Dish Network fired back Friday at T-Mobile's FCC filing (see 2103110055) on 3.45 GHz. "It's ironic that T-Mobile, a wireless incumbent with the largest spectrum trove in the United States, is against increasing the utility of spectrum held by other competitors,” emailed Jeffrey Blum, Dish executive vice president-external and legislative affairs: “No doubt they would take a different approach if they had real ownership in these bands. … T-Mobile itself has previously argued for increasing" citizens broadband radio service "spectrum power levels."
RS Access plans to submit comments and an engineering study on the FCC NRPM on feasibility of 12 GHz sharing between satellite and terrestrial 5G. The engineering "so far looks extremely promising," a company representative said Thursday in response to OneWeb urging that its technical study about the sharing feasibility be filed so parties can comment (see 2103110009).
The FCC OK'd priority access licenses for 222 of the 255 bidders in the citizens broadband radio service auction. The approved long-form applications cover 17,450 licenses, the FCC said Friday. The auction ended in August with total bids of $4.59 billion (see 2008260055). Verizon and major cable operators dominated, and Dish Network came in big (see 2009020057). Long-form applications were due Sept. 17. “Five years ago, this agency recognized that our traditional spectrum auctions needed an update -- and that the 3.5 GHz band was the perfect place to start,” said acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel: “We continue to make progress in implementing the 3.5 GHz band concept and further demonstrate US leadership in spectrum innovation.”
Kyocera launched a 5G smartphone on Verizon, the telecom gearmaker said Thursday. It's Kyocera’s first with a lithium polymer battery designed to survive drops and shocks.
TVU Networks and China Unicom are developing technology for collection, transmission, distribution and management of 4K and 8K Ultra HD video over 5G millimeter-wave networks, they said Thursday. Increased bandwidth, reduced latency and flexible configuration of the 5G mmWave band can enable capacity and transmission of future applications such as high-resolution video and immersive augmented and virtual reality, they said. China Unicom will be the exclusive mobile service provider at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a waiver allowing the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to receive licenses to use the 2.5 GHz band on two tracts of trust land in North Dakota. Trust lands were excluded from eligibility for the licenses under FCC rules. “In this instance, we find that strictly applying the Tribal lands definition would be inconsistent with the Tribal Window’s purpose of providing wireless communications services in rural Tribal areas,” the bureau said Thursday.
AI has become the most important technology in smartphones, reported Strategy Analytics Wednesday, saying 71% of smartphones sold globally this year will use AI. It's used on smartphones for intelligent power optimization, imaging, virtual assistants and device performance improvement. Benefits include lower latency, better data privacy and lower power consumption, said analyst Ville-Petteri Ukonaho. Camera AI enables object recognition and motion detection, noted analyst Ken Hyers.
The Wireless ISP Association sought FCC action on bands, in a call with acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. WISPA asked the agency to wrap up work on the 6 GHz Further NPRM and schedule a single-round, sealed-bid auction for 2.5 GHz. “Move forward with the proposal to segment” the 5.9 GHz band and “allocate 45 megahertz for unlicensed use,” WISPA said in a Wednesday posting in 18-295 and other dockets. On the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, WISPA said the FCC should “rely on its experienced and knowledgeable staff to thoroughly review long-form applications to determine whether auction winners are ‘reasonably capable’ of meeting their performance obligations, and to resist efforts to pre-judge certain applicants or applications.”
Mavenir asked the FCC to add five paragraphs to the open radio access network notice of inquiry, scheduled for a March 17 commissioners vote (see 2102240063). The NOI “does not go far enough in determining whether there are barriers to entry caused by control over and manipulation of the supply chain,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-63. Mavenir spoke with aides to all four commissioners. The Telecom Infra Project urged the FCC to ask more questions aimed at inviting additional comments. “Broaden the scope of the draft NOI to encompass other open and disaggregated network elements, including Open Core and [open optical and packet transport solutions],” the group said in a call with staff from the Wireless and International bureaus and the Office of Engineering and Technology. “While the current draft does contain a reference to ‘packet core,’ a clearer elucidation of scope may encourage non-RAN-focused commenters to participate.”
The Wireless Infrastructure Association said the Wi-Fi Alliance will partner with the group at WIA’s Connectivity Expo conference, Aug. 3-6 in Boston. The alliance will offer a keynote update on Wi-Fi 6 and the 6 GHz band.