Telecom Intelligence: Week of March 30, 2026
March closed with money and spectrum moving toward the next platforms. Bharti Airtel announced a $1 billion investment round in its Nxtra data center arm led by Alpha Wave Global with Carlyle and Anchorage participating, valuing the business around $3.1 billion and aiming the proceeds squarely at AI-driven capacity across India. The FCC, one week after its copper order, opened a proposed rulemaking on spectrum for emerging space operations, from orbital transfer vehicles to lunar relays, including possible space-to-ground use of the 2320 to 2345 MHz band. And the GSA published its State of the Market report on April 2, giving the industry its scorecard on global 5G deployment as attention shifts to 5G Advanced and early 6G positioning.
Telecom Intelligence: Week of July 1, 2024
A holiday-shortened week in the U.S. still managed to move the regulatory ground under the industry's feet. The Supreme Court closed its term with Corner Post, extending the window to challenge federal agency rules just days after overturning Chevron deference — a one-two punch that puts decades of FCC rulemaking within reach of fresh litigation. In Brussels, regulators charged Meta over its pay-or-consent ad model, the second-ever Digital Markets Act case. And in the world's second-largest mobile market, India's brutal price war officially ended as Jio and Airtel's first tariff hikes since 2021 took effect.