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Retail Asia28/11/2022

For years, even before 2019 when Huawei was placed on the Entity List banning it from access to its American supply chain (including Google), the company was considered a national security threat along with ZTE. The Chinese phone and telecom equipment makers were often accused of putting backdoors in their handsets and equipment, allowing them […]

Retail Asia29/01/2020

The mid-band spectrum is the prize behind T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint. The latter owns a hoard of 2.5GHz spectrum and T-Mobile wants it. Why? As T-Mobile CEO John Legere said under oath earlier this month, with Sprint’s spectrum T-Mobile will “triple the total 5G capacity of standalone T-Mobile and Sprint combined.” If the deal […]

Retail Asia07/05/2019

The chairman of the US FCC has urged the agency to reject China Mobile’s applications to provide telecom services in the US market on national security grounds, in the latest salvo in the telecom trade war between China and the US. Federal Communications chairman Ajit Pai has released a statement urging his fellow FCC executives […]

Retail Asia04/04/2019

Soon, those searching for a cheap Android tablet won’t have to deal with the lack of Google Play Services found on the low-priced Amazon Fire Tablets. The line, powered by a forked version of Android, does not come with core Google apps including the Play Store. Instead, Amazon’s own app storefront is included. A tweet […]

Retail Asia04/04/2019

Round 29 of the US FCC’s 24-GHz auction closed Wednesday with $1,592,755,155 in gross proceeds, with the nation’s biggest cities garnering millions of dollars in bids. New York topped $41 million and Los Angeles tallied over $31 million. It’s the little town of Van Horn, Texas, that’s setting the record so far for price per […]

Retail Asia16/10/2018

Ericsson president and CEO Börje Ekholm recently met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to talk about how the US is making more millimeter wave spectrum available for 5G, its progress in reducing the time involved in tower siting and clearing the way for network slicing, a key component of 5G. Ekholm applauded the FCC’s recent order […]

Tag: FCC

FCC bans new telecom gear from Huawei and ZTE

FCC approval commercializes much needed mid-band spectrum

FCC may ban China Mobile from US market

Walmart is taking on Amazon with its upcoming tablet

US FCC’s 24-GHz auction passes $1.5b in bids

Ericsson CEO talks 5G with US FCC