House AI Bills moved through a significant committee step on June 25, 2026, but the practical meaning is narrower than some headlines suggested. The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee advanced ten AI-related measures during a full committee session, yet none of those ten bills had become law as of August 26, 2026. For community organizations, educators, telecom professionals, consumer advocates, and local technology groups, the useful question is not … Read the rest
All posts by Avery Cross
IEEE Quantum Standard and Technology Adoption
IEEE Quantum Standard work is becoming a practical signal for technology adoption, not because it settles every engineering question, but because it starts to define shared terms, measurement needs, architecture boundaries, and security migration paths. As of August 20, 2026, the standards work remains partly in development, so the safest reading is cautious: it can reduce ambiguity for buyers and vendors, but it does not by itself prove commercial readiness … Read the rest
FCC 5G Regulations and Infrastructure Impact
FCC 5G regulations are best understood as a set of related policy actions rather than one single rule change. The available research points to spectrum access, infrastructure approvals, rural coverage support, aviation safety coordination, and open-internet obligations as the main areas affecting 5G deployment in the United States.
For operators, vendors, tower companies, local permitting teams, and public-sector broadband planners, the practical impact is not simply faster service. Each policy … Read the rest
Enterprise AI Adoption: Nvidia Network Signals
Enterprise AI adoption is moving from conference-stage ambition toward harder network design questions: where inference runs, how private 5G fits edge sites, whether Ethernet fabrics can carry AI traffic predictably, and who owns long-term operations. Nvidia’s recent developments give enterprise and telecom teams useful signals, but they do not remove the need for disciplined assessment.
For event planners and community organizers in telecom, the practical issue is not whether AI … Read the rest
AI Chip Partnership: Infrastructure Economics
The AI chip partnership between OpenAI and Broadcom is best understood as an infrastructure signal, not just a semiconductor headline. OpenAI and Broadcom announced a multi-year collaboration to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of OpenAI-designed AI accelerators and networking systems, with rack deployments scheduled to begin in the second half of 2026 and conclude by the end of 2029, according to OpenAI’s announcement.
For technology infrastructure events, this creates … Read the rest
Custom AI Chips: Skills Companies Need Now
Custom AI chips have moved from a specialist semiconductor topic into a board-level infrastructure question. The evidence is still concentrated in a small number of large-scale announcements, but the direction is clear enough for technical leaders, telecom operators, cloud buyers, and professional development teams to prepare. The issue is not whether every company should design silicon. Most should not. The practical question is how organizations should evaluate custom accelerator projects, … Read the rest
Nvidia Agentic AI Infrastructure Takes Shape
Agentic AI Infrastructure is now less about a single accelerator and more about whether compute, storage, networking, financing, software controls, and operations can work as one deployable system. Nvidia’s recent announcements point in that direction, but enterprises should read them as infrastructure signals rather than proof that production-grade AI agents are simple to operate.
The change matters because agentic systems place different pressure on infrastructure than many earlier generative AI … Read the rest
From Engineer to Product Owner in Telecom Software: Skills, Stories, and Backlogs
The Product Owner is the heart of an Agile team. They make sure the value of what’s built is maximized. They connect what the market needs with what the engineering team can do.
In telecom, this job is very challenging. The software runs on huge, complex systems. These include old BSS and OSS stacks, apps for customers, and new NaaS platforms.
A telco Product Owner is more than just managing … Read the rest
Peer Learning Circles for NOC and Field Teams: Setup, Agenda, and Metrics
In today’s fast world, keeping up is key. For Northern Oklahoma College and field teams, a research-backed methodology is becoming essential. It involves small groups working together to solve problems and share knowledge.
Studies show these sessions cut down on “social loafing” and increase personal responsibility. This leads to better team results. It supports NOC’s goal of quality education and its value of Personalized Education.
These groups face big … Read the rest
Technical Writing for Telecom Engineers: Turn Tribal Knowledge into Reusable Playbooks
A new engineer joins your team. They have access to every system and API. Yet, within weeks, they cause a major network outage. What went wrong?
They lacked the tribal knowledge. This is the unwritten “why” behind architecture choices, buried business rules, and critical troubleshooting steps that veterans carry in their heads.
This gap isn’t just a human problem. It mirrors a failure seen in AI agent onboarding. Giving … Read the rest