As many as 23 million wireless 911 calls may be mis-routed each year, according to the FCC. Yesterday, Commissioners proposed rules to better target wireless 911 calls and texts to eliminate that problem. Historically, wireless 911 calls have been routed to 911 call centers based on the location of the […]
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FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington called on his agency colleagues to change the Commission’s equipment authorization rules and mandate manufacturers to provide security patches for wireless devices. Not doing so puts the country’s wireless networks at risk, he says. “Hundreds of millions of devices are in active use in this country—more […]
Ericsson’s (NASDAQ: ERIC) wholly-owned Russian subsidiary has entered into an agreement to divest its local customer support business in Russia to a Russian company owned by former managers of Ericsson´s Russian subsidiary. The company announced yesterday that the transaction includes a transfer of approximately 40 Ericsson employees, and certain assets […]
The winter storm that moved through much of the country this week knocked down two TV towers in South Dakota on Wednesday. The larger, 1,700-foot TV tower is owned by Nexstar KDLO-TV. An adjacent 800-foot tower also fell that day, according to NorthPine. The Inside Towers database indicates the tower […]
Managing wireless and wireline telecom networks involves monitoring and interpreting a lot of data from thousands of sites and dozens of data points at each of those sites. Network managers need to know the status of their sites at all times, especially when power outages or equipment failures occur. They […]
Several telecom associations, including the Competitive Carriers Association, NATE and WIA, banded together to urge lawmakers to fully fund “Rip & Replace” before the 117th Congress adjourns. The program was mandated by Congress in 2019, to remove equipment from U.S. communications network gear from Huawei and ZTE deemed to pose […]
The federal government plans to invest $1.5 billion to help spur a standards-based alternative for the gear at the heart of modern cellular networks. The NTIA confirmed the money will go toward domestic alternatives to current wireless network equipment. That could help telecoms faced with replacing network equipment from Chinese […]
In his role as Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, GOP Whip John Thune (R-SD), said he’s launched a nationwide “oversight effort” to review numerous broadband programs spanning several federal agencies. The goal “is to hold these agencies accountable and ensure that previously authorized broadband […]
Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) says that its ongoing C-band rollout is a full 13 months ahead of the original schedule and continues to accelerate. Less than 21 months after garnering the lion’s share of C-band licenses in FCC Auction 107 and after securing early access to the top 30 […]
Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FYBR) announced yesterday that its fiber-to-the-premise deployment now passes five million homes and businesses in its 25-state operating area. That figure is the midpoint of its goal of 10 million locations passed by the end of 2025. In 2021, Frontier’s new leadership team launched a fiber-first strategy […]