New Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said the FCC must move quickly on complaints AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint are selling customers' real-time location data to bounty hunters (see 1901080046). The ex-Enforcement Bureau staffer, flanked by staff, met reporters Friday.
New Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said the FCC must move quickly on complaints AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint are selling customers' real-time location data to bounty hunters (see 1901080046). The ex-Enforcement Bureau staffer, flanked by staff, met reporters Friday.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai named 37 members to the Disability Advisory Committee for the term ending Dec. 21, 2020. They represent "individuals with disabilities, the communications and video programming industries, the public safety industry, trade associations, academia, researchers, and other stakeholders," said a public notice Thursday. The DAC is expected to have at least three one-day plenary meetings per year, with subcommittees working between meetings on accessibility issues, including communications transitions, telecom relay services, emergency access, and video programming, the PN said. Will Schell, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Disability Rights Office attorney, will again be the designated FCC officer. DAC co-chairs will be Brian Scarpelli, senior policy counsel of ACT|the App Association, and Isidore Niyongabo, director-advocacy and public engagement, National Association of Black Deaf Advocates. (For other members, see personals section.)
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai named 37 members to the Disability Advisory Committee for the term ending Dec. 21, 2020. They represent "individuals with disabilities, the communications and video programming industries, the public safety industry, trade associations, academia, researchers, and other stakeholders," said a public notice Thursday. The DAC is expected to have at least three one-day plenary meetings per year, with subcommittees working between meetings on accessibility issues, including communications transitions, telecom relay services, emergency access, and video programming, the PN said. Will Schell, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Disability Rights Office attorney, will again be the designated FCC officer. DAC co-chairs will be Brian Scarpelli, senior policy counsel of ACT|the App Association, and Isidore Niyongabo, director-advocacy and public engagement, National Association of Black Deaf Advocates. (For other members, see personals section.)
The Mobile World Congress plans an emergency meeting later this month of executive members to discuss the threat from Chinese equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE, said Travis Russell, Oracle director-cybersecurity, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event Wednesday: “Be watching post-Barcelona and there probably will be an announcement coming out of the GSMA.” FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel sought to renew the term for the agency's cybersecurity advisory body.
The Mobile World Congress plans an emergency meeting later this month of executive members to discuss the threat from Chinese equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE, said Travis Russell, Oracle director-cybersecurity, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event Wednesday: “Be watching post-Barcelona and there probably will be an announcement coming out of the GSMA.” FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel sought to renew the term for the agency's cybersecurity advisory body.
The Mobile World Congress plans an emergency meeting later this month of executive members to discuss the threat from Chinese equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE, said Travis Russell, Oracle director-cybersecurity, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event Wednesday: “Be watching post-Barcelona and there probably will be an announcement coming out of the GSMA.” FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel sought to renew the term for the agency's cybersecurity advisory body.
The commercial space industry is closely watching the FCC-proposed update of rules governing orbital debris (see 1811020003) to ensure the agency "threads the needle" between avoiding undue burdens on industry and addressing a growing concern, said Vector-Launch Washington operations Director Courtney Stadd on a Space Foundation panel Wednesday. He said nations need to be more aggressive about debris. Panelists agreed commercial space has strong momentum, though Made in Space CEO Andrew Rush called the industry “simultaneously strong but really fragile." Allen Herbert, vice president-business development and strategy at commercial space station company NanoRacks, said emerging new players in space such as the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Africa could help drive more commercial opportunity. "The jury is out" on what kind of collateral effects the federal shutdown had on commercial space, said Stadd. He said the FAA's draft regulatory overhaul of launches will be pushed further out. Rush said the shutdown "pinched" a hiring push at his space manufacturing company, though it's now tentatively resuming. Inmarsat Senior Vice President-Government Strategy and Policy Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch said shutdowns mean an even slower regulatory process, leaving her company to look to other nations for launches. Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor said the industry faces challenges of workforce and educational focus and to explain developments and measure them. Stadd said miniaturization of satellites is leading to an "unbelievable change in the economics" of deploying assets and should lead to “unbelievable” new applications. Rush said just as the launch industry has moved from expendable to reusable rockets, the satellite industry is next with reusability via reconfigurable and repairable satellites.
FirstNet is on 40 percent of AT&T's network and the telco likely will complete the network ahead of a five-year deadline, AT&T executives said on an analyst call Wednesday. The company reported adding fewer wireless subscribers in Q4 and losing more video subscribers than expected. The stock closed down 4.3 percent at $29.37.
FirstNet is on 40 percent of AT&T's network and the telco likely will complete the network ahead of a five-year deadline, AT&T executives said on an analyst call Wednesday. The company reported adding fewer wireless subscribers in Q4 and losing more video subscribers than expected. The stock closed down 4.3 percent at $29.37.