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Fifth Circuit decision striking down USF a ‘severe blow,’ says industry

In a nine-seven ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the Universal Service Fund (USF) unconstitutional on Wednesday. The USF, which funds several of the FCC’s high-cost and low-income broadband programs, now faces an uncertain future. As per the court’s opinion: “In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress delegated its taxing […]

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First batch of AST SpaceMobile ‘Bluebird’ satellites ready to take flight

AST SpaceMobile’s plan to deploy a global constellation of satellites that can connect to cellular phones on the ground is nearing liftoff. The company announced Thursday that five of its “Bluebird” low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites have reached completion and are ready to be shipped to Cape Canaveral in Florida during the first week of August. […]

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FCC approves rules for service providers delivering NG911 emergency communications

FCC commissioners last week voted unanimously to approve an order designed to ease the transition to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology by providing originating service providers with nationwide rules about their responsibilities and deadlines to deliver emergency calls to NG911 systems. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel described the order as the latest step in the FCC’s […]

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FCC study pins all blame on AT&T for massive mobile outage

The errors and foibles that led to AT&T’s massive mobile network outage in February that impaired millions of devices and blocked millions of voice calls were “all attributed” to the carrier, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau concluded in its damning assessment of the outage. The FCC’s 29-page report (PDF) found that the size and scope of […]

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FCC report outlines cause of AT&T’s February outage, impact on FirstNet

AT&T’s nationwide outage on Feb. 22 was caused by a misconfigured “network element” placed on the AT&T Mobility network without being properly reviewed, resulting in hours-long service disruption for both FirstNet users and AT&T commercial customers, according to FCC report about the outage. “When you sign up for wireless service, you expect it will be […]

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Apple could eclipse wireless operators’ satellite plans

Apple later this year will shift its satellite messaging strategy from emergency services to just regular services. The iPhone supplier will do so with the release of its iOS 18 software platform, scheduled to be available this fall. That update will immediately give casual, non-emergency satellite messaging services to a good chunk of the estimated 375 million […]

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Are utilities eyeing T-Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum?

Bluewater Wireless is selling its 600MHz spectrum to US utility companies. But so far the company isn’t finding much interest. That’s because the utilities are waiting to see what happens with T-Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum auction before they decide how to move forward with their plans for private wireless networking, according to a representative from Bluewater Wireless […]

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Anterix inks 900 MHz spectrum deal worth more than $102 million with Texas utility Oncor

Anterix recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Oncor Electric Delivery Company to sell the Texas utility 900 MHz spectrum licenses for total payments of $102.5 million, including $44 million that will be paid within the next 12 months. Chris Guttman-McCabe, the chief regulatory and communications officer for Anterix, said the Oncor deal […]

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FCC’s Rosenworcel hopes 4.9 GHz proceeding will be finished within ‘several months’

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel this week told members of the House subcommittee on communications and technology that she would like FCC commissioners to establish new rules for the 4.9 GHz spectrum band “within the next several months” but noted the flurry of recent filings in the proceeding. Rosenworcel (pictured above, from a previous hearing) provided […]

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FirstNet, AT&T face fire from federal inspector general

A series of new reports from the US Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General (OIG) raises questions about FirstNet’s network for public safety users, which is managed by AT&T. FirstNet and AT&T have rejected many of the criticisms leveled in the reports, arguing that FirstNet users are receiving extensive and reliable wireless services. […]

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Fifth Circuit decision striking down USF a ‘severe blow,’ says industry

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First batch of AST SpaceMobile ‘Bluebird’ satellites ready to take flight

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FCC approves rules for service providers delivering NG911 emergency communications

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FCC study pins all blame on AT&T for massive mobile outage

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FCC report outlines cause of AT&T’s February outage, impact on FirstNet

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Apple could eclipse wireless operators’ satellite plans

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Are utilities eyeing T-Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum?

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Anterix inks 900 MHz spectrum deal worth more than $102 million with Texas utility Oncor

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FCC’s Rosenworcel hopes 4.9 GHz proceeding will be finished within ‘several months’

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FirstNet, AT&T face fire from federal inspector general

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