Last week the FCC released a Notice seeking comments on the kinds of broadband performance-related information that will help consumers in purchasing broadband service.
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Earlier this month the FCC proposed new regulations that would greatly expand telecommunications relay services (“TRS”) funding and revenue reporting requirements for non-interconnected VoIP providers. By statute, providers of telecommunications services to the public must offer TRS to persons with hearing or speech disabilities in the United States that are “functionally equivalent to voice telephone [...]
by Craig Dingwall This week the FCC released a lengthy Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in which it proposed modernizing and streamlining universal service and intercarrier compensation to promote affordable wired and wireless broadband to all Americans. If adopted, the FCC’s proposals would essentially over time shift the focus of the $8 billion Universal Service [...]
The convenience of the cell phone rests in the confident assertion that as a device untethered to a wired base, it provides users the ability to stay in touch at any time– no matter how far off the beaten path they’ve wandered. But with the versatility of these devices so apparent, the pendulum has swung [...]
By Craig D. Dingwall Earlier this year, the FCC asked the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (“Joint Board”) for recommendations to improve the Universal Service Fund’s (“USF’s”) Low-Income program, which helps reduce the cost of phone service for eligible low-income persons, and for suggestions to address potential waste, fraud and abuse while improving the [...]
Back in February the wireless press and blogs were all over the cellphone booster story: Wireless carriers complained that the boosters threatened public safety. They blamed the boosters for interfering with networks. A leading manufacturer of boosters, Wilson Electronics, said hold on. Wilson, proud in making these boosters to the highest standards, said the boosters [...]
Earlier last week, ZTE , a telecommunications manufacturer, sent the heavily anticipated global WiFi hotspot, the “FiveSpot”, to the FCC for approval. It had previously been leaked as a Verizon product, so when the device was sent to the FCC under the ZTE manufacturer name, and not with the expected Verizon branding, most technology analysts [...]
Quantum-Wireless.com recently interviewed Wilson Electronic’s Marketing Manager Jonathan Bacon. He discussed Wilson’s latest offering, the Wilson Sleek along with the future of Wilson, along with his take on the F.C.C.’s position on cell signal boosters with the mobile carriers. 1.Can your please introduce yourself, your company and your position? Wilson Electronics, Inc., a leader in [...]
Both cell carriers and cell signal booster makers are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to take action regarding signal boosters. The FCC is considering legislation that would make cell signal boosters illegal unless they are released by wireless operators or consented from a wireless operator. Wilson Electronics believes that setting standards for signal boosters [...]
