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India aims to allow academic institutions and the industry to obtain spectrum to test future 6G technologies India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is looking to obtain comments from the sector’s regulator to analyze the possibility to opening up spectrum in the 95 GHz - 3...

Federated Wireless has been conditionally approved as an automated frequency coordination (AFC) system operator by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to go alongside its role as gatekeeper for CBRS spectrum access for private cellular deployments in the US. The firm has already struck commercial...

The FCC has received applications for 64,000 new satellites, said Chairwoman Rosenworcel The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reorganizing to better support the growing satellite industry by transforming the International Bureau into two entities: The Space Bureau and a standalone Office of International Affairs. According...

'This is good news and real progress': FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology announced the conditional approval of thirteen proposed automated frequency coordination (AFC) database systems in preparation for the testing phase of 6 GHz Wi-Fi operations. AFC...

ATC noted that this project is chiefly aimed at testing the performance of a private 5G wireless network inside a commercial mall in Las Vegas U.S. tower firm American Tower is seeking a 180-day authorization from the Federal Communications Commission to allow the use of...

New FCC proceeding looks at opening up to 550 megahertz of spectrum The Federal Communications Commission is forging ahead with identifying potential new spectrum to repurpose for cellular systems and has launched a new inquiry into the use of up to 550 megahertz of spectrum...

We need to talk about private networks (some more). Because earlier this month, Enterprise IoT Insights opened the European edition of Private Networks Forum with a salutary address about the market, going so far as to suggest business is “flying” in most major industrial...

Mavenir replaced the Chinese-provided components on Triangle's network with its own open infrastructure Mavenir said today that is has turned on a fully cloud-native converged packet core, Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) and O-RAN compliant Radio Units (O-RUs) for Triangle Communications. Triangle Communications is...

'There are not a lot of easy bands left' says NTIA senior advisor With both mmWave and midband 5G auctions concluded and development and/or deployment underway for existing spectrum releases, one of the biggest spectrum question now is: What’s next? Conversations on spectrum policy are shifting...

Eligible recipients now can get LTE, 5G or fiber connections through the new program  Verizon has announced an expansion of free broadband connectivity services for low-income households. The company’s new Verizon Forward Program promises home internet service for qualifying households using 5G, LTE or Fios at no...

Amid renewed conversations around the re-authorization of the Federal Communications Commission's auction authority for spectrum and what a new spectrum pipeline might look like, the Aspen Institute brought together government and private-sector stakeholders to work on a framework and action plan for a national...

The FCC noted that these firms are forced to comply with Chinese regulations and could pose an unacceptable risk to national security The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added international telecoms company Pacific Network Corp., its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) and the operator China...

Ligado Networks has cancelled plans to begin a 5G trial network that would have operated in northern Virginia and was expected to begin operations shortly. Ligado had planned to begin operations in airwaves at 1526–1536 MHz by September 30, according to a status update...

The FCC education funding will support more than 300 schools, 25 libraries and two consortia Roughly 170,000 students across the U.S. will benefit from the more than $81 million in emergency connectivity funding announced this week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The funding,...

Congress is considering landmark data privacy legislation Federal agencies are putting both carriers and data brokers on notice that they are looking more closely at companies' use and sale of consumer data—particularly location data from mobile devices. Such data is often "anonymized" and meant to...

Consumers can now file privacy-related concerns or complaints with the FCC The Federal Communications Commission is launching a new investigation into how mobile network operators use subscribers' geolocation data. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel also sent a letter to the top 15 largest mobile network operators and...

Competitors are still bidding over who wins a single license in Guam Guam is turning out to be an unexpected gem for the 2.5 GHz auction, with competition for licenses there drawing out the final rounds of the most recent of the U.S. midband...

Auction bids are approaching $420 million The Federal Communications Commission is speeding up bidding in the ongoing 2.5 GHz auction, nudging it to a quicker conclusion by upping the number of daily bids from four to six. Six rounds are being held today and another...

Carr, the senior Republican on the FCC, claims that the agency exceeded its authority in denying RDOF funds to Starlink FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is criticizing the Federal Communications Commission's action earlier this month that quashed nearly $900 million in Rural Digital Opportunities Fund (RDOF)...

Amazon Prime Air has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission for drone testing over the next two years, using millimeter-wave spectrum. The company, which plans to launch drone delivery in two cities this year, wants to conduct testing at three other U.S. locations....

In 2020, the FCC approved usage of the 900 MHz band in the U.S. for private LTE and 5G networking by energy companies, in response to a long-standing request by Anterix   Private networking firm Anterix, which holds wide swathes of 900 MHz spectrum in the...

Starlink had won projects worth nearly $900 million; LTD was the biggest winning bidder in the RDOF auction Starlink and LTE Broadband have lost federal subsidies worth more than $2 billion, after the Federal Communications Commission rejected their respective applications to provide high-speed broadband services...

FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel coined the term 'homework gap' in 2012 to describe the difficulty millions of students have when completing online school assignments The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week announced additional funding for digital student services totaling more than $77 million. The funds are...

The ten most dreaded words in the English language: "We are trying to reach you about your vehicle warranty." But the Federal Communications Commission says it has identified the people behind more than 8 billion of those auto warranty scam calls in the past...