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Continuing its network convergence strategy, AT&T sees “a long-term, multi-decade play’ Speaking last week at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia and Technology Conference, AT&T CEO John Stankey blasted domestic policy around …

FCC declines to comment beyond a tweet from Chairman Ajit Pai T-Mobile US customers experienced widespread voice and text outages that the carrier said were “resolved,” as of 10:03 p.m. …

Connecticut-based Frontier Communications on April 14 announced it was voluntarily entering chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing an interest payment on unsecured debt in March. Despite this development, Frontier said …

The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing millimeter wave auction has added another billion in bids, bringing the total to more than $6.1 billion. Bidding resumed yesterday after a break for the …

75 megahertz of 5.9 GHz spectrum are in play  This week U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out a plan to reallocate 75 megahertz of the 5.9 GHz …

Last week, FCC Chairman Pai announced a proposed draft called the Fifth Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the stated intent of improving 911 vertical location accuracy (known as z-axis) …

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, …

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. …

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 …

FCC Commissioner: “It’s time to go back to the drawing board” In an effort to accelerate small cell deployments in support of U.S. 5G leadership, the Federal Communications Commission last …

In September last year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission passed an order meant to make it easier for operators to deploy small cells and other wireless infrastructure by superseding state- …

All four Tier 1 U.S. carriers are offering a mobile 5G service in parts of select markets. Of those four, AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon are all using high-frequency millimeter …

In a promising sign for large enterprise adoption of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts was granted permission to conduct internal testing to see if some …

Reports say Trump considering 5G as topic for 2020 campaign If you listen to the big four U.S. mobile carriers, two of which have already commercialized different flavors of 5G …

The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of millimeter wave spectrum at 28 GHz has concluded after 176 rounds, having raised nearly $702.6 million in provisionally winning bids. According to the FCC, …

T-Mobile US CEO John Legere was in DC this week; it’s not clear where he’s staying Lobbying groups aligned with Saudi Arabia and Cyprus, the Embassy of the Republic of …

Regulator to open up mmWave frequencies in 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands With an auction of millimeter wave frequencies in the 28 GHz band going on current, …

CWA tells FCC merger could kill 30,000 jobs While T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Marcelo Claure, former Sprint CEO and current COO of Sprint parent company SoftBank, told workers …

NCTA calls DSRC ‘failed;’ wants 5.9 GHz for Wi-Fi Almost two decades ago the U.S. Federal Communications Commission set aside the 5.9 GHz band for dedicated short range communications with …

Call spoofing earned one company an $82 million fine Earlier this month the U.S. Federal Communications Commission levied a massive fine against a company for making more than 20 million …

As Huawei faces blacklisting by feds, the company argues that would slow 5G deployment ORLANDO–As Huawei faces intense regulatory scrutiny that could potentially see the Chinese infrastructure giant barred from …

As a new school year begins, internet usage continues to transform K-12 education. The majority of today’s teachers routinely make homework assignments with the expectation that students will go online to …

FCC task force says it needs more time to review new modeling information The Federal Communications Commission has paused the 180-day shot clock for its review of the proposed merger …

USF dollars eyed for telehealth “Connected Care Pilot Program” Last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission opted to go forward with an exploration of allocating $100 million of Universal Service …

FCC Chairman calls move “pro-competitive” As service providers look to deploy wireless and broadband infrastructure in cities and towns across the country, access to utility poles and other infrastructure sites …