The C band is under consideration for terrestrial fixed and mobile networks
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that at its next meeting, it will vote on a notice of proposed rulemaking that could lead to reallocation or spectrum sharing in the C band, which...
Today marks the end of the road for Title II regulations, aka net neutrality, as the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of the rules takes effect. A congressional effort to revive the rules, under which internet service providers were required to provide equal access to...
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $2.8 million fine against recreational drone company HobbyKing, for selling radio frequency transmitter devices for drones which operate in unauthorized RF bands and at higher power levels than allowed under U.S. rules.
HobbyKing operates in both the U.S....
Geoffrey Starks tapped to replace Mignon Clyburn on FCC
A Senate-led pushback on the repeal of net neutrality, a rapidly shifting relationship between service providers and content producers, national intelligence concerns regarding the use of network infrastructure and devices from Chinese manufacturers, facilitating the spectral...
CTIA asks Federal Communications Commission to take action in July on finalizing CBRS rules, repurposing additional mid-band spectrum
CTIA is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to take action in July to open up more mid-band spectrum, through finalizing the rules for the use of...
The FCC Chairman continued to quote Talladega Nights: "Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed"
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina--U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai--the guy appointed to oversee telecom- and communications-related policy decisions for the entire country--made incredibly topical and relevant remarks about 5G at the Connect...
O'Rielly focused on finding more mid-band spectrum to open up
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--In a discussion that was likely music to the industry's ears, Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O'Rielly spoke of FCC priorities that include opening up more spectrum for wireless services and continuing to look at...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Commercial wireless services in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum are getting closer and closer to reality, with devices expected to arrive soon and certification efforts underway.
Speakers at a CBRS-focused program at the Connectivity Expo touched on a number of recent developments in...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr discussed the role of workforce development in supporting 5G roll-outs and making federal regulations "5G-ready" to encourage private sector investments in the next generation of wireless technology.
Carr's remarks came during a discussion with Jonathan Adelstein, president and...
High-band, high-capacity millimeter wave spectrum is seen as a key enabler of future 5G networks. In the U.S., major carriers have focused early millimeter wave trial work on the 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands. Similarly, service providers, T-Mobile US in particular, have been...
Pai looking to secure "networks and their supply chains," in latest move against Huawei
Ajit Pai, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, on Monday announced he would propose a new rule designed to "help protect security of U.S. communications networks and their supply chains."
According...
Steel in the Air President Ken Schmidt has some recent analysis of what the national distribution of 100,000 small cells over the next few years could look like, if you assume that deployment will more or less follow population. His estimates crown California as...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A combination of government spending on rural broadband deployment and new network build-outs are keeping the tower industry busy, and that momentum is only expected to build as dense 5G network begin to emerge.
At the National Association of Tower Erectors show this week,...
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Governors of Montana, New York order states to only contract with telecom providers who uphold net neutrality
The governors of Montana and New York this week signed executive orders aimed at preserving so-called "net neutrality" by declaring that telecommunications providers with state contracts must abide...
FCC preempted state-led action, but that isn't stopping handful of states
In the aftermath of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's controversial repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections, state-level politicians are taking up the cause of a free and open internet.
According to publish reports, officials in...
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Wheeler steps down...
With a 3-2 vote along party lines, last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reversed Obama-era net neutrality rules that treated internet service providers like utilities under Title II rules.
The highly unpopular move by the FCC has stakeholders concerned that major corporations like Comcast...
In Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's dissent from the lifting of Title II regulation on internet service providers, she called her statement a "eulogy."
Twitter users alternately cheered and mourned the end of net neutrality, which was put in place under the Obama administration and...
A phoned-in bomb threat delayed but didn't derail a 3-2 party-line vote of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to undo Obama-era regulations governing net neutrality. After security officials swept the room with bomb-sniffing dogs, Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former legal rep for...
Ajit Pai's Federal Communications Commission is hitting its stride in regulatory rollbacks. On the agenda of this week's meeting: axing a 40-year-old rule on media ownership that prevented a single company from owning multiple types of media outlets in a single market; targeting illegal...
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Amid increasing Sprint/T-Mo merger chatter, wireless competition report says the market is "effective"
For the first time since 2009, the wireless industry's competitive landscape is "effective," according to the Federal Communications Commission's 20th annual report on wireless competition.
The three Republican commissioners, including Chairman Ajit Pai,...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently closed its formal comment period in its effort to reverse Title II utility-style regulation of the internet and restore broadband to its traditional status as an information service – the same status that it enjoyed for nearly 20...