December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

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UTC files reply comments in CBRS proceeding

On November 5, UTC filed reply comments on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Promoting Investment in the 3550-3700 MHz Band docket. In our reply comments, UTC echoed the comments of UTC utility members and other critical infrastructure industries which urged the FCC to Read More

FCC will consider expand unlicensed use of VLP devices during Open Meeting

During the December 11, 2024 Open Commission Meeting, the Commission will consider a Third Report and Order that would expand unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band by very low power devices (VLP) in two additional sub-bands, making a contiguous 1200 megahertz of spectrum available for use by these devices. (ET Docket No. 18-295; GN Docket No. 17-183). Read More

Sen. Ernst to DOGE: ‘Pull the Plug’ on BEAD Program

Iowa’s junior U.S. senator who just lost a key Republican leadership race has a simple message for the Department for Government Efficiency: Shut down the Biden Administration’s signature broadband deployment program. Read More

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FWA Wins 3Q 2024

The table below shows the broadband additions for the publicly traded ISPs in the country in the third quarter of this year. Missing from this list are large ISPs that don’t publish customer counts, like Cox, Mediacom, Windstream, Brightspeed, and Google Fiber. However, this list represents roughly 90% of the broadband customers in the country. Read More

Broadband Manager: New Hampshire May Get Fiber to Everyone

At last count, New Hampshire had about 31,000 unserved and underserved locations eligible for the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program. Matthew Conserva, New Hampshire’s broadband program manager, expects that number to drop considerably by the time the state starts taking applications for $197 million in BEAD funding allotted to it. Read More

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FCC approves Wi-Fi Alliance Waiver request for LPI devices

The Wi-Fi Alliance had requested a waiver of section 15.407(l)(1) to permit automated frequency coordination (AFC) systems in the 5.925-6.425 GHz and 6.525-6.875 GHz frequency bands to account for building entry loss when determining permitted frequencies and power levels for composite low-power indoor (LPI)/standard-power unlicensed access points. The FCC found that the waiver would serve the public interest by increasing the utility of 6 GHz unlicensed devices without increasing the potential for these devices to cause harmful interference to licensed services which share the spectrum. Read More

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Industry leaders on CISA’s secure-by-design pledge: A great program with some issues

Private-sector tech leaders told House lawmakers Thursday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s secure-by-design push may benefit from more of an incentive structure, but poorly trained developers remain “a real problem” for the nearly two-year-old initiative. Read More

FBI tells telecom firms to boost security following wide-ranging Chinese hacking campaign

Federal authorities on Tuesday urged telecommunication companies to boost network security following a sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. Read More

An Update on Recent Cyberattacks Targeting the US Wireless Companies

Like the entire telecommunications industry, T-Mobile has been closely monitoring ongoing reports about a series of highly coordinated cyberattacks by bad actors known as “Salt Typhoon” that are reported to be linked to Chinese state-sponsored operations. Many reports claim these bad actors have gained access to some providers’ customer information over an extended period of time – phone calls, text messages, and other sensitive information, particularly from government officials. This is not the case at T-Mobile. To clear up some misleading media reports, here is what we’re currently seeing, much of which we believe is different from what is being seen by other providers. Read More

Five-year US load growth forecast surges 456%, to 128 GW: Grid Strategies

U.S. electricity demand could rise 128 GW over the next five years, driven by data centers and manufacturing growth primarily in six regions of the country, according to a report published Thursday by Grid Strategies. The “shocking” estimate represents a five-fold increase in load growth forecasts over the past two years, the firm said. Read More

FCC proposes updates to wiretap security standards following Chinese telecom hack

The Federal Communications Commission’s top official shared a draft ruling with colleagues Thursday that, if adopted, would immediately require telecommunications firms to secure their networks against unauthorized access to systems that house wiretap requests from law enforcement, according to an agency news release. Read More

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