The shift to next-generation networks will happen with a whimper, not a bang, the U.K. Office of Communications said. When details began to emerge in 2004 about British Telecom’s plan to build a fiber network called 21CN, advanced networks “were seen as perhaps the most important development in telecoms since privatisation” and as requiring a new regulatory approach, Ofcom said. Since then, though, it has become clear that the shift to next-generation networks won’t happen all at once but through wider evolution of network technologies, it said. Next-gen technology is being adopted alongside fixed and mobile access network upgrades, and with important developments are taking placing outside telecom, particularly in information technology, it said.
The shift to next-generation networks will happen with a whimper, not a bang, the U.K. Office of Communications said. When details began to emerge in 2004 about British Telecom’s plan to build a fiber network called 21CN, advanced networks “were seen as perhaps the most important development in telecoms since privatisation” and as requiring a new regulatory approach, Ofcom said. Since then, though, it has become clear that the shift to next-generation networks won’t happen all at once but through wider evolution of network technologies, it said. Next-gen technology is being adopted alongside fixed and mobile access network upgrades, and with important developments are taking placing outside telecom, particularly in information technology, it said.
The International Trade Administration is issuing an antidumping duty order on certain tow-behind lawn groomers and certain parts thereof from China.
The International Trade Commission has announced the institution of investigations and the commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty injury investigations regarding certain magnesia carbon bricks (MCBs) from China and Mexico.
A demonstration showed that Wireless Communications Service transmissions don’t pose a risk to Sirius XM reception, said Mary O'Connor, attorney for the WCS Coalition. Sirius XM officials declined to comment. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology said last week that tests by the coalition and Sirius-XM would start Tuesday, to show whether WCS transmissions at 2305-2320 and 2345-2360 MHz cause interference to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service reception at 2320-2345 MHz. FCC officials were on hand as witnesses. O'Connor said coalition found no surprises after doing preliminary testing that found little interference. “There was a WCS base station and we provided different types of services … and we had two cars, one with WCS in the laptop and one with a Sirius or XM radio on,” O'Connor told us. “We would drive the WCS car around the Sirius XM car to see if there was any muting of the signal to the radio.” She said about 20 observers were on hand for the demonstration near Washington Dulles Airport. Demonstrations are to continue through Thursday. Sirius XM said in a May letter to OET that demonstrations should be aimed at “helping the Commission to decide on key operating parameters such as maximum operating power and the out-of-band emissions ('OOBE') requirements for mobile transmitters, so that the Commission can develop specific rules to maximize WCS service potential while protecting existing service to 19 million satellite radio consumers.”
An initial demonstration came off as planned and showed that Wireless Communications Service transmissions don’t pose a risk to Sirius-XM reception, said Mary O'Connor, attorney for the WCS Coalition. Sirius-XM officials declined to comment. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology said last week that tests would start Tuesday, conducted by the coalition and Sirius-XM, but observed by others, to examine whether WCS transmissions at 2305 2320 MHz and 2345 2360 MHz cause interference to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service reception at 2320 2345 MHz. FCC officials were on hand as witnesses. O'Connor said that from the WCS Coalition’s standpoint there were no surprises based on the group’s preliminary testing, which has found little interference. “There was a WCS base station and we provided different types of services … and we had two cars, one with WCS in the laptop and one with a Sirius or XM radio on,” O'Connor told us. “We would drive the WCS car around the Sirius-XM car to see if there was any muting of the signal to the radio.” She said about 20 observers were on hand as the demonstration got underway near Washington Dulles Airport. Demonstrations are to continue through Thursday. Sirius-XM said in a May letter to OET that demonstrations should be aimed at “helping the Commission to decide on key operating parameters such as maximum operating power and the out-of- band emissions ('OOBE') requirements for mobile transmitters, so that the Commission can develop specific rules to maximize WCS service potential while protecting existing service to 19 million satellite radio consumers.”
The State Department has posted remarks from the July 28, 2009 signing ceremony for the U.S.-China Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation in Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment. (Remarks, dated 07/28/09, available at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126575.htm.)
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
New York City’s e-waste rules are illegal and unconstitutional and would “impose crushing costs and excessive burdens” on electronics manufacturers, CEA and the ITI Council alleged in a suit they filed Friday (CED July 27 p1). It asks the U.S. District Court in Manhattan to block the rules from taking effect and seeks a “critical” preliminary injunction to bar the city from enforcing a Friday deadline for manufacturers to file e-waste collection plans, on pain of $1,000 a day fines, the complaint said.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China.