Network provider Boldyn Networks said this week it will build and manage the city-owned private wireless network in Chesapeake, Virginia, to be used for its smart-city strategy. The network's wireless services will support the operational needs of municipal departments, schools, libraries and first responders, Boldyn said. It also noted that the private network will have a citizens broadband radio service overlay and a low-power wide-area network for IoT endpoints.

The C-band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse has shut down, the FCC Wireless Bureau said Thursday. The clearinghouse submitted a final written certification of completion on Wednesday, indicating that it had finished its administrative duties, the notice said. The bureau approved the clearinghouse ending operations in June (see 2506040046).

A recent decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court upholding the FCC's 2024 data breach notification rules (see 2508140052) likely has broader implications for the agency, lawyers at Cooley wrote Wednesday. “The decision’s expansive reading of Section 201(b) [of the Communications Act] suggests that the FCC’s power extends beyond the actual provision of service to cover all ‘practices’ in support of providing the service, which could lead to more aggressive regulation in the future,” they wrote.

Members of the North American Spectrum Alliance spoke with FCC staff about the need for the agency to look more closely at upper C-band issues, according to a filing Wednesday in docket 25-59. The FCC is examining an auction of the spectrum, which carriers see as well-suited for full-power licensed use.

Verizon on Wednesday announced international calling plans for two of its “Verizon Value” brands, Simple Mobile and Total Wireless, starting Aug. 28. “The plans address ongoing demand for international connectivity as travel patterns evolve,” with more Americans visiting the Asia Pacific region, Verizon said. The $60 Unlimited World+ plan now offers unlimited calling to more than 200 countries from the U.S. and international roaming access in more than 140 countries. Total Wireless is doubling roaming coverage to more than 30 countries and adding 95 countries for international calling.

GCI counsel spoke with an aide to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to explain the provider’s request for clarification on the agency’s Alaska Connect Fund order (see 2501310053) during what the company described as a follow-up meeting. GCI urged the commission “to adopt these requested adjustments to ensure continued improvement and expanded mobile coverage in Alaska’s rural communities,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 23-328.

Environmental Health Trust President Joseph Sandri on Tuesday called on the FCC and FDA to work together on RF safety issues. Sandri sent a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, posted in docket 13-84. Earlier this month, EHT petitioned the FCC asking it to act on a 2021 remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit of the agency’s 2019 RF safety rules (see 2508070032).

The FCC Wireless Bureau is seeking comment on a proposal by ShipCom and Global HF Net to offer their public coast station system for greater use by land-based parties, which they claim have a greater need. Comments are due Sept. 18, replies Oct. 3, in docket 25-255, said a Tuesday notice from the Wireless Bureau.

WISPA and two public interest groups opposed Airspan Networks’ request for a waiver allowing it to manufacture a multiband radio device that operates across bands adjacent to the citizens broadband radio service band. NCTA earlier opposed the waiver (see 2507090012). Airspan said in its waiver it’s seeking relief from out-of-band emission limits similar to what was already approved for Ericsson and Samsung. Oppositions were posted on Tuesday in docket 25-234.

Consultant firm Horizon Advisory said the U.S. must take a comprehensive approach to preventing the wireless security threat from China. “Beijing can use a presence all across the value chain to cement access and exact leverage” and “defenses need to be similarly comprehensive,” the firm said in comments on a proposal to expand the FCC “covered list” of unsecure companies to put more focus on connected vehicles (see 2506300052). Horizon's filing was posted Tuesday in docket 21-232.