Amazon sent its first two internet satellites into orbit on Friday. It’s a key step toward building out a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites that it hopes will provide online connectivity to millions in rural areas without internet access. Amazon said the prototype satellites were successfully deployed in orbit […]
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The slowdown in the wireless contracting business was the buzz at the NATE WIN Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, sponsored in part by the Colorado Wireless Association and held at TopGolf Denver on Wednesday. Nearly 100 attendees used the opportunity to air their views on the current state of wireless contracting […]
FiberLight designs, builds, and operates mission-critical high bandwidth networks to “ignite its clients’ digital transformation” and will be attending Wispapalooza 2023 in Las Vegas, NV, October 9-12. With approximately 17,000 route miles of fiber networks and 230,000 pre-qualified near-net buildings, FiberLight operates in over 430 cities in the U.S. Its […]
FEMA, in cooperation with the FCC, plans to conduct a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system and the broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS) today at approximately 2:20 ET. FEMA originates the test message and will make it clear to the public that the alert is just a […]
Mats Granryd, director general of the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), in a keynote address at MWC Las Vegas last week, laid out a vision of future mobile networks that he expects will transform the way that people and businesses communicate and interact by incorporating emerging technologies such […]
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed new rules this week to allow very low power devices to operate in the 6 GHz band alongside other WiFi-enabled devices. If adopted at the Commission’s October 19 meeting, the rules will enable cutting-edge applications such as augmented and virtual reality, that will help businesses, […]
Much of the federal government is getting close to shutting down October 1, as Congress struggles to pass a stopgap funding deal – and on Wednesday, with just three days to go, many federal workers and agencies were bracing for impact. The House and Senate have until the end of […]
Huawei’s chip that it uses in the Mate 60 smartphone has created a firestorm of controversy over how China was able to produce a 5G smartphone over Western sanctions. TechInsights, which analyzes semiconductors, said the chip’s made-in-China design represents a “manufacturing milestone” and is a “slap in the face” to […]
Vodafone Idea has denied reports that it is the target for acquisition, a rumor that was spread on social media and by PGurus. The stock price of the Indian cell service provider rose by 20 percent as talk turned to the possibility of a takeover by Verizon, Amazon or even […]
The FCC passed rules to speed its processing of commercial space and earth station applications. That’s because the industry is experiencing an era of what agency officials are calling “unprecedented” growth, which is fueling an increase in the number of applications and their complexity before the Commission. During yesterday’s meeting, […]