BROWSING: Policy

Cisco: 'OpenRoaming is vital to unlocking the potential of wireless communications' The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) will assume ownership and management of OpenRoaming as a global wireless industry standard, which the alliance stated will facilitate the broad adoption of OpenRoaming by new and existing Wi-Fi...

Mobile telephone radiation guidelines from 1998 only required minor updates for 5G Fierce opposition to the deployment of the 5G infrastructure has been popping up all around the world, from California to South Africa to Sweden. Small cell towers, which must be frequently placed, are...

FCC Chairman sees traction with Keep Americans Connected Pledge As a growing number of people shift to working from home and officials at the local, state and federal level close schools, restaurants, bars and other businesses, the big four U.S. carriers are working to ease...

  The Federal Communications Commission has temporarily granted T-Mobile US special access to more of the 600 MHz band, to help meet increased demand for mobile broadband by consumers and first responders during the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus. T-Mobile US said that it wanted...

Secured and Trusted Network Communications Act targets rip-and-replace of Huawei, ZTE network equipment President Trump on March 12 signed into law the Secured and Trusted Network Communications Act, which among other things, will provide up to $1 billion in funding to rip-and-replace network infrastructure primarily...

Mandate comes as part of implementing the TRACED Act Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed mandatory implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework to fight unwanted robocalls, in line with recently passed federal legislation. If adopted, the mandate would require voice service providers to...

Greetings from Davidson and Charlotte.  It’s been a very busy week with Covid-19 concerns taking center stage.  Since many of you commented on the charts from last week, here’s a refreshed version (reflecting prices as of Friday’s market close): Through last Friday (Feb 28), the...

The third U.S. millimeter wave auction is complete The Federal Communications Commission's third millimeter wave spectrum auction has concluded, and the agency is expected to release the names of winning bidders in the coming days. The first, clock-bidding-based phase of the auction raised a little more...

Broadcasters are concerned unlicensed use of 6 GHz will interfere with 'electronic news gathering' equipment The FCC is considering a notice of proposed rulemaking that considers opening up the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use, including for Wi-Fi and cellular. The National Association of...

Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in February is the major venue and the key date for the telecoms industry. Yes, the cards have been dealt, but the show works as a useful barometer of its high mood. It kick-starts the season, effectively, after...

More than 300 million unwanted robocalls are sent to Americans each day Despite ongoing efforts by industry and regulators to stem the flood of unwanted robocalls, a Transaction Network Services report has found that the number of such robocalls jumped by 49% from 2018 to...

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced a new testbed to show the feasibility of adapting LTE for the urban rail sector. The new project is being led by Huawei, alongside the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). The testbed will evaluate usage...

Connectivity has been the main blocker for industrial IoT, and not the fragmented hardware and software markets. So says Federated Wireless, one of the companies pioneering usage of private LTE and 5G in the CBRS band in the US. The firm has announced “one-click” CBRS-as-a-service...

The title best describes the current situation after the recent hearing in the more-than-yearlong saga between FTC and Qualcomm. On Feb 13th, 2020, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit) heard Qualcomm’s appeal to reverse the...

5G Americas President: '5G is a transformational technology that is here to stay' There is no doubt that 5G is taking over on a global scale at a much faster rate than the generations of cellular technology before it. There is also no doubt that...

All four national carriers face fines over selling unauthorized access to customer location data The Federal Communications Commission is planning to fine the four national carriers up to $200 million over the unauthorized release and sale of wireless customers' location data, around two years after...

The Broadband Forum CEO: 'We are still working to define the jigsaw pieces of 5G' As part of its work to “provide a practical roadmap to deliver 5G,” the Broadband Forum has finalized two new 5G standards, which will help operators leverage their fixed networks...

Germany industrialist Bosch has set out a ‘code of ethics’ around the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in its connected products, which says humans should be the arbiter of any AI-based decisions. The firm has issued a set of guidelines, a number of ‘red lines’,...

Those who oppose 5G networks cite radiation concerns In its latest round of spectrum testing, the U.K.'s Office of Communications, or Ofcom, measured electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions at 16 5G sites in 10 cities across the U.K., concluding that 5G networks do not pose a...

NBTC Secretary-General: 'Overall 5G network investment in Thailand could reach more than $4 billion this year' Thailand's telecoms regulator The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) held the country’s 5G spectrum auction over the weekend, raising 100.52 billion baht ($3.2 billion) as operators grabbed 48...

Switzerland's environmental agency will examine 5G antennas 'in depth, in real-world operational conditions' In January, roughly 2,000 people turned out across Switzerland to protest the spread of 5G technology, and now, as the rest of the world pushes onward with rollouts, the country has placed...

AG Barr calls open RAN “pie in the sky,” suggests coordinated investment to counter Huawei Two things are clear: The U.S. views Huawei’s 5G market share as a cybersecurity threat both domestically and internationally, particularly in nations that share intelligence with America. And national leaders...

As promised in my previous article, here is a detailed discussion on FTC’s FRAND (Fair Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) argument in its antitrust case against Qualcomm. FTC argues that Qualcomm agreeing to the FRAND (Fair and Reasonable Anti Discriminatory) requirements of Standards Setting Organizations (SSO)...

By 2025, 5G connections should cover 40 per cent of Europe’s workforce, 70 per cent of its industrial sites, and 80 per cent of its main logistics routes. This was the message from DigitalEurope, the trade association for the European tech industry, at the...