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.
The global semiconductor supply chain clearly “was not completely prepared for the surge” in COVID-19-induced demand across most “end markets,” as technology and “data infrastructure” became “even more critical to the world's economy" during the pandemic's lockdown restrictions, said Marvell Technology Group CEO Matt Murphy 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 in January, he said.
The Court of International Trade's recent decision denying first sale valuation for cookware importer Meyer Corp. likely won't lead to the end of first sale treatment for goods originating from non-market economies, said customs lawyers in interviews. Despite broader questions raised by CIT Senior Judge Thomas Aquilino, it's unlikely that courts will do away with first sale for non-market countries entirely, but the decision does highlight the burden of demonstrating eligibility for first sale, lawyers said.
ProSource’s lighting initiative took a back seat to the coronavirus, and the buying group is hoping to get training back on track in 2021 for its custom installer members, Vice President-Business Development Andy Orozco told Consumer Electronics Daily.
Comcast again delayed implementing its data cap plan for numerous Eastern states, now until 2022. "While only a very small percentage of customers need additional data, we are providing them with more time to become familiar with the new plan," it blogged Thursday. The cable ISP said this month it was pausing overage fees until August on the 1.2 TB limit in Eastern and Northeastern states (see 2102030017). That delay didn't end concerns from state and local officials. See our report here.
Comcast again delayed implementing its data cap plan for numerous Eastern states, now until 2022. "While only a very small percentage of customers need additional data, we are providing them with more time to become familiar with the new plan," it blogged Thursday. The cable ISP said this month it was pausing overage fees until August on the 1.2 TB limit in Eastern and Northeastern states (see 2102030017). That delay didn't end concerns from state and local officials. See our report here.
All comments support CTIA’s petition for reconsideration of 5G Fund rules (see 2102090037), approved 3-2 in October (see 2010270034), and the FCC should make the changes sought, CTIA replied, posted Friday in docket 20-32. The Rural Wireless Association and NTCA defended their petition seeking recon of excluding "areas from eligibility for support in the 5G Fund Phase I auction based upon where new mobile coverage data submitted in the Digital Opportunity Data Collection show the existence of either unsubsidized 4G LTE or unsubsidized 5G broadband service,” they said: “T-Mobile and AT&T fail to show why the Commission’s decision on eligibility should not be reconsidered.” The Coalition of Rural Wireless Carriers (CWRC) fired back against T-Mobile's objections to its petition. “The principal issue is whether the Commission’s decision in the 5G Fund Order disregards guardrails enacted by Congress and therefore must be reconsidered and revised,” it said. The FCC misreads Consolidated 2016 Appropriations Act Section 631, CRWC said: “The statute bars the Commission from using any funds to change rules governing high-cost support provided to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in any manner that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of Section 54.307 of the FCC’s rules, which provide that the phase-down of legacy support must be paused until the Commission has implemented Mobility Fund Phase II.”
Comcast again delayed implementing its data cap plan for numerous Eastern states, now until 2022. "While only a very small percentage of customers need additional data, we are providing them with more time to become familiar with the new plan," it blogged Thursday. The cable ISP said this month it was pausing overage fees until August on the 1.2 TB limit in Eastern and Northeastern states (see 2102030017). That delay didn't end concerns from state and local officials. See our report here.
In a recent expansion on the cost of a rule on imports of computers, telecom equipment, robots, drones and other electronics, the Commerce Department estimated that the six nations named as foreign adversaries were responsible for more than half of U.S. imports of those goods. Commerce earlier estimated that the total cost of the regulation could be as high as $20 billion (see 2101150055), and that remains, but they broke it down into the cost to learn about the rule, the cost to develop a compliance plan, the cost for annual compliance, and the cost of compliance with investigations.
The FCC has taken several actions in recent years to curb Illegal robocalls, with a multipronged approach to stop bad actors, lawyers told Incompas Tuesday. They said providers should adopt a mitigation program that best suits their network and is reasonably expected to reduce robocalls. “It’s all about flexibility,” and any bump in the road needs to be addressed quickly, said Gunnar Halley, Microsoft assistant general counsel. The FCC should consider taking a moment to pause and see how its efforts are panning out, said Sheba Chacko, BT Americas chief regulatory counsel.