NextNav reported Friday on meetings at the FCC urging the agency to launch an NPRM on its proposal for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) in the lower 900 MHz band. NextNav representatives met with an aide to Commissioner Anna Gomez and staff at the Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology.
The Ecommerce Innovation Alliance had meetings at the FCC concerning the group’s pursuit of a declaratory ruling that people who provide prior express written consent to receive text messages can't claim damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for messages received outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (see 2503030036). The group is being represented on the issue by former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly and met with staff from the Consumer and Governmental Affairs and Wireless bureaus, said a filing Thursday in docket 02-278.
Numerous groups filed in support of Verizon's request that the FCC delete the unlocking commitment it stipulated as a condition of approving the company’s purchase of Tracfone (see 2505200051). Among those on the filing were the American Consumer Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, Citizens Against Government Waste, the American Association of Senior Citizens, the 60 Plus Association, the Institute for Technology and Network Economics and Less Government.
Ericsson announced Thursday the launch of Ericsson On-Demand, which it said is a “true” software-as-a-service platform for carriers. The platform incorporates Google Cloud technology, “leveraging AI infrastructure and Google Kubernetes Engine -- and is managed end-to-end by Ericsson,” the company said. The solution will help providers “quickly set up and grow core network services, cut operating costs and gain business flexibility with a fully managed, cloud-native platform.”
NW Spectrum asked the FCC to delete an exception in its Part 27 rules allowing the use of higher power levels in the 2.5 GHz band. “The Exception is no longer needed to incent deployment and competition in the 2.5 GHz band, and it is being abused by T-Mobile to the detriment of smaller wireless competitors in the 2.5 GHz band that are not working with T-Mobile,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 25-133.
MoffettNathanson analysts met with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and other top executives after reports surfaced that Sievert may exit the company (see 2506100058), Craig Moffett said in a note to investors. Moffett said he came away impressed by T-Mobile’s current focus.
Comments are due July 14 on a Further NPRM aimed at spurring greater use of the 37 GHz band, approved by FCC commissioners 4-0 in April (see 2504280032), said a notice for Thursday’s Federal Register. Replies are due July 28 in docket 24-243. Most parts of an accompanying order are effective July 14, said a second Federal Register notice. The FCC sought separate comments on the "Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis."
Technology company AltoNova asked the FCC to consider advances in spatial-intelligence technologies as it develops updated rules for wireless calls and texts to 911. “New geolocation technologies developed by the special-intelligence industry are poised to make transformative changes in horizontal and vertical location of indoor wireless 911 callers and texters,” said a filing this week in docket 07-114. Enhanced-911 location technologies “about to launch will help make the Commission’s longstanding goal of broad deployment of automated dispatchable location technically feasible.”
Verizon and the Rural Wireless Association clashed over whether third-party participants in the T-Mobile/UScellular proceeding should have access to information Verizon wants to keep private. Verizon in particular seeks to block disclosure of any mobile virtual network operator wholesale agreements between Verizon’s affiliates and third parties, including the wholesale agreement between Verizon and Mediacom Communications.
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) urged the FCC to consider adding communications equipment and services associated with connected vehicle technologies to the “covered list” of unsecure equipment when it poses a risk to national security. Comments are due June 27 on the finding by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security that the provision of some connected vehicle hardware or software by Chinese- or Russian-controlled entities can pose “an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security and the safety and security of U.S. persons.”