The growth in cloud and edge computing means rapid growth of the micro mobile data center market, which is expected to increase from $10.3 billion in 2023 to $24.2 billion by 2029, ResearchAndMarkets.com said Monday. “The micro mobile data center market is a segment of the data center industry focused on portable, compact, and scalable data center solutions designed to offer on-demand computing resources in diverse environments,” the report said. “These data centers are characterized by their modular construction, enabling them to be easily transported and deployed to various locations as needed.”

Nokia asked the FCC not to make public the information it provided as it starts commercial operations as a spectrum access system administrator for the citizens broadband radio service band. Nokia filed a notice at the commission last week that it had begun operations, but it stripped all data from the filing in docket 15-319. The FCC approved Nokia’s application last summer (see 2407180035).

Baltimore became the latest city to deploy Everbridge’s public safety platform as a tool for notifying residents during emergencies, the company said. The solution “enables Baltimore to reach its population through a multi-modal approach, including text, email, mobile app notifications, voice calls, TTY/TDD, and social media,” Everbridge said Monday. “This flexibility ensures that emergency messages can be disseminated quickly across multiple channels, reaching the right people at the right time -- whether citywide or targeted to specific areas affected by an event.”

The National Sheriffs' Association and the California State Sheriffs' Association made their case for staying parts of the FCC’s October order on the 4.9 GHz band. The groups supported arguments by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (see 2503070024), which also sought a stay, and countered arguments by the FCC, the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) and Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (see 2503030053).

The FCC has signed off on SpaceX's requested waiver of the aggregate out-of-band power flux density limits that the FCC adopted in its 2024 supplemental coverage from space order (see 2406180006). The FCC Space and Wireless bureaus said in an order Friday (docket 23-135) that supplemental coverage from space service "is at a nascent stage of development, and we find that strict application of the rule risks hindering the widespread deployment of this particular SCS network." The approval is conditioned on SpaceX addressing any harmful interference that occurs. The waiver covers only the five MHz band segments directly adjacent to the PCS G Block where SpaceX will operate.

Global spending on future railway mobile communication system-ready 5G and LTE networks will reach $1.2 billion from 2024-27 and grow 23%, ResearchAndMarkets.com said Friday. “Private 5G and 4G LTE cellular networks … are rapidly gaining popularity across a diverse range of vertical industries,” the report said: The rail industry "is no exception to this trend, as public transport operators increasingly turn to mission-critical LTE networks over aging … systems and other legacy technologies.” The report highlights systems in Australia, China, France, Germany, South Korea and Spain, among other nations.

Wireless ISP Association representatives met with aides to FCC Commissioners Nathan Simington and Geoffrey Starks to urge action on spectrum bands of importance to its members. WISPA members “agree with the position of the Spectrum for the Future coalition that the Commission should reject calls by some companies to substantially increase the power levels” for citizens broadband radio service devices or “substantially change the out-of-band emission levels,” said a filing posted Friday in 25-70 and other dockets. WISPA also weighed in on changes to the 10-10.5 GHz, lower and upper 12 GHz, 37.0-37.6 GHz and 42.0-42.5 GHz bands. In addition, it urged the FCC to finalize rules on unlicensed use of the 5.9 GHz band.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) disagreed sharply with FCC arguments and groups supporting FirstNet that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit shouldn’t stay parts of the FCC’s October order on the 4.9 GHz band. BART, the National Sheriffs' Association and the California State Sheriffs' Association sought a stay, which was opposed by the commission, the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance and Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (see 2503030053).

The FCC Wireless Bureau approved 28 more licenses in the 900 MHz broadband segment for PDV Spectrum. All are in Texas. The FCC approved an order in 2020 reallocating a 6 MHz swath in the band for broadband while maintaining 4 MHz for narrowband operations (see 2005130057).

NCTA filed at the FCC results of recent tests that it said justify concerns about proposals to relax in-band emissions limits in the citizens broadband radio service band. The tests by Charter Communications “show up to 60-plus percent degradation in service” from the change, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 17-258. “NCTA’s previously submitted simulation studies and the February … Lab Test Results provide consistent and complementary views of the frequency with which different interference scenarios resulting from elevated, undesired emissions limits will occur in real-world deployments, thus harming the CBRS operating environment,” NCTA said.