The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has denied a petition for reconsideration of its order designating ZTE as a company posing a national security threat to the integrity of communications networks or the communications supply chain. After reviewing the record, the bureau found no basis for reconsideration. As a result, the FCC’s $8.3… Continue »
After finding that incumbent LEC attachment pole attachment rates charged by an electric utility were, in aggregate, significantly higher than cable and competitive LEC rates, for the first time, the FCC has stepped in to regulate fees to ensure that rates, terms and conditions are “just and reasonable.” In this case, the FCC granted, in… Continue »
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced that he intends to leave the Commission on Jan. 20, 2021, the date of the presidential inauguration. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve at the Federal Communications Commission, including as chairman of the FCC over the past four years,” Pai said. “I am grateful to… Continue »
Ern’s Perspective — Dem·ol·o·gy: democracy run by technology There is a song by Meghan Trainer for which the chorus goes like this: it’s all about the bass, ‘bout the bass, no treble… If she were talking about transformations taking place in the U.S. economy around the gigantic Internet platforms; Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter,… Continue »
When China’s industrial output dropped because of its COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the first quarter, it caused delays in the equipment vendor supply chain for the wireless infrastructure industry, according to a panel during the AGL Virtual Summit in November, which was moderated by Shama Ray, owner, Above All Tower Climbing. “It was just a… Continue »
Existing power equipment at most mobile network operators’ sites will be unable to meet the requirements of 5G networks. Mobile network operators (MNOs) need to upgrade their power supplies for both telecoms sites and data centers (DCs) in order to meet digitalization requirements and reduce operating expense (opex), according to Roberto Kompany, a senior analyst… Continue »