Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation
In order for unlicensed Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) devices to play nice in the 6 GHz band with the licensed users already occupying that band, the Federal Communications Commission...
Last month, the CBRS community in the US made a swift counter-strike, in the form of a joint letter to the FCC and NTIA, against a report by telecoms lobby group CTIA that said private and shared cellular is bad for the US economy...
The new rules bring the FCC in compliance with the 2021 Secure Equipment Act, the agency said
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Friday new rules that prohibit communications and video surveillance equipment made by Chinese companies including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision and Dahua...
Viavi Solutions said this week that it has officially opened a new optical product facility in Chandler, Arizona. The new factory represents an expanded local presence for Viavi, which also moved its headquarters from California to Arizona's "Optics Valley."
The company said that the...
The 'pre-production draft' map will undergo an 8-week period of challenges to its accuracy
The Federal Communications Commission has released its long-awaited new maps that lay out the extent to which broadband service options are available across the United States.
The map released online today...
Twenty-six organizations and alliances in the US with active interests in private and shared cellular for enterprise usage have jointly written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to hail the “success” of the Citizens Broadband Radio...
Dish granted permission to conduct tests at RF 'quiet zone' in Colorado
Dish Wireless has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to experiment with CBRS outdoor power transmission limits that go beyond those currently allowed.
According to Dish's Special Temporary Authority filing, the technical study...
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...
