FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave telecom agency on January 20

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) saw a 19 percent decrease in the number of complaints it received, according to its annual report. The CCTS is an independent organization in Canada dedicated to resolving complaints regarding telecommunications and TV services. The annual report, which was released on November 30th, says the CCTS accepted… The post CCTS annual

New investment will include spending on 5G diversification, local fibre networks and Shared Rural Network 4G initiative, government says The UK government will spend 250 million over next few years to diversify its 5G equipment supply chain and to help carriers remove Huawei 5G equipment from their mobile networks. Around 50 million of the sum will be made available next year to help

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) says that all fixed line subscribers should be provided with ‘0’ dialling facility, i.e., STD calling. Furthermore, an announcement explaining the change should be created and fed into fixed line switches to bring awareness. DoT orders that this announcement should be made whenever a subscriber dials a mobile number witho…

Telecom companies based in Britain can face heavy fines if they use Huawei or other suppliers deemed as ‘high risk’ in the proposed Telecommunications (Security) Bill.

OneWeb, which declared bankruptcy in May, has reorganized and emerged from bankruptcy. Bharti Global, an Indian telecommunication conglomerate, and the British government each own 42.2% of the new company, and most of the rest is owned by previous investors SoftBank and Hughes Network Systems. Hughes will continue work on ground infrastructure and marketing and the original joint venture with Ai

A group of major telecommunications companies Vodafone, BT, Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom recently announced something a bit unexpected. In the Open BNG Operator Position Paper, they call for a fundamental, industry-wide change to the way broadband networks are built. Specifically, they advocate for collaboration throughout the telco world, with a convergence around open broadband network gate

A draft bill proposes tough penalties on firms that breach the ban on Huawei gear The UK government is considering a ban on installing Huawei's 5G equipment as soon as next year, to pacify politicians who are pressing for tougher restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the ban could come as early as September 2021. Con

When there are only five people in charge of a major federal agency, the personal agenda of even one of them can have a profound impact. That’s why EFF is closely watching the nomination of Nathan Simington to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Simington’s nomination appears to be the culmination of a several-month project to transform the FCC and expand its purview in ways that threaten

No, not the COVID curve the curve of U.S. engagement in global industry 5G activities. Let me explain. What is known as 5G actually consists of a broad array of fundamentally revolutionary virtualization platforms that are constantly, collectively developed by industry in several dozen open global bodies. These bodies meet every few weeks, and several score companies around the world process sc