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Nextgov | March 16, 2020

T-Mobile will have an extra spectrum boost for the next 60 days to help keep its customers online and connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. To support the telecommunications provider in meeting increased demands for broadband and internet connectivity as more people are at home—and likely, on the web—due to the outbreak, the Federal Communications Commission revealed Sunday that it’s issued T-Mobile a 60-day special temporary authority to tap into additional spectrum in...

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Lumen Technologies | August 29, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the previously announced sale of Lumen Technologies' incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) business in 20 states to Brightspeed. With this approval, the transaction has now received all final regulatory clearances needed to close. Pending other customary closing conditions, the transaction with Apollo-managed funds is expected to close early in the fourth quarter. Brightspeed plans to make significant in...

Prnewswire | August 24, 2020

Global technology leader Laird Connectivity has launched the Sentrius™ MG100 Micro-Gateway, a family of compact, out of box Bluetooth to cellular LTE gateway solutions that simplifies bridging Bluetooth sensor data to the cloud. Powered by the Pinnacle™ 100 cellular modem, the MG100 Micro-Gateway uniquely combines long-range Bluetooth 5 (Nordic nRF52840 silicon) and LTE-M/NB-IoT (Sierra HL7800/Altair ALT1250) in a small form factor IoT micro-gateway. The MG100 Micro-Gateway is ideal ...

Arstechnica | May 21, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission is not convinced that SpaceX's Starlink broadband network will be able to deliver the low latencies promised by CEO Elon Musk. The FCC plan further notes that, in networks using satellite-to-satellite transmissions,...