Telecom sector cites AI-related reforms for FCC proceeding on state ‘barriers’

USTelecom is urging federal leadership on permitting and other reforms in a Federal Communications Commission proceeding on state barriers to building out “wireline” infrastructure essential to artificial intelligence, in a fact sheet issued by the broadband group ahead of this week’s official filing.

“Broadband providers consistently face permitting delays that drag on for months and fees untethered from any real cost. With BEAD funds flowing to states this year, these impediments threaten the timely completion of federally funded broadband projects,...