Sears owes Samsung Electronics America $8.05 million in unpaid trade debt, placing it 13th among Sears' largest unsecured creditors, said Sears Chapter 11 papers (in Pacer) filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Samsung didn’t comment. Sears had $6.9 billion in total assets and $11.3 billion in total debt Aug. 4, the latest financial information available, said the filing. Sears owns “significant physical and intangible assets,” is a leading home appliance retailer and “a significant player in the rapidly emerging connected solutions market,” through "exclusive" national partnerships with Uber and others, it said.
Sears owes Samsung Electronics America $8.05 million in unpaid trade debt, placing it 13th among Sears' largest unsecured creditors, said Sears Chapter 11 papers (in Pacer) filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Samsung didn’t comment. Sears had $6.9 billion in total assets and $11.3 billion in total debt Aug. 4, the latest financial information available, said the filing. Sears owns “significant physical and intangible assets,” is a leading home appliance retailer and “a significant player in the rapidly emerging connected solutions market,” through "exclusive" national partnerships with Uber and others, it said.
Carriers and public safety groups disagreed on next steps for assuring the vertical accuracy (z-axis) of wireless calls to 911. CTIA said more time and testing is needed, but public safety groups urged the FCC to get tough. In September, the Public Safety Bureau sought comment on a z-axis test bed report submitted by CTIA on behalf of the nationwide carriers. Replies were due Thursday. The FCC approved an order 5-0 in January 2015 requiring carriers to improve their performance in identifying the location of wireless calls to 911 (see 1501290066). Then-Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said at the time the FCC wasn't being tough enough.
Dish Network filed applications to bid in both upcoming high-band auctions. Comcast and Charter Communications didn’t file at all, nor did any major tech players, based on a further review of applications. Cox did file. The FCC released its list of companies that filed short-form applications for both auctions Wednesday, including those accepted and those requiring changes (see 1810100073). The four major national wireless carriers filed, as did U.S. Cellular. There was a smattering of requests by smaller carriers, plus by telcos Frontier and Windstream.
Dish Network filed applications to bid in both upcoming high-band auctions. Comcast and Charter Communications didn’t file at all, nor did any major tech players, based on a further review of applications. Cox did file. The FCC released its list of companies that filed short-form applications for both auctions Wednesday, including those accepted and those requiring changes (see 1810100073). The four major national wireless carriers filed, as did U.S. Cellular. There was a smattering of requests by smaller carriers, plus by telcos Frontier and Windstream.
The FCC invited input on IHS Markit's request that urgent motor vehicle recall messages be exempted from Telephone Consumer Protection Act wireless calling restrictions (see 1809240046). Comments are due Nov. 5, replies Nov. 20 on the petition for emergency declaratory ruling, said a Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau public notice in docket 02-278 and Friday's Daily Digest. IHS said calls and texts on recalls should be exempt from TCPA wireless calling restrictions under a public safety exception: "automated calls may be placed, even absent 'prior express consent,' when they are 'made for emergency purposes.'" Citing a circuit split, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions asked the FCC to resolve uncertainty on what constitutes TCPA-restricted "automated telephone dialing system" calls. Following a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's ACA International v. FCC ruling (see 1803160053), "three circuit courts have decided questions related to what type of equipment constitutes an autodialer," NAFCU filed, posted Thursday in FCC docket 18-152. "The Second and Third Circuit have adopted a narrower definition whereas the Ninth Circuit chose to expand the definition." The FCC recently sought comment after the 9th Circuit ruling (see 1810030054).
The FCC invited input on IHS Markit's request that urgent motor vehicle recall messages be exempted from Telephone Consumer Protection Act wireless calling restrictions (see 1809240046). Comments are due Nov. 5, replies Nov. 20 on the petition for emergency declaratory ruling, said a Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau public notice in docket 02-278 and Friday's Daily Digest. IHS said calls and texts on recalls should be exempt from TCPA wireless calling restrictions under a public safety exception: "automated calls may be placed, even absent 'prior express consent,' when they are 'made for emergency purposes.'" Citing a circuit split, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions asked the FCC to resolve uncertainty on what constitutes TCPA-restricted "automated telephone dialing system" calls. Following a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's ACA International v. FCC ruling (see 1803160053), "three circuit courts have decided questions related to what type of equipment constitutes an autodialer," NAFCU filed, posted Thursday in FCC docket 18-152. "The Second and Third Circuit have adopted a narrower definition whereas the Ninth Circuit chose to expand the definition." The FCC recently sought comment after the 9th Circuit ruling (see 1810030054).
Nationwide next-generation 911 deployment will cost $9.5 billion-$12.7 billion, the 911 Implementation Coordination Office reported Friday. The joint NTIA-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-administered office estimated implementation will take 10 years “assuming no scheduling delays, no funding delays, and no deviations from the recommended implementation path,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi King and NTIA Administrator David Redl said. “Multistate implementation,” in which multiple states and territories within each of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 10 regions coordinate on buying, implementing and operating shared core services centers, would cost the least. “State implementation,” in which independent states and territories would buy and operate their own core services, would cost $10.5 billion. A “service solution” option, in which states and territories buy all core services and public safety answering point system maintenance for an NG-911 provider, would cost $12.7 billion. The document “provides policymakers at all levels of government and public-safety stakeholders with the detailed finical information needed to achieve a coordinated, nationwide deployment of NG911,” said National Emergency Number Association President Jamison Peevyhouse.
The FCC invited input on IHS Markit's request that urgent motor vehicle recall messages be exempted from Telephone Consumer Protection Act wireless calling restrictions (see 1809240046). Comments are due Nov. 5, replies Nov. 20 on the petition for emergency declaratory ruling, said a Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau public notice in docket 02-278 and Friday's Daily Digest. IHS said calls and texts on recalls should be exempt from TCPA wireless calling restrictions under a public safety exception: "automated calls may be placed, even absent 'prior express consent,' when they are 'made for emergency purposes.'" Citing a circuit split, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions asked the FCC to resolve uncertainty on what constitutes TCPA-restricted "automated telephone dialing system" calls. Following a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's ACA International v. FCC ruling (see 1803160053), "three circuit courts have decided questions related to what type of equipment constitutes an autodialer," NAFCU filed, posted Thursday in FCC docket 18-152. "The Second and Third Circuit have adopted a narrower definition whereas the Ninth Circuit chose to expand the definition." The FCC recently sought comment after the 9th Circuit ruling (see 1810030054).
Nationwide next-generation 911 deployment will cost $9.5 billion-$12.7 billion, the 911 Implementation Coordination Office reported Friday. The joint NTIA-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-administered office estimated implementation will take 10 years “assuming no scheduling delays, no funding delays, and no deviations from the recommended implementation path,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi King and NTIA Administrator David Redl said. “Multistate implementation,” in which multiple states and territories within each of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 10 regions coordinate on buying, implementing and operating shared core services centers, would cost the least. “State implementation,” in which independent states and territories would buy and operate their own core services, would cost $10.5 billion. A “service solution” option, in which states and territories buy all core services and public safety answering point system maintenance for an NG-911 provider, would cost $12.7 billion. The document “provides policymakers at all levels of government and public-safety stakeholders with the detailed finical information needed to achieve a coordinated, nationwide deployment of NG911,” said National Emergency Number Association President Jamison Peevyhouse.