Update, Feb. 18: Apple gets support from tech community including Google CEO, WhatsApp founder, Microsoft
After Apple CEO Tim Cook explained his rationale for refusing an FBI request to create a backdoor into Apple's iOS, support for the move came in from other heavyweights in...
FCC alleges slamming, cramming targeting 'consumers with Hispanic surnames'
Staff at the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau last week proposed fines totaling $29.6 million against four long-distance providers accused of slamming and cramming Hispanic consumers.
Specifically, the FCC is calling out OneLink Communications, TeleDias Communications, TeleUno and...
The operator has to pay first installment due from LTE spectrum auction by March 21
Thailand's telecom regulator NBTC threatened to file a lawsuit against local mobile operator Jasmine International if the company fails to pay the first installment of the THB 75 billion ($2.1...
Facebook board member Marc Andreessen makes colonialism remark on Twitter; Zuckerberg calls comment 'upsetting'
India’s telecoms services regulator TRAI has issued a new regulation prohibiting discriminatory tariffs for data services like Free Basics, launched by Facebook, saying that these schemes violate net neutrality principles.
With this...
James Clapper said smart devices associated with Internet of Things pose security risk
In testimony to the Senate this week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper highlighted the security risks posed by the emerging Internet of Things (IoT).
Clapper spoke on Tuesday to the Senate Armed...
The tender for 4G LTE spectrum is set to begin on February 15
Mexican telecommunications regulator Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) confirmed that mobile operators America Movil and AT&T will be allowed to participate in a 4G LTE mobile spectrum auction scheduled to begin Feb. 15.
In...
Embedded sensors, big data analytics make smart cities run
More and more cities across the world are implementing smart city projects in order to modernize the interaction between citizens, governments and the physical world. Some smart city projects are limited to a specific government sector...
Carrier Wrap looks into 600 MHz auction strategies for Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
The Federal Communications Commission’s highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction is soon set to start, with the non-traditional reverse auction proceedings set to begin on March 29, followed by the more traditional...
The new mobile spectrum licenses will be valid for 10 years
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) expects to award a block of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band by the end of 2016.
The telecoms regulator said interested operators have time February 24 to...
Regulators said the three carrier candidates failed to meet minimum requirements
The Republic of Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning decided not to award a fourth mobile telephony license after evaluating three potential carrier candidates.
According to the authorities, the three telcos under review failed...
Amid scrutiny of its Binge On video streaming service, a T-Mobile US executive this week urged the Federal Communications Commission to "tread lightly" as it considers how the service fits into the framework of net neutrality.
Kathleen Ham, SVP of government affairs at T-Mobile US,...
Looking to speed time to market for "Internet of Things" products, Ericsson announced a new virtual marketplace for patent licensing across potential IoT verticals ranging from industrial applications to connected cars.
The company said the goal of the new marketplace, which will be operated by...
The FCC WTB is set for new leadership with current chief Roger Sherman set to depart
Just ahead of the start of one of the most complicated wireless spectrum auctions ever attempted, the Federal Communications Commission announced the departure of current chief of the Wireless...
A Stanford Law School professor in a paper published January 29, concludes T-Mobile US' Binge On streaming video service, which doesn't count against a subscriber data allotment, "violates key net neutrality principles and harms user choice, innovation, competition and free speech online."
Barbara van Schewick is...
Set-top box leasing costs U.S. consumer $20 billion annually
With an eye on driving competition in cable TV, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on laid out a proposal to open the set-top box market to end costly leasing agreements and open the largely closed...
Regulators evaluating three potential carrier candidates
The mobile telephony market in South Korea may have a new player soon as the government confirmed it plans to decide this week whether to award a fourth mobile carrier license.
The country’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning...
25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up is unnecessarily fast, senators say
A group of six U.S. senators this week told the Federal Communications Commission its current broadband benchmark of 25 megabits per second download speeds, 3 Mbps upload speeds could potentially dissuade service providers wary...
Norwegian regulator Nkom running the carrier auction process
The Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) plans to hold the second phase of its 1800 MHz spectrum auction later this month, the regulator said in a statement.
In the second phase of the process, mobile operators Telenor and TeliaSonera...
US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration running point on autonomous vehicles funding initiative
Federal government officials this week announced a plan to commit $3.9 billion in funding over the next decade to bolster research and development of autonomous vehicles.
Anthony Foxx, secretary of...
Incentive auction proceedings hit broadcaster milestone, with claimed ‘robust’ participation
The Federal Communications Commission’s planned 600 MHz incentive auction process reached a milestone this week as the broadcaster application deadline passed, with apparently positive results.
Television broadcasters interested in giving up some of their current...
In its annual broadband status report, the Federal Communications Commission determined U.S. broadband deployments are not happening in a “reasonable and timely fashion.” The commission says the 34 million residents still without quality broadband is not acceptable.
The study found 10% of the U.S. population "still...
LAS VEGAS – Last year was the year sponsored data burst on the scene as Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile US all announced plans to offer free data services. But, it was the launch of T-Mobile US' controversial "Binge On" service, which allows customers to...
Yahoo could face up to $750 million in fines from potential class of 500,000 Sprint users
As many as 500,000 Sprint customers could take part in a class action lawsuit approved this week by a Chicago federal judge related to Yahoo sending unwanted text messages...
FCC broadband report claims cable, fiber offer faster broadband options, DSL lags
Cable and fiber connections continue to outpace advertised broadband speeds provided by digital subscriber line services, according to a new report from the Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC in its fifth “Measuring Broadband America”...
