Representatives of Samsung Electronics America spoke with FCC staff about the company’s request for a 5G base station radio that works across citizens broadband radio service and C-band spectrum (see 2303100019). The Samsung representatives met with Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology staff. “Samsung discussed how the waiver will enable Samsung to market the multiband device by permitting the device to exceed the Section 96.41(e)(2) emission limits within 3720-4000 MHz (to -25 dBm/MHz) when the device is being tested in CBRS-only mode for FCC certification purposes (a mode that will not be in commercially deployed radios),” said a filing posted Monday in docket 23-93: “Samsung noted that this CBRS-only mode will comply with the Commission’s emissions limits in the CBRS band. In commercially deployed radios using standalone 3.7 GHz or composite 3.7 GHz/CBRS operations, Samsung reiterated that the radio will comply with the emissions permitted by the composite device rule.” Comments in March supported grant of the waiver (see 2303280054).

A representative of Meta Platforms urged the FCC to complete work on its April 2020 Further NPRM (see 2004230059) on the 6 GHz band, in a meeting with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “We discussed how the 6 GHz band could be used to enable very low power (VLP) devices and how VLP can safely operate with incumbent operations in the band,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 18-295. Meta “noted the importance of VLP devices to wireless innovation and that the Commission now has an extensive record supporting the approval of VLP devices.”

Dahua Technology USA asked the FCC for an update on its security compliance plan, filed at the FCC April 7, aimed at “ensuring that Dahua equipment is not sold in the United States for purposes of public safety, security of government facilities, physical security surveillance of critical infrastructure, and other national security purposes.” Dahua noted it can’t get certification for any telecommunications or video surveillance equipment under FCC rules until it obtains approval of the plan. “In the two months since Dahua made this filing, the Commission has taken no action whatsoever with respect to the Plan,’ said a filing posted Monday in docket 21-232: “We have received no substantive feedback from the Commission staff, there has been no public notice, and we have received no indication of when the Commission may take any action with respect to the Plan.” The FCC’s silence is “concerning because … Dahua cannot introduce any new products to the U.S. market until approval of its Plan, even though the Commission recognized that Congress did not intend to prohibit most typical uses of Dahua’s equipment,” the company said.

DOJ announced changes to membership of the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC), in a notice in Monday’s Federal Register. Added as members were Beacon Industries, Cogito Innovations, Cognicom, EWA Warrior Services and NCTA. Withdrawing as parties in the consortium were Expedition Technology, Janus Communications, RAM Laboratories, SFL, Siemens Industry Software, the University of California, San Diego, the University of South Carolina and Vectrona. No other changes were made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project, the notice said: “Membership in this group research project remains open, and NSC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.”

Apple supports the more narrowly tailored View C on identifying additional frequency bands for international mobile telecommunications (IMT) over View A, supported by much of the wireless industry (see 2304240049), at the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference, per a filing posted Friday in docket 16-185. Apple representatives met with FCC staff working on U.S. positions at the WRC. “View C offers appropriate refinements to the frequency bands for study for a future IMT agenda item by accounting for increasing deployments of ultrawideband technologies in 7.7-9.3 GHz,” Apple said. ”We also discussed Apple’s preference to focus on identifying bands primarily below 15 GHz for study for potential IMT identification at WRC-27.”

NTIA said Friday 127 applications requested $1.39 billion to support testing and research and development activities on open and interoperable networks under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (see 2305040073). NTIA plans to make up to $140.5 million available in the first funding round from the $1.5 billion program. “NTIA’s Innovation Fund will address the urgent need to increase the resilience, diversity and security of the wireless equipment market,” said NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson. “The overwhelming interest in this first round of funding shows the private sector is stepping up to meet that need.” The fund was part of the $54.2 billion Chips and Science Act signed into law in August (see 2208090062).

T-Mobile asked the FCC for grants of emergency special temporary authority “to provide vital communications services to the Guam National Guard and other relevant public safety officials it may designate” for 60 days. The STAs are needed because of the “compromised communications services resulting from the crippling effects of Super Typhon Mawar,” T-Mobile said Thursday.

The Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA) remains concerned about harmful interference in the 6 GHz band and asked the FCC to take steps asked for by APCO and others (see 2304030032) to protect band incumbents, said a letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, posted Wednesday in docket 18-295. “In MCCA member cities,” the band “supports radio towers, emergency communications centers, and cross-jurisdictional communications,” MCCA said: “Given the importance of these functions, the FCC must ensure that the operations of public safety entities and other incumbent users of the 6 GHz band are adequately protected from potential interference stemming from unlicensed use of the spectrum.”

Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric said Thursday it developed a gallium nitride power amplifier with a frequency range of 3,400 MHz using a single power amplifier. The unit can be used for 4G, 5G and later generations of wireless, the company said. “The amplifier is expected to enable the radio unit … to be shared for different communication systems and lead to more power-efficient base stations,” Mitsubishi said.

The National Emergency Number Association said it’s receiving reports of recent increases in accidental calls to 911, apparently tied to interface updates to some Android phones. Calls to 911 are up by as much as 30% in some locations, with similar reports from agencies in Europe, NENA said Wednesday. “We have been informed that by mid-June major Android handset vendors will have completed rolling out updates to address this issue,” the group said. NENA said the public can help by not abandoning accidental calls and not hanging up when a phone accidentally dials 911, letting call takers know there's no emergency.