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New research has revealed several critical insights that could shape future energy-saving strategies As 5G networks continue their global expansion, a critical challenge looms large: growing power consumption generating inordinate operational expenses along with associated carbon output. Considering various projections, …

Arielle Roth will lead the revamped ‘bargain BEAD’ program at NTIA for extending broadband In sum – what to know: NTIA administrator confirmed – Arielle Roth, who has worked on telecom policy at the FCC and in Congress, was confirmed to …

Commerce Secretary says the program “is in dire need of a readjustment” and emphasized “lowest cost” deployments The U.S. Department of Commerce is going to review the rules surrounding the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, prompting …

Rakuten Mobile, which operates a nationwide O-RAN-based network in Japan, will collaborate with RU vendors selected by the NTIA Mobile operator Rakuten Mobile has announced its participation in deploying open radio units (RUs) developed by U.S.-based companies. In a release, …

Chunghwa Telecom noted that MTI was awarded nearly $35 million in funding from NTIA Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has teamed up with Microelectronics Technology (MTI) to become one of the seven global recipients selected under the U.S. National Telecommunications …

The Bayou State is the first to receive full and final BEAD approval to proceed with broadband deployments Louisiana is the first U.S. state to receive final BEAD approval for its plan to connect unserved and underserved areas via the …

Nokia, JMA Wireless, and Solid are among the awardees in the latest round of grants, which focus on ORU hardware development The Biden administration has awarded $273 million in another funding round for the Wireless Innovation Fund, meant to support …

Nearly 70% of the more than 400,000 CBRS sites are in rural areas, according to a new NTIA report on CBRS usage Use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum continues to rise, according to a new CBRS …

November greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City.  The picture will be a familiar sight for those in the fiber industry.  Yes, we are getting a second fiber to the home (FTTH) provider for our 28-home community.  The market is getting crowded …

Viavi Solutions has officially opened its Viavi Automated Lab-as-a-Service, or VALOR, Open RAN testing facility in Chandler, Arizona. VALOR is aimed at filling a need for pay-as-you-go, flexible, accessible and automated testing-as-a-service for Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technologies; …

Data centers are a vital component of digital infrastructure, one that is expected to grow at a fast rate and require more land, power and interconnections. The United States doesn’t have enough data centers to support the coming demand, particularly …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the initial plans of the states of New York and Wyoming, for how they expect to use their respective portions of federal funding to expand broadband services. New York was allocated …

The states of New Mexico and Virginia recently had their “Internet for All” plans for the implementation of the federal Broadband Access, Equity and Deployment (BEAD) program accepted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is overseeing the BEAD …

In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles interviews Scott Woods, President of Public Private Partnerships at Ready.net. They discuss Scott’s transition from a private practice attorney to a key figure in telecommunications, emphasizing his work at the National …

CBRS’ continued evolution likely to set the roadmap for sharing in other bands The Citizens Broadband Radio Service’s three-tiered spectrum-sharing framework has essentially set the current standard for an automated approach to sharing between the federal government and the private …

The changes would expand access by changing up the aggregate interference model used to determine sharing Changes are coming to the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service band at 3.5 GHz, with proposed tweaks to the aggregate interference model that is …

There have been ‘great strides’ in closing the digital divide, NTIA says, but wide variations in who is connected remain The numbers of United States internet users increased by about 13 million between 2021 to 2023, according to new numbers …

Request for comment focuses on non-spectrum aspects of 6G development and timing The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has kicked off a formal public comment period in which it is seeking information on the current state of development of …

‘All the greenfield is gone’: Federal government wants a 12-18 month push with industry, academia to develop cutting-edge sharing tech The Department of Defense and NTIA are spearheading a dynamic spectrum-sharing framework “moonshot” with industry and academia to develop and …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released the implementation plan for the Biden administration’s National Spectrum Strategy, which aims to kick off working groups on three candidate bands this month and have technical work to be completed by the …

“The best way to assess integration across the industry is to go big,” writes AT&T’s VP of RAN Technology AT&T and Verizon are heading up a federally funded, $42.3 million project focused on Open RAN interoperability, network performance and security, …

The U.S. is in global race for leadership in wireless technologies, and the implementation of the country’s new National Spectrum Strategy will impact the direction of spectrum policy for decades. That strategy and its implementation is the focus of the …

‘NTIA has less than two years to get the U.S. back on track,” telecom industry group’s CEO writes The United States’ leadership in spectrum policy, 5G and reaping the economic benefits of the most advanced mobile networks are in jeopardy …

Dish Network, Viavi Solutions and several universities win funding to develop various aspects of wireless testing The Biden administration yesterday announced $80 million in awards as part of the third wave of funding from the Wireless Innovation Fund, which is …