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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s announcement that the FCC will begin investigating regulatees with diversity, equality and inclusion programs appears to be among the first actions a federal agency has taken to enforce President Donald Trump’s DEI executive order, though the FCC’s authority in this area is unclear, attorneys and academics told us. In his letter Tuesday to Comcast, Carr said the agency plans “broader efforts to root out invidious forms of DEI discrimination across all of the sectors the FCC regulates.”

Altice USA plans to offer multi-gig speed in 65% of its footprint by the end of 2028, up from about 30% now, the company said Thursday. In a call with analysts announcing Q4 2024 results, CEO Dennis Mathew said the company would rely on increasing its fiber footprint and reallocating spectrum to its hybrid fiber-coaxial network for the improvement. He said the company plans to expand its network by an additional 175,000 passings this year, most of which will be via fiber.

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