Devices

Nonprofit broadband provider Mission Telecom unveiled Inseego’s MiFi Pro M4 mobile hotspot, which Mission Telecom is making available for $179. The mobile hotspot provides broadband to Mission Telecom customers—primarily nonprofits, schools, and libraries—with pricing starting at $5.99 per 100 GB line for schools. The hotspot allows users to benefit from high-speed connectivity, enhanced security, and cloud-based device management.

Artificial intelligence adoption has accelerated rapidly in recent years, most visibly through consumer-facing applications such as chatbots and such generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. These technologies are reshaping how people work, communicate, and access information. Less visible but equally consequential is the emergence of wearable AI, which trains on spatial data—including depth, motion, object recognition, and environmental mapping—to interact with the physical world in real time.

The Federal Communications Commission announced the selection of ioXt Alliance to serve as the new Lead Administrator of its U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for consumer wireless Internet of Things products. This program, overseen by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, builds on significant public and private sector work on IoT cybersecurity. Under Chairman Brendan Carr’s leadership, the Commission has worked to advance the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program with a greater emphasis on national security.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote on new rules to ensure integrity, security, and reciprocity in electronic device testing. The proposed rules, which will be voted on at the FCC’s next monthly meeting, follow on the FCC’s actions against “Bad Labs” and would prohibit the recognition of test labs and certification bodies in foreign countries that have not signed agreements to recognize American test labs and certification bodies. Before these proposed rules can be finalized, the FCC will also vote to adopt a streamlined approval process for devices tested in U.S.

SpaceX emerged as a possible bidder to acquire more AWS-3 spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming auction, sparking further questions about its intent for Starlink Mobile direct-to-device services. First reported by Ookla analyst Mike Dano on LinkedIn, the FCC a

On March 23, the Federal Communications Commission effectively banned all new foreign-made routers from the U.S. commercial market by adding them to its so-called “covered list.” The action followed a White House-convened interagency National Security Determination issued just three days earlier. The FCC took this action with no notice-and-comment proceeding, no published cost-benefit analysis, and without providing a broad transition process for the affected industry.

The lawsuit over the Trump administration’s suspension of grants from the $2.75 billion program to close the digital divide may come to a pause. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) filed a motion to put its lawsuit suing President Donald Trump on hold because there is a similar case further along that would control the outcome. 

The Federal Communications Commission has banned the sale of all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries unless the supplier applies for and receives a “Conditional Approval” from the Department of War (DoW) or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The problem is, the FCC’s broad definition of “foreign produced” means that it will affect essentially all major broadband consumer-premise equipment (CPE) vendors, whether they operate though the service provider or retail channels, according to Counterpoint Research analyst Taimur Zafar. “This is not just about where a router

The Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. Routers are the boxes in every home that connect computers, phones, and smart devices to the internet.

This past Christmas, I helped my parents choose a water filter. The latest “smart” models all came with a smartphone app that promised to monitor filter life, track water quality and automatically request service. Yet my father, age 75, and mother, 67, were quick to reject them in favor of a nondigital model. “Every time it updates or I forget how to use it, we’ll have to call you,” my dad said.