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2 weeks ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Matt Daneman
Commissioners will also vote on NPRMs designed to inhibit robocalls and examine foreign-ownership rules. This will be the third meeting under FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The draft 37 GHz report and order and Further NPRM cite other commission work and a report made under the Biden administration’s national spectrum strategy (see 2403120056). Military deployments would receive priority in the 37-37.2 GHz portion of the band.
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3 weeks ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Matt Daneman
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“We’ve been moving aggressively to get things done since Day One of the new Commission,” and “this is especially true of our work on spectrum,” Carr said in a blog post.The 37 GHz band “may be used to support services like fixed wireless broadband and the Internet of Things,” Carr wrote.
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3 weeks ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Matt Daneman
CTIA had suggested numerous additions to the draft wireless location FNPRM, and while the FCC didn’t adopt most of them, it nonetheless made changes that appeared industry-friendly. The FCC has long wanted providers to supply dispatchable location information as part of emergency calls when possible (see 1501290066).
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4 weeks ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Monty Tayloe |Matt Daneman
It’s not clear how the FCC is defining DEI, Commissioner Anna Gomez said at a news conference Thursday. “What we have right now is an undefined, unproven and indistinguishable standard of invidious discrimination being used to target these companies,” she said. “It is incumbent on this commission to define what invidious discrimination even is” and explain what evidence the agency has “that it even exists” at the targeted companies.
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1 month ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Matt Daneman
The FCC took two actions on 911, indicating “that we care a lot about national security and will continue to move on that front,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said after the meeting. The GPS NOI is broad in its reach, asking questions about a wide range of possible alternatives to GPS for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), including terrestrial-based and space-based solutions (see 2503060061). “Agriculture is just one facet of modern American life vulnerable to GPS disruptions,” Carr said.
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1 month ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Jimm Phillips |Matt Daneman
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The firings are tied to the administration’s assertion of the so-called unitary executive theory, which has become a mainstream Republican view under Trump. The administration is also asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Humphrey's Executor v.
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1 month ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Matt Daneman |Howard Buskirk
Industry experts questioned what will happen to Louisiana, Nevada and Delaware, which already selected BEAD projects and received approval under former President Joe Biden's NTIA. They are also worried about Musk's possible role in changing the rules for BEAD to support his company. Musk was a top donor to President Donald Trump's campaign and is now a leading adviser.
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1 month ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Monty Tayloe |Howard Buskirk |Matt Daneman
The FCC might potentially use the notice “to create an omnibus NPRM with proposed deletions and proceed to an order that effects all the changes,” said Joe Kane, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation director-broadband and spectrum policy. But Kane noted that the FCC asked commenters to file in other relevant dockets, too.
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1 month ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Matt Daneman
The GPS NOI is broad in its sweep and mentions NextNav’s proposal for PNT in the 900 MHz band 19 times. Among other alternatives it explores are using TV broadcast infrastructure, ground-based transmitters and user equipment positioning. The draft notes that support for user equipment positioning is integrated into existing 3rd Generation Partnership Project mobile broadband systems.
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2 months ago | 
communicationsdaily.com | Matt Daneman |Monty Tayloe |Howard Buskirk
President Donald Trump's administration last week announced it was developing a plan for what it said would be reciprocal tariffs in reaction to nations that have larger duties on U.S. imports than the U.S. currently levies on theirs. "This lack of reciprocity is one source of America’s large and persistent annual trade deficit in goods: closed markets abroad reduce U.S. exports and open markets at home result in significant imports, both of which undercut American competitiveness," it said.
