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...
US public LoRaWAN operator Senet has struck a deal with IoT network and analytics software outfit Iota Communications (IotaComm) to deliver LoRaWAN connectivity and IoT solutions in both 915 MHz and 800 MHz spectrum. LoRaWAN operates in unlicensed 915 MHz spectrum by default; IotaComm...
This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...
A customer with disabilities filed a complaint with the FCC, alleging that the Verizon Premium Visual Voicemail violated accessibility rules
Last week, The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau proposed slapping Verizon with $100,000 fine for reportedly failing to provide the Bureau with critical information...
There is bipartisan support at the Federal Communications Commission for making voluntary rules around network resiliency into enforceable ones.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is circulating new draft rules that are aimed at helping to reduce cellular network outages after natural disasters, largely by codifying an...
The Federal Communications Commission is considering modifying the rules for one of its high-cost rural broadband deployment programs to support 100/20 Mbps service.
The agency has opened public comment on a proposal that would increase available support to some of the smallest, most rural...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Industry appeals FCC's...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Wheeler nominated to...
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized nearly $200 million from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund for broadband deployments in 26 states and the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory.
The agency said that the funding, which will be extended over the next 10 years,...
The Federal Communications Commission has formally begun a proceeding to gather information about wireless receiver performance, and how it might encourage better performance in wireless receivers—an effort that has bipartisan support on the commission, and which could represent a turning point for the design...
