Telecom sector highlights broadband role in AI rollout as FCC examines ‘wireline’ rules

The telecom sector sees modernization of “wireline” systems as a critical component of building out artificial intelligence and is urging the Federal Communications Commission to ensure a prominent role for fiber broadband under the FCC’s initiative to spur network upgrades.

USTelecom president and CEO Jonathan Spalter said in an Oct. 1 statement to Inside AI Policy, “There would be no AI without superfast, secure, and resilient broadband. The sooner we can retire clunky, old copper networks, the sooner we can...