UPDATE In the aftermath of the shooting death in Hebron, NY, officials are revisiting a 2021 recommendation for rural broadband expansion. As the Times Union notes, the cause of Kaylin Gillis’ death was not bad cell phone service, but the incident may have played out differently if the travelers could […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division may file a lawsuit to block T-Mobile’s $1.35 billion acquisition of Mint Mobile, sources have told the New York Post, on the grounds that it is anticompetitive. On March 15, T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced that it had acquired the Ka’ena Corporation and […]
The FCC said a year ago it intended to take a fresh look at how it manages spectrum going forward, to promote efficient co-existence between incumbent and new services. Now it’s taken a step forward, voting on a policy statement that takes into consideration both the transmitter and, for the […]
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Members of a House Subcommittee heard from telecom associations on Wednesday about what members trying to gain permits to deploy broadband are going through. In a hearing of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, association representatives, including WIA and NTCA, The Rural Broadband Association, […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced $22 million in broadband expansion awards as part of a second round of funding to expand coverage to the state’s underserved communities. The funds from the Broadband Opportunity Program will be used for eight projects across eight counties connecting more than 33,200 unserved residential, educational, […]
In our April 11 article, “Will MNO FWA Demand Hold Up?”, we offered some explanation as to why T-Mobile 4Q22 net adds had declined in the high-flying fixed wireless access segment. Here’s what we said: “Explaining the 4Q22 decline, T-Mobile acknowledged that net adds were ‘partially offset by increased deactivations […]
The administration launched a Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. It will invest $1.5 billion in the development of open and interoperable networks to strengthen and diversify supply chain resilience. The effort is funded by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The administration says it will demonstrate the viability […]
U.K. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan laid out plans and investment commitments to boost digital connectivity and put the U.K. at the forefront of future telecom technologies including the next evolution of 5G and 6G, EE News reported. The new Wireless Infrastructure Strategy (WIS) offers an investment package worth about $185 […]
UPDATE T-Mobile would like Congress to reauthorize the FCC’s spectrum auction authority so it can use the 2.5 GHz spectrum it won at auction last summer. President of Technology Neville Ray says the telecom “has been stuck in regulatory limbo with the spectrum won in Auction 108. Spectrum can boost […]