• After nearly 16 million fraudulent calls were made, the FCC might shut down this telco [phonearena.com]

• Are utilities eyeing T-Mobile's 800MHz spectrum? [lightreading.com]

• Paramount Axes Decades Of Comedy Central History In Latest Round Of Brunchlord Dysfunction [techdirt.com]

• The FTC bans teen messaging app NGL from serving users under 18, a first; NGL agreed to pay $5M and stop marketing to kids and teens to settle the FTC's lawsuit [washingtonpost.com]

• Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles [theverge.com]

• Google Fi users now have a handy tool to fight illegal SIM swaps [androidauthority.com]

• Big Telecom Eyes More Broadband Usage Caps (And A Tax On Big Tech) As Revenues Sag [techdirt.com]

• Singapore, Chile top broadband speeds as US ranks 6th [fierce-network.com]

• No need for 'broad relief' from RDOF, CAF II default penalties - FCC [lightreading.com]

• 5G Wireless Connections in North America Double the Global Average [telecompetitor.com]

• Telecom Industry Demands Harsher Criminal Penalties to Rein in Copper Thefts [scrapmonster.com]

• T-Mobile Has Officially Lived Long Enough To Become The Villain [androidpolice.com]

• Google Fiber Reaches Agreement to Create Network in Hyde Park, Utah [telecompetitor.com]

• California Says AT&T Can’t Just Hang Up On Unwanted, Taxpayer Funded Copper DSL And Phone Connections [techdirt.com]

• The best streaming devices for 2024 [engadget.com]

• The President Ordered a Board to Probe a Massive Russian Cyberattack. It Never Did. [propublica.org]

• Ericsson $6.2B Vonage takeover now looks like its worst deal ever [lightreading.com]

• AT&T CEO Underlines the Need for an Effective Implementation of BEAD [telecompetitor.com]

• Canada authorizes the implementation of a 3% levy on revenue from large tech companies that provide digital services to, or sell data of, Canadian users [torontosun.com]

• Twilio says “threat actors” identified its 2FA app Authy users' phone numbers; last week, ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 33M phone numbers from Twilio [techcrunch.com]

• Cloudflare launches a tool that aims to block bots from scraping websites for AI training data, available free for all customers [techcrunch.com]

• Botnets are being sold on the dark web for as little as $99 [itpro.com]

• SCOTUS' Chevron ruling could weaken federal cybersecurity regulations, as FCC data breach reporting requirements and other rules are likely to be challenged [csoonline.com]

• TDS Telecom to launch mobile service via NCTC's MVNO; new offering emerges as TDS and its UScellular unit look to sell wireless operations and select spectrum to T-Mobile [lightreading.com]

• FCC wants your help to decide if T-Mobile should be allowed to buy fiber internet provider [phonearena.com]

• Four ways telco AI will evolve over the next decade [rcrwireless.com]

• 3 million iOS and macOS apps were exposed to potent supply-chain attacks [arstechnica.com]

• Bleeding subscribers, cable companies force their way into streaming [arstechnica.com]

• Beyond 850 MHz: AST SpaceMobile Reveals More On AT&T/Verizon U.S. Coverage [telecompetitor.com]

• Paramount Global seeks dance partner for Paramount+ streaming service [lightreading.com]

• Roaming outage was triggered by signaling storm [fierce-network.com]

• Preliminary findings: the EU says Meta's pay or consent ad model breaches the DMA; Meta faces a fine of up to 10% of its global annual turnover if found guilty [reuters.com]

• US top court sidesteps ruling on contentious social media laws [techxplore.com]

• FCC Proposes Phone Unlocking After 60 Days [telecompetitor.com]

• Verizon Debuts New Logo, Programs, and Benefits [webpronews.com]

• Could 5G carriers ink a spectrum deal with TV broadcasters? [lightreading.com]

• 5G-Advanced is ready for the spotlight [fierce-network.com]

• Verizon Extends Bundled 'myPlan' Streaming Perks to Home Internet Customers [nexttv.com]

• South Korean telecom company attacks customers with malware to stop them from using a file-sharing service - over 600,000 torrent users report missing files, strange folders, and disabled PCs [tomshardware.com]

• AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile point finger at 'third-party' for roaming outage [lightreading.com]

• TDS Telecom Taps MVNO to Launch Mobile Service [telecompetitor.com]

• T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices - FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors." [arstechnica.com]

• Microsoft plans to launch its Xbox TV app on Amazon's Fire TV Sticks in July in 25+ countries, letting Game Pass Ultimate subscribers access Xbox Cloud Gaming [theverge.com]

• The EFF, the Center for Democracy & Technology, and others file a brief saying the US law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban is unconstitutional [eff.org]

• A look at YouTube's growing dominance as Nielsen says it had ~10% of all viewership on connected and traditional TVs in the US in May, ahead of Netflix's 7.6% [cnbc.com]

• The HBO brand returns from its Max-imposed exile [nerdist.com]

• NCTA Video Depicts Rural Broadband Deployment Challenges [telecompetitor.com]

• Dish bundles in Netflix's ad tier… if subs make a two-year commitment [lightreading.com]

• RIAA Of Six Years Ago Debunks RIAA Of Today’s AI Lawsuit Claims [techdirt.com]

• Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states - carrier agrees to $1M fine [arstechnica.com]

• The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs and an object lesson in hubris for similarly unethical AI companies [techcrunch.com]

• Ookla: Mid Band Spectrum Fueling Faster 5G, T-Mobile is Fastest [telecompetitor.com]

• Cable ops are lab-testing 'enhanced' DOCSIS 3.1 that beefs up downstream speeds [lightreading.com]

• Scientists Warn Starlink Could Screw Up the Ozone Layer [techdirt.com]

• Industry Presses the FCC to Keep Funding Broadband Growth [telecompetitor.com]

• And so it begins - The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to "hide the full scope of their infringement" [theverge.com]

• Paramount+ prices rise amid pursuit of profitability [lightreading.com]

• Sources: US is probing China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom over concerns they are providing Americans' data to Beijing through their US cloud services [reuters.com]

• Bots Compose 42% of Overall Web Traffic; Nearly Two-Thirds Are Malicious, Reports Akamai [prnewswire.com]