LAS VEGAS -- The FCC is making the spectrum available it will need to launch 5G, but backhaul remains a big issue, Chairman Tom Wheeler told the CTIA annual conference. He didn’t offer any rosy predictions for the TV incentive auction, promising only that it will determine whether 600 MHz spectrum is worth more to carriers than to broadcasters. CTIA President Meredith Baker urged the FCC to schedule an auction of high-frequency spectrum while Wheeler is still chairman. Wheeler was president of CTIA from 1992 to 2004.
IoT is in a nascent phase, poised for exponential growth in five years that will provide a wide range of consumer and industrial applications, benefits and opportunities. A multitude of challenges and barriers such as connectivity, interoperability and privacy and cybersecurity need to be addressed for development, technology experts said at a daylong NTIA event Thursday. Such barriers will need public and private sector coordination, but some said the government needs a light regulatory touch.
IoT is in a nascent phase, poised for exponential growth in five years that will provide a wide range of consumer and industrial applications, benefits and opportunities. A multitude of challenges and barriers such as connectivity, interoperability and privacy and cybersecurity need to be addressed for development, technology experts said at a daylong NTIA event Thursday. Such barriers will need public and private sector coordination, but some said the government needs a light regulatory touch.
IoT is in a nascent phase, poised for exponential growth in five years that will provide a wide range of consumer and industrial applications, benefits and opportunities. A multitude of challenges and barriers such as connectivity, interoperability and privacy and cybersecurity need to be addressed for development, technology experts said at a daylong NTIA event Thursday. Such barriers will need public and private sector coordination, but some said the government needs a light regulatory touch.
The FCC released its media ownership order Thursday. As expected, the order approved Aug. 10 on a party line 3-2 vote (see 1608110058) resolves the 2010 and 2014 quadrennial reviews, leaves most existing ownership rules in place and restores joint sales agreement rules that were knocked down by the 3rd U.S Circuit Court of Appeals. “The record in this proceeding leads us to conclude that retaining the existing rules is the best way to promote our policy goals in local markets at this time,” the FCC said. A court challenge is likely by all sides, both allies of media deregulation and its foes said in interviews.
Verizon is buying Yahoo’s operating business for $4.83 billion in cash, “subject to customary closing adjustments,” the companies said Monday. The deal is expected to be approved by regulators (see 1606070054), but privacy advocates raised concerns after it was announced. The FCC is considering privacy rules for ISPs, with a final order expected to be adopted under Chairman Tom Wheeler (see 1607070052).
Verizon is buying Yahoo’s operating business for $4.83 billion in cash, “subject to customary closing adjustments,” the companies said Monday. The deal is expected to be approved by regulators (see 1606070054), but privacy advocates raised concerns after it was announced. The FCC is considering privacy rules for ISPs, with a final order expected to be adopted under Chairman Tom Wheeler (see 1607070052).
Verizon is buying Yahoo’s operating business for $4.83 billion in cash, “subject to customary closing adjustments,” the companies said Monday. The deal is expected to be approved by regulators (see 1606070054), but privacy advocates raised concerns after it was announced. The FCC is considering privacy rules for ISPs, with a final order expected to be adopted under Chairman Tom Wheeler (see 1607070052).
Civil liberties activists Monday railed against an Obama administration legislative proposal to establish a reciprocal agreement enabling British authorities to directly request electronic data for serious criminal investigations from U.S. companies without going through an existing international legal process. They said the proposal, which could be used as a model agreement with other countries, wouldn't protect the civil liberties and privacy of people as DOJ asserted but would expand government surveillance. One professor was supportive of the proposal.
Civil liberties activists Monday railed against an Obama administration legislative proposal to establish a reciprocal agreement enabling British authorities to directly request electronic data for serious criminal investigations from U.S. companies without going through an existing international legal process. They said the proposal, which could be used as a model agreement with other countries, wouldn't protect the civil liberties and privacy of people as DOJ asserted but would expand government surveillance. One professor was supportive of the proposal.