Newscan: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls on Congress to protect public safety and repeal T-Band mandate

Public safety and other critical-communications users should benefit significant from Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband, the millimeter-wave offering that promises to deliver unprecedented data speeds, low latencies, quality of service and security, according to an official for the nationwide carrier. John Harris, Verizon’s federal director of mobility solutions, said during his keynote address at IWCE Virtual […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Portland passes the toughest ban on facial recognition in the U.S. Portland becomes the first city to ban the use of facial-recognition tech in public spaces by government, private entities Cyberattacks threaten unprepared virtual schools Alderman proposes dramatic expansion of Chicago’s camera surveillance network ‘Or I will stab […]

One year ago, Huawei was the pestilent squatter US authorities simply could not evict from Europe’s networks. The region’s operators rejected Trump’s characterization of the Chinese vendor as a dirty thief, listing its many virtues. An eviction would be too costly, they also complained. Attentive governments, worried about losing the 5G race, were firmly on […]

The FCC’s first big midband spectrum auction, Auction 105 for 3.5GHz CBRS licenses, ended last week – and now it’s time to sift through the results. The auction raised a total of $4.6 billion in bids, mainly from the likes of Verizon, Dish Network, Comcast and Charter Communications. Here is the list of the 20 biggest […]