Rosenworcel says she will propose a new look at standards for receivers as well as transmitters
The Federal Communications Commission will increase the available midband spectrum in the United States by auctioning 2.5 GHz spectrum this coming July, and follow that up with continued work...
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed that proceeds from future auctions be dedicated to funding nationwide upgrades to Next-Generation 911 services.
Rosenworcel made the remarks in a recent speech at the National Press Club celebrating the 10th anniversary of the First Responders...
The two federal agencies in charge of managing the nation's spectrum resources are making an effort to more closely work together on a comprehensive approach to spectrum management.
The new Spectrum Coordination Initiative, as the two agencies explain it, "will involve actions by both...
The Federal Communications Commission continues its fight against robocalls, with several recent actions that include its largest-ever proposed fine against a Florida-based robocalling operation, a crackdown on service providers who have allegedly not lived up to their commitments to implementing the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication...
Heads of some of the biggest European telecommunications operators have published an open letter in the Financial Times claiming Europe’s telecoms market risks falling behind rivals, and that big tech firms needs to help fund network infrastructure deployments.
The letter is jointly signed by José...
The Federal Communications Commission has released the list of eligible applicants who have requested federal funding to remove and replace equipment and services from Huawei and ZTE, which have been banned from U.S. telecom networks based on national security concerns.
Based on initial review...
Industrial IoT is the tech answer to the business challenge of environmental sustainability. Everyone says so; everyone knows so. And yet only a third of enterprises are putting their money where their mouths are, and investing in industrial IoT. That is the message, effectively,...
As the federal government gears up to distribute the $65 billion in broadband funding that was passed in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has set up a series of webinars to inform prospective applicants about the...
Small and rural network providers have made initial requests for $5.6 billion in funding in order to replace network equipment and services from Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE in domestic networks.
That figure far outweighs the nearly $1.9 billion which Congress has appropriated for...
New RDOF awards are the program's largest wave yet
The Federal Communications Commission is set to award another $1.2 billion through its Rural Digital Opportunities Fund, after an overhaul that the agency says improves its ability to make sure that companies actually deliver the rural...
An airline group has predicted that flight impacts will be 'incalculable'
AT&T and Verizon both confirmed this morning that they have gone ahead with their planned activation of the use of C-Band spectrum, amid dire warnings from the an aviation industry group earlier this week...
An estimated 45% of the U.S. commercial fleet has been cleared for low-visibility landings at some airports where 5G C-Band will be deployed, says the FAA
Days after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued more than 1,400 warnings to pilots about the possibility that on-board...
The Federal Communications Commission has made another $361 million in funding commitments, in a seventh wave of funding for the Emergency Connectivity Fund for schools and libraries. The program has committed funds for nearly $4.2 billion to date.
This round will fund more than 313,000...
Buttigieg outlined six principles that will inform his department's support of transportation technology, but says nothing about C-Band tensions between the FAA and wireless carriers
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg popped into this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), albeit virtually, to discuss the criticality of technology in...
In December, AT&T and Verizon agreed to pause their C-Band plans following warnings issued by the FAA that the 5G spectrum could interfere with aviation safety systems
50 U.S. airports have been given 5G buffer zones per an agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AT&T and...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved another wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program funds. The $603 million will help to connect more than 1.4 million students in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
According to the agency, this latest round of funding decisions...
The Federal Communications Commission has begun a proceeding to figure out the future of the Universal Service Fund, which is funded through a slice of telecom carriers' revenues that is passed along to consumers through line-item bill charges.
Congress directed the agency to start...
As a counterpoint to the drive towards lights-out industrial automation, and its own role in it as supplier of sundry Industry 4.0 componentry – including, as of last week, private 5G pyrotechnics and an expanded IoT arsenal – Amazon Web Services (AWS) is taking...
Rosenworcel's FCC advocacy has focused on expanding broadband access among other priorities
The U.S. Senate today voted 68 to 31 to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel as the first female chair of the FCC, and the first official chair of the regulatory body under the Biden Administration....
Public sessions to gather stakeholder input will begin next week
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is tasked with turning $65 billion in funding into programs that will make broadband services available and affordable to all Americans, plans to hold a series of public...
Amid anticipation for the freshly passed $65 billion in funding for broadband expansion, a new report from CTIA estimates that 5G Fixed Wireless Access broadband could serve nearly half of rural households in the U.S.
According to the report, Accenture reckons that 43% of rural...
Reliability of broadband service is the single most important characteristic to consumers and definitely more important than speed, according to a new survey from the Fiber Broadband Assocation.
A full 78% of respondents said that the most important aspect of broadband was that it...
Vodafone added 24 million IoT SIM connections in the 12 months to September 30. Its total connections count stood at 136 million at the end of the period, at the end of the second half of the 2021/22 financial year, up from 112 million...
Auction now shifts to an assignment phase for individual spectrum blocks
The 3.45-3.55 GHz auction of 100 megahertz of midband spectrum has wrapped up its first phase after 151 rounds, raising $21.888 billion in bids and making it the third-highest grossing auction that the agency...
