Verizon is looking to build grassroots support for its position on the 4.9 GHz band, opposing control of the spectrum by the FirstNet Authority and Verizon rival AT&T, as the fight over 4.9 GHz heats up (see 2408130035), with near daily filings for and against FirstNet use of the band.
The U.N. Security Council, which oversees various U.N. sanctions regimes, needs permanent representation from African countries, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told the council in remarks this week. “We cannot accept that the world’s pre-eminent peace and security body lacks a permanent voice for a continent of well over a billion people,” Guterres said. Although Africa is “under-represented in global governance structures,” it’s “over-represented in the very challenges these structures are designed to address. Conflicts, emergencies and geopolitical divisions have an outsized impact on African countries.” He added: “The message is clear. There can be no global security without African security.”
Brenda Villanueva, ex-The Utility Reform Network, named deputy division chief, FCC Telecommunications and Analysis Division ... Matthew Pearl announces his departure as National Security Council director-emerging technologies and special adviser (see 2408140044) ... Nexstar Media names Scott Weaver, ex-HSA Strategies, senior vice president, effective Sept. 5, to head broadcaster’s first government affairs office ... AI company Uniphore appoints Ravi Mayuram, ex-Luminary Cloud, chief technology officer ... Tamara Nolan, ex-KPMG, rejoins cybersecurity advisory firm MorganFranklin as lead-Cyber and Operational Resilience Practice.
Matthew Pearl, National Security Council director-emerging technologies and special adviser, announced he has left that job. “Having the opportunity to serve at the White House and advance our nation’s interests in tech and telecom policy was the honor of a lifetime,” Pearl said on LinkedIn. Pearl highlighted his work on such items as the national spectrum strategy and the cyber trust mark.
President Joe Biden extended a national emergency that authorizes certain export control regulations, the White House said this week. Biden renewed the emergency for one year beyond Aug. 17.
Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov appeared Aug. 12 in a federal court for allegedly engaging in a scheme to violate U.S. export controls, DOJ announced. Extradited from Greece, Dimitrov is charged with conspiring with Russian citizen Ilias Sabirov and Bulgarian national Dimitar Dimitrov to procure "sensitive radiation-hardened integrated circuits" from the U.S. and export them to Russia via Bulgaria (see 2012210013).
Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov appeared Aug. 12 in a federal court for allegedly engaging in a scheme to violate U.S. export controls, DOJ announced. Extradited from Greece, Dimitrov is charged with conspiring with Russian citizen Ilias Sabirov and Bulgarian national Dimitar Dimitrov to procure "sensitive radiation-hardened integrated circuits" from the U.S. and export them to Russia via Bulgaria (see 2012210013).
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Opponents of giving the FirstNet Authority effective control of the 4.9 GHz band, as promoted by AT&T and the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), have been at the FCC repeatedly in recent weeks, driven in part by rumors that Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel may support that plan. But industry officials say how the FCC will come down remains uncertain. With Commissioner Anna Gomez expected to recuse herself, because of work before she joined the commission, Rosenworcel will likely need support from at least one Republican commissioner.
Canada is considering new measures to strengthen its export controls, tariffs and other trade-related enforcement powers as it analyzes whether it has tools powerful enough to protect against threats to its economic and national security.