Anuvu is supposed to show how the C-band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse was wrong in finding that the company can't get reimbursed for its German facility modifications, but it hasn't made the case of where the clearinghouse erred, the FCC Enforcement Bureau said in a brief posted Monday (docket 21-333). The bureau said much of Anuvu's argument revolves around one footnote in the FCC's C-band clearing order, and the agency can't make broad policy announcements in footnotes. But the C-band clearing order repeatedly makes clear that reimbursement of transition costs is only for those incurred within the U.S., the bureau said.
An FCC order that addresses gear authorization rules, which commissioners approved in October, will take effect Dec. 26, said a notice for Tuesday’s Federal Register. The order clarifies that rules prohibiting authorization of covered equipment include modular transmitters and imposes a prohibition on the authorization of devices that include modular transmitters that are covered equipment (see 2510280024).
Representatives of the Alaska Telecom Association met with staff from the FCC Wireless Bureau and Office of Economics to seek clarity on the eligible-areas map for the Alaska Connect Fund, according to a filing posted Monday in docket 23-328. Association members “inquired about the data set used to create the Map and urged the Commission to provide additional information about the areas that have been deemed ineligible.” They noted the burden of testing and challenging large areas of the map where service may not be available today.
Grandfathered fixed satellite service earth station licensees that qualify for protection from citizens broadband radio service operations need to renew their registrations by Dec. 1 for it to be valid in 2026, according to an FCC public notice Thursday (docket 17-258).
The FCC sought comment Friday on a revised application from Airspan for a waiver to offer dual-band radios that operate across citizens broadband radio service and C-band spectrum (see 2511170043). Comments are due Dec. 22, replies Jan. 5, in docket 25-234.
Ericsson's latest mobility report forecast more than 2.9 billion 5G subscriptions by the end of this year and 6.4 billion by the end of 2031, or two-thirds of mobile subscriptions at that time. 6G subscriptions are expected to reach 180 million by the end of 2031, said the report, released Thursday. It also predicted that about 1.4 billion people will be served by fixed wireless during the same period.
The Ecommerce Innovation Alliance updated the FCC last week on its request for a declaratory ruling that people who provide prior express written consent to receive text messages can't claim damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for those received outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (see 2503030036).
Oppenheimer downgraded T-Mobile on Friday from "outperform” to "perform," citing concern that the carrier will have a tough time beating subscriber and free cash flow estimates after a decade of share gains and margin expansion. The wireless industry “price war will hurt flowshare and margins," Oppenheimer said in a note to investors. "Competitive intensity is high but will increase with [T-Mobile] having the most to lose."
The fight continues at the FCC over a NextNav proposal asking the regulator to reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band to enable a “terrestrial complement” to GPS for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and a Pericle study on potential interference filed by the Security Industry Association (see 2510230041).
The FCC may approve Verizon's request to remove the handset-unlocking requirement that the carrier agreed to, but that may not completely address the carrier’s long-standing problems with subscriber churn, New Street’s Blair Levin said Thursday in a note to investors. The FCC sought comment last year on broad unlocking rules, while Verizon has asked the agency to remove its own unique mandate, which was a provision of its acquisition of Tracfone and purchase of 700 MHz C-block licenses in a 2008 auction (see 2507090030).