Many companies and local governments are turning to private 5G networks as a way to address connectivity issues, ResearchAndMarkets.com said in a report Friday. The report cited numerous examples of how the networks are being used. It also noted that while most of the networks rely on gear from traditional wireless infrastructure companies, including Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei and ZTE, “alternative suppliers are continuing to gain traction.”
Regulators "may need to define cautious regulatory frameworks" for direct-to-device (D2D) service using terrestrial mobile spectrum to protect incumbent services there, GSMA said in a paper Friday. It said one option for regulators is for D2D operations to protect existing services in accordance with ITU's radio regulations, with D2D operating on a no-interference/no-protection basis. Another option is creating secondary allocations in certain mobile bands, along with some conditions to ensure that D2D operations don't cause harmful interference to terrestrial mobile.
Representatives of the Ecommerce Innovation Alliance met with an aide to Chairman Brendan Carr on the group’s pursuit of a declaratory ruling finding that people who provide prior express written consent to receive text messages can't claim damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for those received outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (see 2503030036).
The Organized Village of Kasaan, a tribe in Alaska, urged the FCC to preserve regulations in the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act that are important to protecting tribal interests. The FCC is looking at changing how it enforces both laws (see 2508180012). Kassan village is “home to the only remaining Haida longhouse in the United States, and our lands contain burial sites, carving sheds, and traditional food harvesting areas,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 25-217. Previous infrastructure projects “have disrupted salmon spawning grounds and crab habitats, which are central to our food security and cultural practices.”
Nokia filed at the FCC data related to its initial commercial deployment as a spectrum access system administrator for the citizens broadband radio service band (see 2407180035). All the data was redacted from the filing made Wednesday in docket 15-319.
Representatives of the RAIN, LoRa, Wi-Fi, WiSUN and Z-Wave alliances met with an aide to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr about their objections to NextNav’s proposal to offer a terrestrial complement to GPS using 900 MHz spectrum (see 2507280039).
Consumer Technology Association representatives discussed spectrum, national security and other issues with Commissioner Olivia Trusty, according to a filing posted Thursday in 21-232 and other dockets. “CTA encourages continued investment in 5G and 6G infrastructure, broadband expansion and efficient use of licensed and unlicensed spectrum,” the filing said. “To that end we are pleased with the reinstatement of the FCC’s spectrum auction authority.”
A broad coalition of associations urged the FCC to move with caution on revamped equipment reauthorization rules in response to a Further NPRM that commissioners approved in May (see 2505220056). The groups joining the filing were the Consumer Technology Association, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Incompas, the Information Technology Industry Council, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association.
The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association announced Wednesday that Venio has joined it as a vendor partner.
Renee Gordon, director of emergency and customer communications in Alexandria, Virginia, left the FirstNet Authority at the end of her term and is no longer acting chair of the board, NTIA announced this week. She was replaced as acting chair by Michael Adkinson, the sheriff in Walton County, Florida.