Internet & Television Association hires Inova Health System’s Robert Cantu, also ex-CTIA, as vice president-cybersecurity and broadband technology … SpacePath Communications appoints Eric Schmidt, ex-Comtech, as vice president-sales and marketing, North America ... Michael Bange, ex-New Jersey American Water, joins New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, replacing MaryAnna Holden as commissioner … Orbital Outpost X, startup for space and terrestrial technology, announces Negar Feher, ex-Maxar, as CEO …Radcom 5G tech company appoints Guy Shemesh, ex-Nokia, as CEO, effective Feb. 14, succeeding Eyal Harari, retiring … Web accessibility platform AudioEye hires Mike Paciello, former co-chair of U.S. Access Board's Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee, as chief accessibility officer.
The FCC Precision Agriculture Task Force met Wednesday, welcoming new members and discussing the group's mandate as it kicked off its third and final term (see 2308210069). The commission gave it the task of identifying gaps in broadband availability on agricultural land, as well as providing recommendations for rapid deployment and data collection.
The FTC is examining Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft to see if they are unfairly exerting undue control over AI markets, Chair Lina Khan announced Thursday.
Newly promoted at Indie Semiconductor: Peter Gulden to executive vice president-radar systems and software; Abhay Rai to chief product officer; and Michael Wittmann to chief operating officer ... Resilio, file synchronization solutions company for content creation workflows, hires Signiant’s Thomas Bush as vice president-strategic accounts, media and entertainment ... ViewLift, digital content distribution platform for sports and entertainment streaming, adds John Rose, Boston Consulting Group managing director and senior partner, and also former EMI Group, and Steve Byrd, former Sportradar head-global strategic partnerships, to its board.
NTIA’s administration of the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (Wireless Innovation Fund) drew criticism from some House Communications Subcommittee Republicans during a Thursday hearing over concerns the agency was slow to use it to aid development of U.S. open radio access networks (see 2401160068). Subpanel Democrats conversely eyed whether Congress should allocate additional funding to the NTIA initiative for ORAN use. Members of both parties sought to tie future ORAN development to the push to give the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program an additional $3.08 billion to close a funding shortfall that could hurt the goal of removing suspect gear from U.S. networks (see 2311070050).
Computer & Communications Industry Association hires Brian McMillan, former chief counsel and legislative director to Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as vice president-federal affairs ... National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology, which is expected to operate Chips for America National Semiconductor Technology Center once established, hires Deirdre Hanford, from Synoposis, as organization’s first CEO … George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center names Roger Nober, ex-BNSF Railway, as director.
Former NTIA acting Administrator Diane Rinaldo and other witnesses set to testify during a Wednesday House Communications Subcommittee hearing say in written testimony that smart, expedited use of funding from NTIA’s Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (Wireless Innovation Fund), among other actions, will help supercharge innovation in U.S. open radio access networks. Several witnesses also urge accelerated development of ORAN standards, ensuring equipment interoperability. The hearing is set to begin at 2 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn, the House Commerce Committee said Tuesday.
The U.S. scored an important win for Wi-Fi at the recent World Radiocommunication Conference, beating back a move to harmonize the upper 6 GHz band for 5G, speakers said during a CES discussion of unlicensed spectrum late Thursday. Officials said restoration of FCC auction authority is critical, but when Congress will act remains uncertain.