The FCC Wireless Bureau set a pleading cycle on AT&T’s proposed buy of various spectrum licenses from CenturyTel Broadband Wireless. AT&T wants to take control of 51 lower 700 MHz B-block, four lower 700 MHz C-block and six AWS-1 licenses from CenturyTel, said a bureau notice (http://xrl.us/bnpgug). The companies said the buys would help AT&T’s effort to roll out LTE in 54 cellular market areas, the bureau said. “Preliminary review of the application indicates that post-transaction, AT&T would hold, in total, 33-143 megahertz of spectrum,” the notice said. “In addition, in 25 of the CMAs that are the subject of this application, AT&T would hold, post-transaction, a maximum of 55 megahertz of spectrum below 1 GHz.” Petitions to deny are due Sept. 25, oppositions Oct. 5, replies Oct. 15.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Sept. 12 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 11, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Coast Guard is seeking feedback by Oct. 11 on an interim report by the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study (ACPARS) workgroup, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Sept. 11. The study updates the status of the work and the remaining requirements for completion. The data gathered may result in the establishment of one or more new vessel routing measures, changes to existing routing measures, or disestablishment of existing routing measures off the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Florida.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-888). The ITA continued to find that the only respondent in this review, Foshan Shunde Tongjian Housewares & Hardwares Co., Ltd., failed to cooperate and so assigned it the China-wide AD rate of 157.68 percent. This rate, which is effective Sept. 11, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851), which sets an AD cash deposit rate for five companies. These rates, which are effective Sept. 11, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802) which sets AD cash deposit rates for 34 exporters and rescinds the review with respect to four companies.1 These rates, which are effective Sept. 11, 2012, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The market for power management chips “likely recovered” in Q2 this year after a six-month decline thanks to “strong demand” for products including smartphones and tablets, according to a preliminary IHS iSuppli estimate released Friday. IHS estimated that Q2 global revenue from power management semiconductors grew 9.7 percent from Q1 to $7.9 billion. There was a 10.7 percent decrease in Q4 last year and a 4 percent contraction of revenue in Q1, it said. “While lack of demand was to blame for the dismal performance” in Q4 and Q1, “a pickup in the market for power management chips in consumer-type products is believed to have returned the market to growth” in Q2, said Marijana Vukicevic, IHS senior principal analyst-power management. “The products responsible for fueling growth” included mobile handsets, tablets, PCs and other CE devices, such as cameras, the analyst said. The “encouraging” revenue results estimate for Q2 will “help reverse some of the inventory buildup accumulating in the channel for the last three quarters, when consumer spending had slowed down amid prevailing economic uncertainties,” IHS said. Continued growth is expected for the remaining two quarters this year as the markets enter the “busy selling season,” it said. Total 2012 power management revenue is expected to reach $32.4 billion, it said. Although 2012 will end with a “very modest projected pickup of 1.7 percent after nearly flat growth in 2010, the years ahead will see a boost in the power management space,” IHS predicted. The consumer markets are “expected to regain some vigor starting in 2013, while growth will continue uninterrupted in the industrial and alternative energy sectors traditionally home to a strong power management revenue base,” it said. The largest expansion over the next five years, at a compound annual growth rate until 2016 of nearly 30 percent, will come from the use of power management chips in iPads and other tablets, it projected.
The market for power management chips “likely recovered” in Q2 this year after a six-month decline thanks to “strong demand” for products including smartphones and tablets, according to a preliminary IHS iSuppli estimate released Friday. IHS estimated that Q2 global revenue from power management semiconductors grew 9.7 percent from Q1 to $7.9 billion. There was a 10.7 percent decrease in Q4 last year and a 4 percent contraction of revenue in Q1, it said. “While lack of demand was to blame for the dismal performance” in Q4 and Q1, “a pickup in the market for power management chips in consumer-type products is believed to have returned the market to growth” in Q2, said Marijana Vukicevic, IHS senior principal analyst-power management. “The products responsible for fueling growth” included mobile handsets, tablets, PCs and other CE devices, such as cameras, the analyst said. The “encouraging” revenue results estimate for Q2 will “help reverse some of the inventory buildup accumulating in the channel for the last three quarters, when consumer spending had slowed down amid prevailing economic uncertainties,” IHS said. Continued growth is expected for the remaining two quarters this year as the markets enter the “busy selling season,” it said. Total 2012 power management revenue is expected to reach $32.4 billion, it said. Although 2012 will end with a “very modest projected pickup of 1.7 percent after nearly flat growth in 2010, the years ahead will see a boost in the power management space,” IHS predicted. The consumer markets are “expected to regain some vigor starting in 2013, while growth will continue uninterrupted in the industrial and alternative energy sectors traditionally home to a strong power management revenue base,” it said. The largest expansion over the next five years, at a compound annual growth rate until 2016 of nearly 30 percent, will come from the use of power management chips in iPads and other tablets, it projected.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Sept. 7 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):