Will Speed FCC Spectrum Auctions
■ Amazon Leo, Arianespace in New Deal to Expand Launch Capacity
■ Waterloo Joins Other Iowa Cities Putting Data Centers on Ice
■ D.C. Circuit: Foes Can’t Force Carr to Eliminate News Distortion Rule Now
Immobile: From Charter and Comcast to Mediacom and Cable One, cable operators big and small are pairing broadband service with mobile phone plans to keep customers from defecting. Actually, it is on the unusual side for a cable broadband ISP not to have a wireless option these days. So why is Shentel, a company with deep wireless roots, bucking the trend? “We don’t offer mobile service. We don’t feel like we need to offer mobile service,” Shentel CEO Ed McKay said. “Our sales team is not telling us that they need that to be effective selling, and believe me, they would scream if they thought they needed that as a product.” (More after paywall)
