Fifteen smart city networks and tech governance groups, representing 200,000 public and private sector organisations in the smart cities space, have joined together to establish global policy standards for the use of connected devices in public spaces.
Their objective, they said, is to ensure cities...
Only about 40% of mobile phone users want their carriers to automatically block all calls from numbers not in their contacts list -- but that number nearly doubles for calls highly suspected to be spam, according to a new survey from Transaction Network Services.
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FCC commissioners react to ruling that largely upholds the repeal, but strikes down preemption of net neutrality rules by states and cities
A federal appeals court ruling on the Federal Communications Commission controversial repeal of net neutrality regulations for broadband providers was mostly a win...
"Hallelujah!" says Commissioner Michael O'Rielly
The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved a proposal for rules governing the auction of Priority Access Licenses in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service, with a proposed auction start date of June 25, 2020.
The CBRS band "holds the...
FCC Chairman: “It’s outrageous that a company would claim millions of taxpayer dollars for doing nothing."
Sprint has allegedly received tens of millions of dollars in federal Lifeline subsidies for mobile phones which were inactive and should have been un-enrolled from the program, according to...
What is Project BroadWay?
About a decade ago, the European Commission started having formal conversations around TETRA and the future of public safety communications networks. This led to the formation of Public Safety Communications – Europe, and subsequently to research validating what public safety users...
The Huawei network security panel highlighted equipment verification, operation transparency and global standards
In what appeared to be a direct response to the U.S.’ continued suspicion of Huawei Technologies and its potential threat to U.S. network security, the Chinese equipment vendor sponsored a seminar at...
FCC Chairman urged to review China Telecom and China Unicom domestic operations
Two U.S. senators asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and national security agencies to review whether Chinese state-run telecom operators China Telecom and China Unicom should be allowed to operate in the United States due...
Earlier this month, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration laid out the current spectrum landscape: what has been recently accomplished, what happening now and what is in the pipeline for potential sharing or allocation of spectrum for commercial use.
The first annual Report on the...
Qualcomm got a reprieve when the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed the decision of United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s (DC) in its antitrust case. Immediately after the stay, Qualcomm filed its opening brief (175 pages...
European public safety market IoT growth rates are generally pegged at 15%
Terrorism, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are all realities which shape public safety and disaster response in the European Union. As the region grapples with the complexities of cross-border cooperation and response, it...
Final federal approval for Initial Commercial Deployment (ICD) of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service is expected to come any day, and Federated Wireless says it has more than 20 customers ready to go.
The CBRS Alliance has scheduled an event for September 18 to celebrate...
FCC rural broadband grants total $67.6 million in 10 Oregon counties
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized more than $67.6 million in affordable broadband funding in Oregon as part of its effort to improve broadband mapping across the rural U.S.
The Oregon funding will include...
Hurricane Dorian, broadband funding and 3.5 GHz for 5G among FCC meeting topics
The Federal Communications Committee (FCC) open meeting, scheduled for Sept. 26th, is fast approaching, and in preparation, Chairman Ajit Pai has released a tentative outline of what will be discussed. The agenda...
Germany is to pump €40 billion into digital transformation of its old coal-mining regions, to drive enterprise and employment as coal mining is phased out in the country.
New legislation that is expected to pass by the end of the year, which will designate...
Satellite operator Eutelsat has withdrawn from the C Band Alliance, a group which includes the four largest global satellite operators and has been advocating for privately handling the clearing and auction of a large chunk of midband spectrum that is currently used for satellite...
Will escalating dispute bifurcate global trade?
SAN FRANCISCO--President Trump, to the detriment of some U.S. businesses, continues to escalate tariffs on Chinese goods and even went so far as to order American companies to exit the Chinese market. Given the global nature of supply chains...
The FCC has authorized a total of $1.488 billion for broadband expansion
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken further steps to close the digital divide with the authorization of more than $4.9 billion in support over the next decade for maintaining expanding affordable rural broadband for 455,334 homes...
700 MHz, 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz are "pioneer" 5G bands in European Union
While European regulators have articulated plans to auction millimeter wave licenses, all of the current and planned network activations are based on mid-band frequencies centered in the 3.4 GHz to 3.8...
According to the FCC, the current national broadband map just isn’t cutting it anymore
Across the U.S., individuals have varying levels of access to fast, reliable broadband service depending on location. In general, those living in rural communities have fewer connectivity options and slower internet...
Sprint and T-Mobile US reportedly exploring settlement of state-level lawsuits
The Department of Justice recently gave Sprint and T-Mobile US approval for a long-pending $26 billion merger with extensive concessions. And now Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has circulated a draft order...
Huawei’s Joy Tan discusses how Huawei ban, potential rip-and-replace will impact American workers and businesses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9y4L_mJfU
From banning the technology giant from selling to the U.S. government and blocking domestic carrier sales to cutting off access to American-made components and considering a rip-and-replace of already installed...
“The internet of things is meaningless without 5G.” That was the line this week from Siemens, or at least its UK chief, speaking as chair of the UK government’s new industrial change strategy, which makes 5G its linchpin.
Juergen Maier, chief executive at Siemens UK,...
There are significant gaps in national broadband coverage, says FCC
As part of its multi-wave effort to improve broadband mapping across the rural U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized more than $121 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband to 36,579...
