The EPA is taking a “fresh approach” to promoting Energy Star-certified smart thermostats, it said Monday, targeting eco-conscious homeowners who haven't switched from programmable to smart devices. The agency’s promotional creative will lead with environmentally focused messaging with the themes “A Perfect Climate Inside and Out” and “Perfect for Everywhere You Live,” it said. Media will include display and video advertising; paid social on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter; paid search; content marketing; and a conversion-focused campaign landing page, it said.
The EPA is taking a “fresh approach” to promoting Energy Star-certified smart thermostats, it said Monday, targeting eco-conscious homeowners who haven't switched from programmable to smart devices. The agency’s promotional creative will lead with environmentally focused messaging with the themes “A Perfect Climate Inside and Out” and “Perfect for Everywhere You Live,” it said. Media will include display and video advertising; paid social on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter; paid search; content marketing; and a conversion-focused campaign landing page, it said.
The 6 GHz, citizens broadband radio service and C bands got much of the attention at the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit Thursday. Another hot topic was CBRS-like sharing beyond the 3.5 GHz band. FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly touched on all three bands during his keynote speech (see 1906270026).
The 6 GHz, citizens broadband radio service and C bands got much of the attention at the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit Thursday. Another hot topic was CBRS-like sharing beyond the 3.5 GHz band. FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly touched on all three bands during his keynote speech (see 1906270026).
The 6 GHz, citizens broadband radio service and C bands got much of the attention at the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit Thursday. Another hot topic was CBRS-like sharing beyond the 3.5 GHz band. FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly touched on all three bands during his keynote speech (see 1906270026).
CTIA, the Wireless Innovation Forum and Wireless ISP Association said the FCC should reject a petition by CallComm seeking reconsideration of the 2018 citizens broadband radio service order. The company, in docket 17-258, said the FCC failed to address the protected status of non-federal land mobile radiolocation licensees in the 3.5 GHz band. “Dismiss the Petition as untimely and substantively deficient,” CTIA asked: “The Petition does not identify a single issue raised or decided in the 2018 3.5 GHz Report and Order for purposes of reconsideration and instead amounts to an untimely petition for reconsideration of the Commission’s 2015 3.5 GHz Report and Order.” Due to its secondary status, CallComm “is not entitled to incumbency rights or interference protection with respect to primary services in the band, including the fixed and mobile allocations under which the [CBRS] operates,” the WinnForum said. WISPA also objected.
United Plastic Molders (UPM) seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports of fish-handling pliers that infringe its patent and trademarks, it said in a Section 337 complaint filed June 21 with the International Trade Commission. UPM says several Chinese companies are manufacturing infringing pliers, including the Betts Billy Bay Grab ‘n Grip Fish Gripper and Sam’s Fishing ABS Plastics Fish Grip, that copy UPM’s Fish Grip pliers. The pliers are used to safely and securely land a hooked fish and remove the hook from the fish’s mouth. UPM also seeks cease and desist orders against those Chinese companies, which include Yixing Five Union Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.; NOEBY Fishing Tackle Co., Ltd.; Weihai iLure Fishing Tackle Co., Ltd.; SamsFX; and Weihai Lotus Outdoor Co., Ltd. Comments are due to the ITC by July 5.
The FCC scheduled a tribal workshop July 17 at Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan in Mount Pleasant, said a public notice in Friday’s Daily Digest. It begins about 8:45 a.m. and will include information on spectrum opportunities the commission is considering that may promote expanded broadband access on tribal lands.
The FCC scheduled a tribal workshop July 17 at Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan in Mount Pleasant, said a public notice in Friday’s Daily Digest. It begins about 8:45 a.m. and will include information on spectrum opportunities the commission is considering that may promote expanded broadband access on tribal lands.
Aviation associations updated the FCC on their look at potential interference to flight operations in the 4.2-4.4 GHz band by expanded use of the nearby C band for 5G. The commercial aviation industry continues testing “to better evaluate the impact of unwanted emissions into radio altimeters,” the groups said. “As radio altimeters provide essential safety of flight information during the most critical phases of flight, it is vital that the testing accurately reflect any potential impact the aircraft will experience during take-off and landing, or when conducting extended low altitude operations, as are common with helicopters,” said the filing in docket 18-122. “This has added complexity to the assessment with the various proposed 5G and other new entrant services, and it is anticipated that the results from this effort will be shared with the Commission in the coming months as the work develops.” The Air Line Pilots Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Aerospace Industries Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association and International Air Transport Association were among those signing the filing, posted Thursday.