The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals extended until July 14 a stay on proceedings for a lawsuit by the League of California Cities challenging the FCC’s June 2020 wireless infrastructure declaratory ruling. “If no motion for further relief is filed before this date, the remaining briefing schedule will be reset in a future order,” said the court in case 20-71765. The FCC said last month the court should extend abeyance because the agency lacked a full complement of commissioners (see 2203160042).
The USDA is recruiting U.S. exporters to join the agency on a June trade mission to the U.K. The trip, one of four upcoming international trade missions hosted by the agency, could be especially beneficial for exporters of nuts, fruit, seafood, ethanol and wood pellets, USDA said, because of the U.K.’s growing demand for U.S. consumer-oriented food and beverages. The deadline to apply for the June 22-24 trip is April 8. The USDA recently resumed in-person trade missions nearly two years after they were paused at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2202180010).
T-Mobile’s pending shutdown of its 3G/CDMA network Thursday isn’t raising the same level of concerns as when AT&T shuttered its legacy network last month (see 2202240002), experts said. T-Mobile has far fewer security or other alarm systems attached to its network than AT&T. Dish Network raised concerns about 3G handsets used by Boost customers, the prepaid provider it acquired from T-Mobile, but those have been largely addressed, experts said.
T-Mobile’s pending shutdown of its 3G/CDMA network Thursday isn’t raising the same level of concerns as when AT&T shuttered its legacy network last month (see 2202240002), experts said. T-Mobile has far fewer security or other alarm systems attached to its network than AT&T. Dish Network raised concerns about 3G handsets used by Boost customers, the prepaid provider it acquired from T-Mobile, but those have been largely addressed, experts said.
Big Law firms with telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) practices are pulling out of Russia, and whether they will return after the end of Russia's Ukraine invasion is questionable. Some see the one-two punch of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic making it less likely Big Law will return someday. Several TMT companies are also opting to end or limit their Russian presence.
Big Law firms with telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) practices are pulling out of Russia, and whether they will return after the end of Russia's Ukraine invasion is questionable. Some see the one-two punch of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic making it less likely Big Law will return someday. Several TMT companies are also opting to end or limit their Russian presence.
Industry disagreed whether the FCC should pause some of its high-cost Universal Service Fund programs amid the recent $65 billion federal broadband support from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in reply comments posted Friday in docket 21-476 (see 2202180046). Others debated whether to expand the fund's contribution base or turn to direct congressional appropriations. The FCC sought comments on USF's future as part of its report to Congress due by Aug. 12.
The FCC asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to extend abeyance on a lawsuit by the League of California Cities challenging the FCC’s June 2020 wireless infrastructure declaratory ruling (see 2111160048). “Further abeyance will provide an opportunity for a fully-constituted Commission to consider how to proceed in this case,” the commission wrote Tuesday in case 20-71765. The FCC noted a full Senate vote to confirm Gigi Sohn as commissioner hasn’t been scheduled.
The Commerce Department hasn't granted a steel or aluminum tariff exclusion since Dec. 17, 2021, and its last denial was posted Oct. 29, 2021. A lobbyist in the trade world said he has unsuccessfully tried to get to the bottom of why the Bureau of Industry and Security doesn't seem to be processing the applications at the moment. He said the Commerce Department told one office on Capitol Hill "there is no problem" and "that it's all functioning normally."
Nvidia thinks it has fared better than others navigating the chip crunch because it “realized quite quickly that this would be a supply-constrained world and that it would be with us for many years,” Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress told a Morgan Stanley investment conference Monday. “Our initial onset of thinking through our supply chain started very early in that COVID period of time,” she said. “Our focus was not just about the next quarters out, but we stopped and paused to think about what it would mean for years in the future.” Nvidia has “already procured what we need” for 2022, “and we have also engaged in procurement for things for the long term,” involving anything “from wafers to substrates,” she said. Nvidia expects that supply will improve “each quarter of this year,” she said.