November 2, 2026: NTIA’s new BEAD guidance, Amazon Leo’s acquisition of Globalstar, and more

The Broadband Exchange · Nov 2, 2026 · 10m · transcript

In this week’s episode of The Broadband Exchange, from Telecompetitor, we discuss the NTIA’s new BEAD guidance, Amazon Leo’s acquisition of Globalstar, and more.

Chapters

(00:00:04) - Intro

(00:00:18) - BEAD Supplemental Funding Guidance

(00:01:22) - State Funding: Kansas and Wisconsin

(00:02:37) - Gateway Fiber's Major Financing Deal

(00:03:49) - Colorado Springs Network Tenant Switch

(00:04:53) - FCC Considers Prison Cell Phone Jamming

(00:05:20) - Cybersecurity Threats to Small Broadband Providers

(00:06:23) - Preparing for Quantum-Safe Network Security

(00:07:03) - T-Mobile's…