California senators hit pause on Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s (D) bill to tighten the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Appropriations panel held SB-561 in committee at a Thursday hearing. It would add a private right of action, among other changes. “The CCPA is stronger with unified, well-funded enforcement through the California Attorney General’s office,” said Internet Association Director-California Government Affairs Kevin McKinley in a statement. “The internet industry will keep working with policymakers and other stakeholders to ensure the AG's office is resourced to protect consumers, enforce the CCPA effectively, and provide both large and small businesses the guidance they’ll need to comply.” Consumer privacy groups support SB-561.

More than 11.2 million “light vehicles” equipped with “some form” of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) telematics systems will be produced globally in 2024, and will be 12 percent of the total “fleet,” said IHS Markit Thursday. It forecasts V2X systems will be embedded in roughly 15,000 vehicles this year, increasing at a 277.5 percent compound annual growth rate through 2024. Demand for safer roads and fewer vehicular fatalities will be a “major driving force for the implementation of enhanced connectivity,” said IHS. “In the debate over which technology V2X should be based on, dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) solutions lead the global automotive V2X market in the near term as it represents a proven technology with chips for system implementation readily available from several semiconductor companies.” U.S. leadership in DSRC took a blow two weeks ago when Toyota America told the FCC it would "pause its deployment" for lack of automotive industry cooperation and the uncertain "regulatory environment" around the 5.9 GHz band (see 1904290148). Now, the FCC may propose, perhaps this summer, a proceeding to look at sharing DSRC spectrum with W-Fi (see 1905150053).

California senators hit pause on Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s (D) bill to tighten the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Appropriations panel held SB-561 in committee at a Thursday hearing. It would add a private right of action, among other changes. “The CCPA is stronger with unified, well-funded enforcement through the California Attorney General’s office,” said Internet Association Director-California Government Affairs Kevin McKinley in a statement. “The internet industry will keep working with policymakers and other stakeholders to ensure the AG's office is resourced to protect consumers, enforce the CCPA effectively, and provide both large and small businesses the guidance they’ll need to comply.” Consumer privacy groups support SB-561.

More than 11.2 million “light vehicles” equipped with “some form” of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) telematics systems will be produced globally in 2024, and will be 12 percent of the total “fleet,” said IHS Markit Thursday. It forecasts V2X systems will be embedded in roughly 15,000 vehicles this year, increasing at a 277.5 percent compound annual growth rate through 2024. Demand for safer roads and fewer vehicular fatalities will be a “major driving force for the implementation of enhanced connectivity,” said IHS. “In the debate over which technology V2X should be based on, dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) solutions lead the global automotive V2X market in the near term as it represents a proven technology with chips for system implementation readily available from several semiconductor companies.” U.S. leadership in DSRC took a blow two weeks ago when Toyota America told the FCC it would "pause its deployment" for lack of automotive industry cooperation and the uncertain "regulatory environment" around the 5.9 GHz band (see 1904290148). Now, the FCC may propose, perhaps this summer, a proceeding to look at sharing DSRC spectrum with W-Fi (see 1905150053).

The FCC will take up cable leased access rules and an NPRM on aviation safety, in addition to the declaratory ruling and Further NPRM on robocalls (see 1905150041), Chairman Ajit Pai blogged Wednesday. The FCC isn’t slated to tackle the 2.5 GHz educational broadcast service (EBS) band or a notice on the 5.9 GHz band, as some had expected (see 1905130054 and 1905140050). "We’ve certainly had monthly meetings with more items on the agenda, but with a major item to crack down on unwanted robocalls, this could be one of our most impactful meetings of the year," Pai said.

Sonos built its Google Assistant implementation as a “deep integration from scratch,” emailed a spokesperson Tuesday to our question on why it took a year and a half from announcement to deployment of the voice-control platform in the mic-equipped Sonos One speaker and Sonos Beam sound bar. Sonos announced availability of the Goggle Assistant software update Tuesday.

Sonos built its Google Assistant implementation as a “deep integration from scratch,” emailed a spokesperson Tuesday to our question on why it took a year and a half from announcement to deployment of the voice-control platform in the mic-equipped Sonos One speaker and Sonos Beam sound bar. Sonos announced availability of the Goggle Assistant software update Tuesday.

The FCC shouldn't go it alone on updating orbital debris regulations but should coordinate with other agencies, numerous satellite interests said in docket 18-313 replies last week. The Commerce Department in initial comments asked the FCC to pause the rulemaking proceeding (see 1904080033). But commenters didn't reach consensus on issues like orbital spacing between large constellations and how best to assess risk.

The FCC shouldn't go it alone on updating orbital debris regulations but should coordinate with other agencies, numerous satellite interests said in docket 18-313 replies last week. The Commerce Department in initial comments asked the FCC to pause the rulemaking proceeding (see 1904080033). But commenters didn't reach consensus on issues like orbital spacing between large constellations and how best to assess risk.

The FCC is looking at revoking Communications Act Section 214 certifications of China Unicom and China Telecom, Chairman Ajit Pai said after the commissioners’ meeting Thursday. Commissioners voted 5-0 to deny China Mobile’s long-standing Section 214 application. Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks, as expected (see 1905060057), said the FCC is going too little to shore up 5G security.