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Despite anti-FWA ads, Cox tests Tarana's fixed wireless gear (Light Reading)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/10/2023 - 17:55Industry hints at possible legal challenges to Federal Communications Commission's digital discrimination rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to vote Nov 15 on an order on preventing digital discrimination, but a new round of industry filings, plus commentary from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, suggests there may be legal challenges ahead to the new rules. According to filings with the FCC, industry groups and service providers are taking issue with the agency’s definition of digital discrimination, along with other aspects of the draft order.
Ookla's Sylwia Kechiche explains why expected broadband speeds aren't matching up with reality for many European residents. (Light Reading)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/03/2023 - 12:43Cox called out for 'powered by fiber' ad claim
Cox Communications is being pressed to change or alter its "powered by fiber" ad claims to "clearly and conspicuously disclose" that its cable broadband service is not offered with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technologies. The National Advertising Division (NAD) made the recommendation following a challenge raised by AT&T, a Cox competitor that is expanding and upgrading a portion of its footprint to fiber. In its assessment, the NAD noted that Cox's cable broadband service delivers service over fiber to the node, where it's then transitioned to coaxial line
T-Mobile's open access fiber strategy gets clearer
T-Mobile expanded its fiber ambitions to a handful of new markets via partnerships with several open access fiber network operators including Tillman FiberCo and SiFi Networks, among others. The developments reflect T-Mobile's growing interest in partnering with fiber network operators to offer T-Mobile-branded fiber services running over another company's network. It is a model that T-Mobile knows well as companies like Dish Network, Altice and Google Fiber pursue a similar strategy using T-Mobile's own wireless network.
'Absolutely zero reason' for wireless emergency alerts, says Florida's CFO (Light Reading)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 15:57Fears about lead recede for AT&T, Verizon (Light Reading)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 12:26Podcast | Free Press' Josh Stager on the FCC's move to restore Title II oversight (Light Reading)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 10/27/2023 - 13:29Telecom companies ask for spectrum specifics as government representatives say 'stay tuned'
Recent telecommunications conferences have yielded one consistent disconnect – between wireless carriers seeking details about future spectrum allocations and government representatives offering vague assurances of better bandwidth to come. Consider the quizzing of Scott Blake Harris, senior spectrum advisor and director of national spectrum strategy at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, at ForumGlobal's 12th Americas Spectrum Management Conference in Washington on October 10.