December 23, 2024

December 23, 2024

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In 6 GHz order, FCC refrains from authorizing higher power VLP operations and using geofencing

The Federal Communications Commission released the 6 GHz Third Report and Order that allows expansion of very low power device operations across all 1,200 megahertz of the 6 GHz band. Read More

House releases Bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Task Force report

On the heels of the recently issued first national security memorandum on AI by the Biden administration, the U.S. House of Representatives released a report of its Bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Read More

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Maximizing BEAD Dollars: How Connectivity Data Can Guide Emergency Planning

During emergencies, mobile coverage is critical for everyone – to contact family, check evacuation warnings, and find safe routes – but network congestion and coverage gaps often create critical communication failures. As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, the need for reliable mobile connectivity has never been more urgent, particularly along emergency evacuation routes. Read More

Disputes threaten West Virginia’s $1 billion broadband push. Behind closed doors, internet and utility companies consider fixes.

Internet providers, utility companies and West Virginia broadband officials are trying to speed up settling pole attachment disputes that threaten the state’s $1.2 billion broadband expansion, according to proposals from a closed-door task force obtained by Mountain State Spotlight. Read More

Government Lien on BEAD Assets

The headline of the blog isn’t entirely accurate because of the use of the word lien. However, the government maintains what it calls a property trust relationship in assets constructed with federal grant dollars, which is similar to, but not the same as a bank lien. In the case of BEAD, the government interest in grant assets would be held and managed by each State Broadband Office, under the auspices of the NTIA. Read More

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A wholesale reconfiguration of the 3 GHz band? Not so fast, says OnGo Alliance

Would the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) industry consider moving from the 3.5 GHz to the 3.1-3.3 GHz portion of the band, as AT&T has suggested it do? That’s a hard no for the foreseeable future, according to Stephen Rayment, president of the OnGo Alliance. And no, he’s not entertaining questions about how much money it would take to get them to change their mind. Read More

Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

The European Space Agency expects to launch the first satellites in 2029, with service beginning early in 2030. Read More

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Nationwide Cybersecurity Review Sees Record Participation, Highlights Key Challenges

The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC®) have released the findings of the 2023 Nationwide Cybersecurity Review (NCSR), a no-cost, voluntary assessment program available to all U.S State, Local, Tribal and Territorial (SLTT) organizations to help measure and improve their cybersecurity. Read More

Salt Typhoon: Bad for network security, good for open RAN

That’s what witnesses told Senators on Wednesday during a hearing on the ramifications of and possible remedies for Salt Typhoon, which is believed to be the largest telecom hack in the nation’s history. Myriad U.S. telecom companies, including AT&T and Verizon, are victims of the Chinese espionage attack. Read More

AI’s emissions are about to skyrocket even further

A new paper, from teams at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, examined 2,132 data centers operating in the United States (78% of all facilities in the country). These facilities—essentially buildings filled to the brim with rows of servers—are where AI models get trained, and they also get “pinged” every time we send a request through models like ChatGPT. They require huge amounts of energy both to power the servers and to keep them cool. Read More

AT&T’s copper retirement goals are ‘realistic’ – analyst

AT&T’s framework to retire the bulk of its copper network faces static from some groups and the state of California. But the operator’s development of an alternative POTS (plain old telephone service), and an increasingly favorable regulatory environment bode well for its plan, says a top policy analyst. Read More

Apple launches its ChatGPT integration with Siri

Apple released updates for its iPhone, iPad and Mac software on Wednesday that include a long-awaited ChatGPT integration with Siri. Read More

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