Mavenir and Amazon Web Services announced a five-year strategic collaboration agreement for services that will target carriers as they move operations to the public cloud. The two companies will “jointly architect” Mavenir technology “to streamline the development, testing, integration, and application of cloud-native solutions -- harnessing the high availability, scalability, and security capabilities of AWS services to create a new telco-grade deployment model,” said a news release Monday. “We believe that this partnership will revolutionize the telco industry, allowing us to deliver innovative, scalable, and secure solutions that will shape the future of cloud-native services,” said Bejoy Pankajakshan, Mavenir chief technology and strategy officer.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Monday released three papers with recommendations about security and compliance when using AI. The papers are: "AI Organizational Responsibilities -- Core Security Responsibilities," "AI Resilience: A Revolutionary Benchmarking Model for AI" and "Principles to Practice: Responsible AI in a Dynamic Regulatory Environment." "Our mission is to create practical and sensible frameworks and guidance for enterprise security teams on AI,” said Caleb Sima, chair of the CSA AI Safety Initiative: “This is the first part of many of these deliverables to come in doing just that.”
CTIA and member companies asked that FCC act on requests for waivers for 5G base station radios that work across citizens broadband radio service and C-band spectrum (see 2303100019). CTIA reported on a meeting with aides to Commissioner Brendan Carr, saying they discussed “how Samsung sought to deploy a less intrusive and more energy-efficient mid-band radio more than 600 days ago." Said the filing posted Friday in docket 23-93: “Ericsson also submitted a similar petition that still is not on public notice after more than 400 days. Both requests require a narrow waiver to exceed the 3.7 GHz Service power limits in one specific circumstance: when the radio is being tested.” Samsung Electronics America, Ericsson, Qualcomm and Verizon participated in the meeting.
Major trade associations pressed the FCC to delay the current six-month deadline for implementing rules protecting consumers from SIM swapping and port-out fraud. Instead, the groups proposed carriers get an additional 12 months. CTIA, the Competitive Carriers Association and NCTA spoke with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. CTIA previously sought a yearlong delay (see 2402260062). The groups note that the actual deadline remains unclear, depending on how the order is interpreted. “If the current compliance deadline is not extended, providers’ compliance solutions will be suboptimal and under-tested because providers will be forced to rush the implementation process, risking significant impacts to customer experience and inconsistencies in the effectiveness of the implementation process,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 21-341. Providers need “a substantial amount of time -- at least 18 months … in total -- to develop effective and comprehensive compliance programs and deliver meaningful protections for consumers.”
Nokia representatives met with FCC Wireline Bureau staff to discuss tweaking the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program. Some invoices submitted in September haven’t been paid and even adjustments of a few pennies need to be “kicked back, corrected and reprocessed again,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-89.
Dish Wireless certified that it’s in compliance with new mandatory disaster response initiative (MDRI) requirements the FCC approved last year (see 2207060070). Dish “complies with the Commission’s MDRI rules and thus is entitled to a presumption of compliance with the Commission’s rules implementing the MDRI,” the company said in a filing posted Thursday in docket 21-346.
Competitive Carriers Association President Tim Donovan and others from the group met with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Brendan Carr to discuss broadband mapping and other 5G Fund concerns. They discussed “eligibility issues such as whether eligibility is limited to areas with unsubsidized 5G defined as 7/1 Mbps and 5G Fund eligibility concerns regarding legacy support recipients using federal funds to deploy 4G and 5G networks” and “timing of the trigger to shift from legacy support to 5G Fund support,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 20-32. CCA also raised funding issues.
Federated Wireless said improvements in citizens broadband radio service sharing mean CBRS users will see “at least 60% and potentially as much as 80% improvement in spectrum availability” in areas where Navy radars must be protected. Federated has seen “zero incidents of harmful interference to critical DOD operations” as part of its CBRS offerings, said Chief Technology Officer Kurt Schaubach. “We see this new set of CBRS enhancements as a milestone in the maturity of spectrum sharing,” he said. “Through the enhancements Federated Wireless has advanced, the user experience with CBRS spectrum will be on par with licensed spectrum that is many times more costly while still assuring robust shared access for incumbents and commercial users alike,” Federated said.
The FirstNet Authority announced on Wednesday its Emergency Management Resource Guide is now available in Spanish. The guide provides information on “the products, services, and capabilities available with FirstNet,” the authority said.
AT&T on Wednesday unveiled AT&T Turbo, priced at $7 monthly per line on eligible mobile plans and offering enhanced data connectivity. The app is “built to support using high-performance mobile applications, like gaming, social video broadcasting and live video conferencing, with optimized data while customers are on the go,” AT&T said. Customers can sign up starting Thursday.