Pause equipment certification approvals for 6 GHz unlicensed low-power indoor (LPI) access points, CTIA representatives urged in a call with Ron Repasi, chief of the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology. CTIA provided “prima facie evidence” in a recent report "that even 6 GHz LPI operations in compliance with the existing rules will cause harmful interference to incumbent users,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 17-183.
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Commerce Committee ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., are open to antitrust proposals from potential FTC nominee Lina Khan (see 2103120071), they told us this week. Khan’s antitrust views resulted in comparisons to Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. She has worked as a staffer for FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra and House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline, D-R.I.
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Commerce Committee ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., are open to antitrust proposals from potential FTC nominee Lina Khan (see 2103120071), they told us this week. Khan’s antitrust views resulted in comparisons to Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. She has worked as a staffer for FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra and House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline, D-R.I.
The International Trade Commission released the 2021 Basic Edition of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule March 15. The new edition, which follows three “preliminary” updates issued earlier this year, implements the recently announced four-month pause on Section 301 tariffs on goods from the United Kingdom, effective March 4 (see 2103040043). It also adds a new provision on the USMCA tariff-rate quota for sugar-containing products from Canada. The four-month suspension of Section 301 tariffs on all European Union goods, which took effect March 11 (see 2103120047), is not implemented in this edition.
Localities interests and allies see at least a short-term win with the FCC seeking to pause an appeal of its 2019 cable local franchise authority (LFA) decision, as the agency takes a fresh look at the order. They aren't sure the motion for abeyance filed with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the agency will do a 180-degree turnabout on the order itself. A major issue with the rules and the odds of the agency doing anything about it is the deadlocked 2-2 FCC.
ICANN should halt work on a policy for access to Whois data, its Intellectual Property Constituency wrote board Chairman Maarten Botterman. The IPC stressed it's committed to using the multistakeholder process to develop a "workable system" for accessing domain name registration data but current recommendations for a system for standardized access/disclosure (SSAD) "are not yet fit for purpose." The most important SSAD recommendations lack community consensus, potentially making them "difficult or impossible to enforce" (see 2010210001). A European Commission proposal to update its cybersecurity directive (NIS2) takes "important steps" toward addressing shortfalls in the domain name system, including access to accurate registration data, it would be inadvisable for the board to permit further work on recommendations that may run counter to EC guidance. "Given that ICANN has repeatedly sought guidance from EU institutions as to how the [general data protection regulation] should be applied to the DNS and domain name registration data, we encourage ICANN to embrace NIS2 as a valuable source of such guidance," the IPC wrote. Congress has been urged to intervene on Whois (see 2102160001). ICANN didn't comment Tuesday.
ICANN should halt work on a policy for access to Whois data, its Intellectual Property Constituency wrote board Chairman Maarten Botterman. The IPC stressed it's committed to using the multistakeholder process to develop a "workable system" for accessing domain name registration data but current recommendations for a system for standardized access/disclosure (SSAD) "are not yet fit for purpose." The most important SSAD recommendations lack community consensus, potentially making them "difficult or impossible to enforce" (see 2010210001). A European Commission proposal to update its cybersecurity directive (NIS2) takes "important steps" toward addressing shortfalls in the domain name system, including access to accurate registration data, it would be inadvisable for the board to permit further work on recommendations that may run counter to EC guidance. "Given that ICANN has repeatedly sought guidance from EU institutions as to how the [general data protection regulation] should be applied to the DNS and domain name registration data, we encourage ICANN to embrace NIS2 as a valuable source of such guidance," the IPC wrote. Congress has been urged to intervene on Whois (see 2102160001). ICANN didn't comment Tuesday.
Tariffs that the U.S. imposed on billions of dollars' worth of European imports to punish them for excessive subsidies to Airbus, and tariffs that the European Union imposed on billions of dollars' worth of U.S. exports over Boeing subsidies will be lifted for four months, the two sides said in a joint statement March 5. No date was given for the start of the temporary removal.
Marvell Technology CEO Matt Murphy is optimistic on 5G even as his company is working to avert the worst effects of chip shortages. The global semiconductor supply chain clearly “was not completely prepared for the surge” in COVID-19-induced demand across most “end markets,” he said on a fiscal Q4 call Wednesday. The supply chain “needs time to increase capacity,” and the “supply gap” seems likely to persist “at least” through Marvell’s fiscal year ending January 2022, he said. The chipmaker downplayed its revenue growth outlook for fiscal Q1 ending late April. It's forecasting $800 million, plus or minus 5%, which would mean flat sequential growth at the midrange. The stock closed 12% lower Thursday at $40.10. Marvell’s “growth initiatives” in 5G and cloud helped drive a 24% revenue increase in its networking business for Q4 ended Jan. 30, said Murphy. “We delivered our sixth straight quarter of sequential revenue growth” in 5G, “driven by standard and semi-custom product shipments to Samsung and Nokia,” partially offset by a decline in application-specific 5G ICs “as deployments in China take a pause,” he said. Factoring out the “typical lumpy nature of individual regional rollouts,” said Murphy, 5G infrastructure deployments “are expected to continue to strengthen worldwide.” That the recently concluded first phase of the FCC C-band spectrum auction was the “highest grossing” in the U.S. was “a clear indicator of the potential revenue opportunities carriers expect from 5G technology,” he said. “Other regions around the world are also opening up spectrum for 5G services.” Marvell’s open radio access networks platform, launched in December, has Facebook and Fujitsu as customers, he said.
Require “rigorous testing … to demonstrate that unlicensed devices can coexist with incumbent” 6 GHz licensees before allowing additional equipment certifications for unlicensed low-power indoor devices, utility and public safety groups urged an aide to acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The groups asked the FCC to pause authorizations in January (see 2101270037). “Such testing should be conducted before more LPI devices … become commercially available, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to retrieve these devices from consumers,” they said in an ex parte posted Thursday in docket 18-295. The Utilities Technology Council, Edison Electric Institute, American Public Power Association, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Water Works Association, American Gas Association, National Public Safety Telecommunications Council, International Association of Fire Chiefs and APCO were on the call.