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US court says FCC can't block state laws on public broadband
2016-08-11 07:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) A US federal appeals court has overturned a Federal Communications Commission ruling allowing city-owned broadband services to expand into areas overlooked by commercial providers, AP reports. The court said the FCC overstepped its authority and could not pre-empt state or local laws. The decision comes as part of a dispute between the FCC and the two states Tennessee and North Carolina. Both states had passed laws preventing local providers in their respective cities of Chattanooga and Wilson to expand broadband services to surrounding areas. The FCC last year voted to override those laws, prompting the court appeal from the states. State lawmakers have argued that private broadband providers will have difficulty competing with service subsidised by local governments. Attorneys for Tennessee and North Carolina had argued the issue is one of state sovereignty.
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FCC Streamlines 5G Test Site Rules
2016-08-09 18:02:58| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
The Commission agreed to skip historic preservation review for small 5G cell sites across the US.
Comcast Wants FCC to Approve Data For Discounts Plan
2016-08-04 22:03:01| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Subscribers would pay less for Internet service in exchange for letting Comcast use their browsing data.
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FCC Wants Phone Providers to Get Aggressive With Robocalls
2016-07-25 18:03:03| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Tom Wheeler is urging major wireless and wireline phone companies to help put an end to unwanted phone calls.
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FCC approves spectrum over 24 GHz for 5G
2016-07-15 08:55:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The FCC has adopted new rules opening up spectrum for the development of the next generation of mobile services. The US is the first in the world to approve frequencies above 24 GHz for mobile services and next-generation 5G networks. These new rules open up nearly 11 GHz of high-frequency spectrum for flexible, mobile and fixed use wireless broadband 3.85 GHz of licensed spectrum and 7 GHz of unlicensed spectrum. The rules create a new Upper Microwave Flexible Use service in the 28 GHz (27.5-28.35 GHz), 37 GHz (37-38.6 GHz), and 39 GHz (38.6-40 GHz) bands, and a new unlicensed band at 64-71 GHz. The FCC said the balanced approach should support exclusive use licensing, shared access and unlicensed access, in order to meet a variety of different needs and use cases. The Commission also adopted a draft decision on applying the flexible use service and technical rules to another 18 GHz of spectrum encompassing eight additional high-frequency bands. This decision is open for public comment and also includes refinements to the performance requirements and mobile spectrum holdings policies, and the sharing framework adopted for the 37-37.6 GHz band.
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