House Communications Subcommittee Republicans delivered their opening legislative response Thursday to President Donald Trump's executive actions aimed at improving broadband deployments in rural areas. Trump signed an executive order and presidential memo Monday on rural broadband issues (see 1801080063), which some communications sector officials and lobbyists have since said they view as limited in scope. Several lobbyists told us before the Thursday announcement that legislation from telecom-focused lawmakers would be needed to bolster Trump's actions.
The land mobile via satellite industry should see cumulative revenue of more than $19.4 billion between 2016 and 2026, Northern Sky Research said Wednesday. It said after "a challenging" 2015-2016, mobile satellite service (MSS) land revenue is growing again due to some growth in energy markets and to more product diversity such as hot spot devices and consumer handhelds. It said sales of push-to-talk devices remain slow, and sales of traditional handheld devices are expected to peak in 2020. NSR said better terrestrial network reliability, cellular network footprint expansion and 5G all will mean tougher competition for MSS operators and service providers. It said increased market share depends on cutting costs, with a focus also needed on partnering and integrating with terrestrial network operators.
LAS VEGAS -- The move to 5G is a top priority for NTIA, said Administrator David Redl in remarks Tuesday at CES, one of his first major policy addresses since he took the job late last year. “We must do everything we can this year and beyond to accelerate America’s 5G leadership,” Redl said. “CES is a great showcase of how high-speed connectivity has driven economic growth and innovation in this country and around the world.”
LAS VEGAS -- The move to 5G is a top priority for NTIA, said Administrator David Redl in remarks Tuesday at CES, one of his first major policy addresses since he took the job late last year. “We must do everything we can this year and beyond to accelerate America’s 5G leadership,” Redl said. “CES is a great showcase of how high-speed connectivity has driven economic growth and innovation in this country and around the world.”
LAS VEGAS -- The move to 5G is a top priority for NTIA, said Administrator David Redl in remarks Tuesday at CES, one of his first major policy addresses since he took the job late last year. “We must do everything we can this year and beyond to accelerate America’s 5G leadership,” Redl said. “CES is a great showcase of how high-speed connectivity has driven economic growth and innovation in this country and around the world.”
LAS VEGAS -- Fifth-generation wireless will be a complete change from earlier generations, technologists said at CES. The move to 5G and the IoT have been top wireless themes at the conference. Erik Ekudden, Ericsson chief technology officer, said 5G will be like having a fiber connection in your pocket. Ekudden and others predicted the U.S. will face tough competition to be the leader on 5G.
LAS VEGAS -- Fifth-generation wireless will be a complete change from earlier generations, technologists said at CES. The move to 5G and the IoT have been top wireless themes at the conference. Erik Ekudden, Ericsson chief technology officer, said 5G will be like having a fiber connection in your pocket. Ekudden and others predicted the U.S. will face tough competition to be the leader on 5G.
LAS VEGAS -- Fifth-generation wireless will be a complete change from earlier generations, technologists said at CES. The move to 5G and the IoT have been top wireless themes at the conference. Erik Ekudden, Ericsson chief technology officer, said 5G will be like having a fiber connection in your pocket. Ekudden and others predicted the U.S. will face tough competition to be the leader on 5G.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order and presidential memorandum Monday aimed at improving broadband deployments in rural areas of the U.S., saying during an American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Nashville it will be the first of several actions aimed at expanding service. The order is aimed at “streamlining and expediting requests” for rural broadband projects, Trump said. The memo targets tower facilities at Department of the Interior-managed lands. "Those towers are going to go up and you're going to have great, great broadband," Trump said. The texts of the orders weren't available at our deadline. Industry lobbyists tipped the possibility of executive orders last week but said they would be a precursor to -- but separate from -- broadband proposals the Trump administration may include in an anticipated infrastructure legislative package. Trump committed last year to improve broadband connectivity as part of a wider strategy at bolstering rural infrastructure (see 1706220042).
President Donald Trump signed an executive order and presidential memorandum Monday aimed at improving broadband deployments in rural areas of the U.S., saying during an American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Nashville it will be the first of several actions aimed at expanding service. The order is aimed at “streamlining and expediting requests” for rural broadband projects, Trump said. The memo targets tower facilities at Department of the Interior-managed lands. "Those towers are going to go up and you're going to have great, great broadband," Trump said. The texts of the orders weren't available at our deadline. Industry lobbyists tipped the possibility of executive orders last week but said they would be a precursor to -- but separate from -- broadband proposals the Trump administration may include in an anticipated infrastructure legislative package. Trump committed last year to improve broadband connectivity as part of a wider strategy at bolstering rural infrastructure (see 1706220042).