AST SpaceMobile can now compete directly as a prime contractor for DoD prototype orders
A new contract with the U.S. government will enable AST SpaceMobile to compete for prototype demonstration projects under the country’s Space Development Agency (SDA)’s Hybrid Acquisition for proliferated Low-earth Orbit (HALO)...
Reports reveal that Intel will receive up to $3.5 billion in federal grants to produce chips for the U.S. DoD
Intel will receive up to $3.5 billion in federal grants to produce chips for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), reported Bloomberg late last week....
The funding is part of the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which was passed in 2022
The U.S. Biden-Harris administration is seeking proposals from eligible applicants for the development, validation and use of digital twins for semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, assembly and test processes. In...
Verizon will help the Navy modernize its data services and support its next-generation voice requirements
Verizon Public Sector has won a $15 million task order with Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) through the federal government’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract vehicle. Per the...
Avid Telecom is accused of making 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to millions of people on the Do Not Call Registry
Nearly every state in the U.S. — and D.C. — has joined a lawsuit this week against Avid Telecom, accusing the company of making 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to...
The government confirmed that Huawei technology must be removed from the U.K.’s 5G public networks by the end of 2027
The U.K. government extended the deadline for local carriers to remove Huawei’s equipment and services in core network functions to December 31, 2023, from the...
The DOL has awarded Verizon Public Sector five Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task orders that will help modernize its infrastructure
Not long after announcing that is has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver its 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) mobility service...
Nokia joined the O-RAN Alliance in 2018, the first major RAN vendor to do so
Finnish RAN vendor Nokia has been considered a driving force behind the telecom industry’s Open RAN push; however, the company is now suspending its work with the O-RAN Alliance, citing...
For years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the broadband minimum benchmark speed for small businesses to be 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloading and 3 Mbps for uploading. However, a recent report published by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed...
Chinese vendor Huawei is not expecting the Biden administration to remove the company from the Entity List, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said during a session with journalists at the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2021.
“We believe that we will need to continue working...
Chinese vendor Huawei believes that it will be extremely unlikely that the new U.S. administration would lift the current restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump, Huawei’s founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, said at a media roundtable.
“I think it's very unlikely that the U.S....
Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE have been slowing down their 5G base station installation in the country, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
According to the report, the two Chinese vendors told some of its suppliers to slow down shipments of some 5G base station-related...
The U.K. government announced that Chinese vendor Huawei's gear will be completely removed from the country’s 5G networks by the end of 2027, following new recommendations by the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) on the impact of U.S. sanctions against the telecommunications vendor.
The government...
The U.S. government is considering the possibility of providing financing for the deployment of 5G in Brazil to those carriers not selecting Chinese vendors, Reuters reported, citing the U.S Ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman.
The funding would come from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation...
Finland, Japan, China all also starting to think about 6G
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced a call to action and shared its vision for collaboration across government, academia and industry to promote U.S. leadership on the path to 6G.
ATIS noted that the timeline...
Huawei Technologies Rotating Chairman Guo Ping said that "survival" would be the company’s key objective for 2020 as the U.S. government recently moved to further restrict the Chinese telecom manufacturer’s access to semiconductors.
“Huawei is capable of designing some products, but we are not able...
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to restrict Chinese vendor Huawei’s ability to use U.S. chipmaking equipment and software to design and manufacture its semiconductors abroad.
In a statement, BIS said that the move "cuts off...
Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY858.8 billion ($123 billion) in 2019, up 19.1% year-on-year, while its net profit reached CNY62.7 billion, up 5. 6% versus 2018, the company said in its annual report.
Huawei invested 15.3% of its 2019 revenue – or CNY131.7 billion...
Chinese vendor Huawei announced its investments in research and development activities focused on its own technology will reach $20 billion this year, up compared to $15 billion in 2019, South China Morning Post reported Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying.
“The U.S. will continue to...
Huawei remains on Department of Commerce Entity List
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) officially announced that it will extend the Temporary General License (TGL) for Huawei and its non-U.S. affiliates which are subject to the Entity...
The French government confirmed that Chinese vendor Huawei would not be excluded from supplying equipment for local 5G networks, but could be subject to certain restrictions.
“There is no discrimination towards Huawei… No, Huawei will not be excluded from the 5G in France,” Economy and...
U.K. telecom group BT said that the decision by the UK government to restrict the use of Huawei’s kit in the country’s 5G networks would have a cost of £500 million ($655 million) for the company over the next five years.
“We are in the...
Huawei out of the core but allowed up to 35% share of RAN
The U.K. government has decided to allow Chinese vendor Huawei to continue providing equipment to local 5G networks but with certain restrictions, despite pressure from the U.S. to block the vendor.
Ministers today...
The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the initiative would have a negative impact in U.S. companies, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. government...
