A number of wireless and wireline industry associations are pushing back against a proposed rule by the Federal Communications Commission that would prevent Universal Service Fund money from being used to pay for equipment or services from companies that are considered a risk to...
CAF II auction will begin July 24 and award nearly $2 billion over 10 years
The Federal Communications Commission has approved 220 bidders to participate in the upcoming Connect American Fund II auction, aimed at expanding rural connectivity by awarding up to $1.98 billion over...
The C band is under consideration for terrestrial fixed and mobile networks
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that at its next meeting, it will vote on a notice of proposed rulemaking that could lead to reallocation or spectrum sharing in the C band, which...
As the internet of things continues to gain momentum, Congress is looking at how to assess the state of the industry and its relationship with federal agencies, via a new bill that focuses on answering a relatively simple question: In the IoT space, who...
Senators and representatives will have meeting to reconcile the two versions of the annual defense bill
The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment to the annual defense spending bill which threatens a recent agreement between the Department of Commerce and Chinese vendor ZTE to lift...
The challenge to integrate strategies, systems and data across departments and regions remains the most significant challenge for smart cities, and the ultimate stumbling block if they are to retain charge and influence as the main interface with citizens for city services. Otherwise, the...
It happens to everyone — despite your best efforts, your phone falls and the screen shatters. Or the camera lens cracks. Whatever the damage, though, for safety and function, it’s time to seek out a repair. But where do you go?
Professional cell phone repairs,...
The PSTA, the recently formed public safety open standards group, adds Verizon to its list of members.
Verizon announced on Monday that it supports the newly formed Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA), a non-profit group that formed to promote open standards for public safety services.
The...
London has set out a five-point digital strategy to make it the smartest city in the world.
Among more than 20 initiatives, bucketed into five ‘mission’ themes, the plan details a new Civic Innovation Challenge to match startups with enterprises, a new London Office for...
Today marks the end of the road for Title II regulations, aka net neutrality, as the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of the rules takes effect. A congressional effort to revive the rules, under which internet service providers were required to provide equal access to...
ZTE must pay up to $1.4 billion, replace its entire board of directors and senior leadership, and submit to a decade of embedded U.S. trade monitors in order to resume receiving exports from U.S. tech companies, in what the Department of Commerce is calling...
A new bill for funding government efforts to explore spectrum repurposing for commercial use has been introduced, with bipartisan support in both houses of Congress -- and the industry is all for it.
The Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users...
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $2.8 million fine against recreational drone company HobbyKing, for selling radio frequency transmitter devices for drones which operate in unauthorized RF bands and at higher power levels than allowed under U.S. rules.
HobbyKing operates in both the U.S....
Under the new deal, ZTE would pay a combined fine of nearly $1.7 billion
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed an agreement that would lift a U.S. Commerce Department ban on buying from U.S. suppliers, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
However, a Commerce...
The European Commission (EC) has proposed a total budget of €51.5 billion for new technologies and network infrastructure under its next funding cycle, from 2021 to 2027, to drive industrial transformation and technological leadership across the region.
As part of two separate proposals, it has...
Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg has announced packages of $70 million and $42 million respectively to help US smart cities fight climate change and develop their usage of data. The new disbursements will be made via his Bloomberg Philanthropies charity.
A year after...
Drones could increase UK GDP by £42 billion, or two per cent, by 2030, according to a new report by financial services firm PwC, with the largest productivity gains in the wholesale and retail trade sector in percentage terms (2.5 per cent) and the...
Geoffrey Starks tapped to replace Mignon Clyburn on FCC
A Senate-led pushback on the repeal of net neutrality, a rapidly shifting relationship between service providers and content producers, national intelligence concerns regarding the use of network infrastructure and devices from Chinese manufacturers, facilitating the spectral...
AT&T fighting DoJ over Time Warner acquisition
Executives from Sprint and T-Mobile US have been hitting the Hill hard seeking to gain consensus for a proposed merger that, if approved, would reduce the U.S. Tier 1 mobile operator market from four to three players. Speaking...
CTIA asks Federal Communications Commission to take action in July on finalizing CBRS rules, repurposing additional mid-band spectrum
CTIA is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to take action in July to open up more mid-band spectrum, through finalizing the rules for the use of...
It’s a reality. Regulations on internet service providers, known as net neutrality rules, began to roll back April 23, although the controversial action by the Federal Communications Commission faces court challenges and a recently passed Senate bill that would reimpose net neutrality will soon...
Macro, small cells, fiber, data centers all part of network convergence
Summarizing the programming at the Wireless Infrastructure Association's ConnectX event in Charlotte, N.C., Jonathan Adelstein, president and CEO of the trade association, highlighted the increasing level of network convergence shaping the telecom industry's evolution...
The industrial ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is geographically skewed, reckons one of its leading protagonists. Greg Kinsey, vice president of Japan-based Hitachi's Vantara business, says the US is way behind, fixated on sensors in factories, while European countries rewrite the industrial rule-book with...
The FCC Chairman continued to quote Talladega Nights: "Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed"
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina--U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai--the guy appointed to oversee telecom- and communications-related policy decisions for the entire country--made incredibly topical and relevant remarks about 5G at the Connect...
