Tag: policy

April 3, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote—again—on net neutrality regulations. The reinstatement of the Title II regulation of broadband internet access service is expected to pass, with Democrats in control of the fully-seated FCC. The vote will take place […]

January 26, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission says that it is working to shut down network access for robocalls coming from a Florida realty group that is being sued by three state attorneys general for deceptive business practices. The U.S. regulatory agency has […]

February 1, 2021

In his final days as the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump added nine Chinese companies, including smartphone maker Xiaomi, to a list of firms suspected to be owned or controlled by China’s military. When placed on the […]

July 28, 2020

Next week as part of the Enterprise Connect Digital Expo, we’ll be featuring our annual Innovation Showcase, with this year’s theme on enterprise communications and collaboration security. Today I am pleased to present the four companies selected for the showcase. […]

October 21, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an open meeting at the end of this week. The meeting will address a number of issues including wireline competition, public safety & homeland security and media. Specifically, the FCC will consider an […]

May 13, 2019

The design of some 5G auctions is artificially inflating prices or inefficiently distributing already scarce spectrum resources, industry association GSMA said in a release. “Auctions can and do fail when poorly designed,” said Brett Tarnutzer, head of spectrum for the […]

April 18, 2019

On April 16, the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said U.S. Department of Justice officials are “unlikely” to approve a planned merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint “as currently structured.” Not the case according to T-Mo […]

February 18, 2019

The GSMA urged European policymakers to safeguard both network security and competition in the supply of telecom gear for the deployment of 5G networks. The industry association said that “robust competition amongst network infrastructure suppliers is essential to European operators’ […]

November 13, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.–There has been a great deal of debate over which country is winning, or will win, the global race to 5G. But does it matter who is first in 5G? That was one of the questions tackled during discussions […]

November 12, 2018

According to a recent AOTMP Research study, most enterprises (83%) indicate they have a mobile policy. Ask enterprise users if they have agreed to a mobile policy, though, and 32% indicate they are not sure. These dueling truths sum up […]

June 6, 2018

Chinese vendor ZTE has signed an agreement that would lift a U.S. Commerce Department ban on buying from U.S. suppliers, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. However, a Commerce Department spokesperson said that a definitive deal to […]

April 9, 2018

Some industries are regulated more heavily and strictly than others. For better or worse, the cryptocurrency market is practically free from regulations, while industries like cannabis-related products, are subject to much stricter laws and protocols. The telecom industry is one […]

May 2, 2017

While carriers in the U.S. have steadily deployed small cells to solve for challenging coverage and capacity scenarios, the rate of deployment has long lagged behind projections. In many cases, this is because municipal governments often treat small cells just […]

April 13, 2017

Horizon Research and Market Analysis is pleased to announce the availability of the first in a series of reports, ‘2017 Global 5G-LTE Policy Brief’. Authored by UK-based Dr. William Webb, this critical and incisive report poses some challenging questions, and […]

November 4, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission’s 600 MHz incentive auction proceedings came to an unexpected halt this week as forward-bidding activity dropped below the level needed to continue the proceedings. The auction did manage to hit more than $23 billion in total […]

September 14, 2016

First we had hoverboards catching fire; now Samsung is recalling its Galaxy Note 7 phones because they are spontaneously catching fire due to battery-cell malfunction. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, already advised Note 7 users to power down their […]

September 7, 2016

I’ve been giving a lot of thought recently to 5G – the technology, major use-cases, likely business models, timelines and implications for adjacent sectors such as IoT. 5G fits into both my own TelcoFuturism analyst/advisory work on the intersections of […]

August 24, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission’s 600 MHz incentive auction entered its eighth round of bidding having scored more than $11.5 billion in total auction proceeds connected to “winning” bids, with just under $11 billion in net auction proceeds. The final two […]

June 15, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission scored a significant victory in its attempt to regulate internet access, with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upholding the FCC’s Open Internet rules. The FCC’s controversial Open Internet rules were […]