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Wireless Economic Impact Study: Industry Contributes $475 Billion Annually to U.S. GDP
The wireless industry, directly and indirectly, contributed $475 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2016, according to a new wireless economic impact study conducted by Accenture for CTIA – The Wireless Association. That…
Broadband Provider Groups Aim to Debunk “Overexaggerated” Net Neutrality Fears
Representatives of three broadband provider associations held a press conference today to attempt to debunk what one representative called “overexaggerated” and “catastrophic” Net Neutrality fears on the part of the American public. The action came…
ABI Sees Momentum for Global 5G Spectrum at 3.5 GHz
Momentum is growing for the creation of a global 5G spectrum band in the 3.5 GHz band, according to a new report from ABI Research. Citing regulatory announcements from “about 20 countries,” ABI said the…
FCC Signals Potential Compromise for Contentious CBRS Spectrum Rules
The FCC today took the first step toward resetting the rules for the CBRS spectrum band between 3550 MHz and 3700 MHz. The rationale for changing CBRS spectrum rules would be to foster an improved…
David-vs-Goliath Battle Ahead for CBRS Spectrum, Better Fixed Wireless Broadband in Play
The FCC will vote later this month to explore rule changes for the 3550-3700 MHz spectrum band, known as the CBRS band, including the possibility of larger license areas for longer time periods. According to…
Verizon CBRS Demo Ups Ante on Big Carrier Efforts to Change License Rules
Verizon’s news today that it has demonstrated mobile wireless service using LTE Advanced carrier aggregation in the CBRS spectrum band ups the ante on large mobile carriers’ efforts to establish new rules for that spectrum…
Strong Industry Support for Obama $400 Million Advanced Wireless Research Initiative
Four city-wide initiatives will be a key part of President Obama’s Advanced Wireless Research Initiative (AWRI), announced today. The initiative, which has the support of numerous communications companies and communications industry organizations, aims to spur…
U.S. Wireless Trends: 4 Million Messages Per Minute, 2.8 Trillion Minutes of Use
Americans consumed more than twice the amount of data in 2015 than they did the year before and three times that of 2013, according to survey data from CTIA on U.S. wireless trends. Network data…
CTIA Measures Wireless Industry GDP Impact at $282.1 Billion
A new market research report carried out by Recon Analytics for CTIA determined that the wireless industry contributes $194.8 billion a year to the domestic U.S. economy and estimated the wireless industry GDP impact at…
CCA, CTIA, Carriers Create EVOLVE Coalition to Garner LTE-U/ LAA Support
Technology that enables 4G LTE wireless communications over unlicensed spectrum gained broader industry support with the announcement today of the EVOLVE coalition. In a press release EVOLVE said it “will promote the consumer benefits of…
Brief Outlines Arguments Against Broadband Reclassification
A July 30th brief filed by several U.S. telcos and telecom organizations with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia summarizes the arguments that the parties will use in attempting to overturn…
Broadband Provider Associations Seek Stay of Title II Decision on Broadband
Five associations representing broadband service providers in two separate filings on Friday asked the FCC to stay its decision to reclassify broadband as a Title II telecommunications service. One filing came from the American Cable…