# Tower Companies Optimistic Amid Spectrum Auctions, Potential AI Deployments > Source: > Published: 2026-08-04 19:52:16+00:00 [Wireless](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/wireless/) # Tower Companies Optimistic Amid Spectrum Auctions, Potential AI Deployments SBA Communications has been in early talks with satellite companies about terrestrial deployments SBA Communications has been in early talks with satellite companies about terrestrial deployments WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2026 – Big tower companies are feeling good about the future. On earnings calls in recent weeks, executives pointed to the government’s plan to auction spectrum in the coming years and the potential for AI companies to deploy computing gear on their infrastructure. The FCC's proposed ID collection rule would build the exact database Chinese hackers are already inside U.S. telecom networks looking for. The state program will offer eligible households discounts toward broadband service beginning Dec. 1. The agency is planning to take applications in December After Markey plugged $80 billion in E-Rate spending since 1996, Moulton responded, ‘I don’t think that any family of teenagers out there tonight thinks that our kids are safe from the Internet …’