Anterix discussed the broad support for 5/5 MHz broadband deployments in the 900 MHz band (see 2405030053) during a call with an aide to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington. “Proposed rules were endorsed by multiple parties including numerous electric utilities that detailed a compelling need for this broadband option, by multiple organizations representing a broad range of utilities and other enterprise entities, and by a major broadband equipment vendor,” said a filing Wednesday in docket 24-99. “Support for the Petition included support for voluntary relocation only from the current narrowband segments and continued interference protection for incumbents.”
The FCC Public Safety Bureau sought comment Thursday on an application and waiver request from Woodburn, Oregon, on a license for a new trunked private land mobile radio system using four VHF channels from the industrial/business pool in Marion County, Oregon. “Woodburn states that the four I/B channels [[it seeks]] to license are needed ‘for the development of a … Digital Trunking System’ which will be part of a ‘cooperative effort between’” Woodburn's Police, Public Works and Transit departments and Hubbard's Police and Public Works departments, the bureau said: “Woodburn proposes to license eight Public Safety Pool channels in addition to the four I/B channels for its trunked system but states that all additional VHF Public Safety Pool channels have been ‘exhausted in the area and no further usable channels can be located.’” Hubbard is in Marion County.
Qualcomm supported proposed FCC rules allowing drone use of the 5030-5091 MHz band during a meeting with an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who circulated the order last month (see 2404080065). “The scaling of UA [unmanned aircraft] in a limited shared airspace will stress the need for self-separation and safety critical messaging between UAs, especially in emergency situations where network connectivity is unavailable, limited, or degraded,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 23-323: “UA-to-UA communications can meet this need, supporting a much more intensively occupied shared airspace.”
The FCC said i-wireless agreed to pay a $1 million fine for an inaccurate filing it made in 2011, as it sought eligible telecom carrier status in Florida. The agency approved the application in 2012. “AT&T’s study area in Florida, which includes portions of several major population centers such as Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Orlando, and Jacksonville, was not included in the i-wireless submission or the appendix,” the Enforcement Bureau said in an order in Wednesday’s Daily Digest. In 2013, i-wireless “filed a request to amend its designated service area in Florida to include AT&T’s study area” saying it was “inadvertently omitted from the list of approved service areas in Florida,” the bureau said. The Wireline Bureau approved the amended request for ETC status, citing “the unique circumstances presented.”
Voice on the Net Coalition representatives met with FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau staff to discuss the group’s proposal on robotexting rules. VON proposes “that the Commission require and oversee a process whereby a neutral, third-party entity is selected to vet application-to-person traffic on a technology-neutral basis, with policies applied equally to all traffic regardless of whether the traffic in question is initiated via a Unified Communications as a Service platform or directly on a mobile network operator network,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-402. “By engaging in this common-sense level of oversight, the Commission would further the goal of protecting consumers, combating unlawful text messages, and promoting competition in the marketplace for communications services,” the group said.
T-Mobile notified the FCC it completed its acquisition of Ka’ena, including brands Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile, which the company announced last week (see 2405010035). The notice was posted Wednesday in docket 23-171.
The Wireless ISP Association agreed with out-of-band emissions concerns that NCTA raised about Samsung Electronics America’s request for a waiver for a 5G base station radio that works across citizens broadband radio service and C-band spectrum (see [Ref:2404090058). WISPA representatives spoke with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a filing this week in docket 23-93 said. “We explained that WISPA does not oppose Samsung’s specific request for waiver insofar as it requests a higher OOBE from the CBRS band into a specific portion of C-Band,” WISPA said: “However, WISPA expressed concern that the waiver request could be misinterpreted to allow the CBRS side of the radio to use the less restrictive C-band OOBE limits.”
The Alaska Connect Fund is critical to improving mobile service in the state, the Alaska Telecom Association said in a series of meetings at the FCC. “We urged the Commission to quickly move forward” on the fund “to provide needed certainty to carriers and the consumers they serve in the state,” a filing posted Tuesday in docket 10-90 said: “Universal service support is essential to make service available and affordable in Alaska and the Alaska Connect Fund can build on past successes.” The group met with aides to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Anna Gomez, and with staff at the Wireless and Wireline bureaus and the Office of Economics and Analytics.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Monday released three papers with recommendations about security and compliance when using AI. The papers are: "AI Organizational Responsibilities -- Core Security Responsibilities," "AI Resilience: A Revolutionary Benchmarking Model for AI" and "Principles to Practice: Responsible AI in a Dynamic Regulatory Environment." "Our mission is to create practical and sensible frameworks and guidance for enterprise security teams on AI,” said Caleb Sima, chair of the CSA AI Safety Initiative: “This is the first part of many of these deliverables to come in doing just that.”
Mavenir and Amazon Web Services announced a five-year strategic collaboration agreement for services that will target carriers as they move operations to the public cloud. The two companies will “jointly architect” Mavenir technology “to streamline the development, testing, integration, and application of cloud-native solutions -- harnessing the high availability, scalability, and security capabilities of AWS services to create a new telco-grade deployment model,” said a news release Monday. “We believe that this partnership will revolutionize the telco industry, allowing us to deliver innovative, scalable, and secure solutions that will shape the future of cloud-native services,” said Bejoy Pankajakshan, Mavenir chief technology and strategy officer.