Dell will use Corning’s Iris glass as the light-guide plate for an upcoming line of “ultra-thin and ultra-bright monitors,” Corning CEO Wendell Weeks told his company’s annual investor conference Friday. Corning introduced Iris glass as the basis for light-guide plates at CES two years ago as a means of enabling ultra-thin LCD TVs that could better compete with the form factor of OLED sets (see 1501090015).
Federal users are still showing some reluctance to work with FirstNet, Kraig Moise, chairman of the Public Safety Advisory Committee’s Federal Working Group, told the full group Thursday. The committee represents public safety interests. FirstNet is becoming a reality, said FirstNet Vice Chairman Jeff Johnson at the PSAC meeting. Johnson said he would be surprised if in the end every state and territory doesn’t opt in. The meeting was livestreamed from San Antonio. Meanwhile, states are considering their next move.
If the idea of elevating satellite downlinks to primary status in the 460-470 MHz band moves forward at 2019's World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), terrestrial operations -- particularly public safety ones -- need adequate protection, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council said in a filing to be posted in FCC docket 16-185. NPSTC said it backs Land Mobile Communications Council recommendations for terrestrial operation protection, including the involvement of Part 90 private land mobile radio users in formulating rule changes, inclusion of LMCC and private land mobile radio representation in testing; barring continuous carrier mode without satellite monitoring; no satellite operation over certain Part 90 low power pool channels; and required use of reduced power density, spread spectrum technology and other mitigation measures discussed in Resolution No. 766 adopted at WRC-15 and potentially to be discussed more at WRC-19.
CBP is looking at the feasibility of scanning all commercial trucks coming into the U.S. with non-intrusive inspection (NII) technology, said Office of Field Operations Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner John Wagner at a House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing June 13 (here). Asked about the use of non-intrusive technology, Wagner said "we are looking at some things with commercial truck traffic and being able to run trucks through, 100 percent through, the scanning." The agency will "look at what the impact could be, and could we actually accomplish that in the right amount of time," he said. Wagner also emphasized CBP’s requested increase to fund its Office of Trade, which he said should fulfill the office’s need to hire more employees to help with analysis, rulemaking and “regulatory work.” The budget (here) requests $263.3 million for the Office of Trade in fiscal year 2018, a $51.5 million increase over the annualized fiscal year 2017 continuing resolution funding level.
SiriusXM will pay $480 million to buy 19 percent of Pandora’s outstanding common shares, SiriusXM said in a Friday announcement. Under the deal, which will land SiriusXM three seats on the Pandora board, including that of chairman, SiriusXM is making a “strategic investment” in Pandora that's “a unique opportunity” to enter “the ad-supported digital radio business, a space where SiriusXM does not play today,” said CEO Jim Meyer in a statement. “Pandora's large user base and its ability to provide listeners with a personalized music experience are tremendous assets.” Nearly two years ago, senior SiriusXM executives told investors not to expect the company to enter the streaming audio marketplace anytime soon (see 1507280011). With a strategic review complete, Pandora said it's selling Ticketfly to Eventbrite for $200 million in a deal to close next quarter that's expected to include a deal letting the streaming radio service "substantially broaden the scale of its ticketing opportunities."
SiriusXM will pay $480 million to buy 19 percent of Pandora’s outstanding common shares, SiriusXM said in a Friday announcement. Under the deal, which will land SiriusXM three seats on the Pandora board, including that of chairman, SiriusXM is making a “strategic investment” in Pandora that's “a unique opportunity” to enter “the ad-supported digital radio business, a space where SiriusXM does not play today,” said CEO Jim Meyer in a statement. “Pandora's large user base and its ability to provide listeners with a personalized music experience are tremendous assets.” Nearly two years ago, senior SiriusXM executives told investors not to expect the company to enter the streaming audio marketplace anytime soon (see 1507280011). With a strategic review complete, Pandora said it's selling Ticketfly to Eventbrite for $200 million in a deal to close next quarter that's expected to include a deal letting the streaming radio service "substantially broaden the scale of its ticketing opportunities."
SiriusXM will pay $480 million to buy 19 percent of Pandora’s outstanding common shares, SiriusXM said in a Friday announcement. Under the deal, which will land SiriusXM three seats on the Pandora board, including that of chairman, SiriusXM is making a “strategic investment” in Pandora that's “a unique opportunity” to enter “the ad-supported digital radio business, a space where SiriusXM does not play today,” said CEO Jim Meyer in a statement. “Pandora's large user base and its ability to provide listeners with a personalized music experience are tremendous assets.” Nearly two years ago, senior SiriusXM executives told investors not to expect the company to enter the streaming audio marketplace anytime soon (see 1507280011). With a strategic review complete, Pandora said it's selling Ticketfly to Eventbrite for $200 million in a deal to close next quarter that's expected to include a deal letting the streaming radio service "substantially broaden the scale of its ticketing opportunities."
The Trump administration is fleshing out views on sharing spectrum between federal agencies and commercial users and some other spectrum issues, almost five months into the Donald Trump presidency. In contrast to the FCC, where Ajit Pai quickly remade the agency as exemplified by the transformed Technological Advisory Council (see 1706080031), the Trump team is coalescing, industry officials said. The administration is expected to be more skeptical about sharing, favoring exclusive-use licenses, but the White House has been quiet and its stance is apparently evolving.
The Trump administration is fleshing out views on sharing spectrum between federal agencies and commercial users and some other spectrum issues, almost five months into the Donald Trump presidency. In contrast to the FCC, where Ajit Pai quickly remade the agency as exemplified by the transformed Technological Advisory Council (see 1706080031), the Trump team is coalescing, industry officials said. The administration is expected to be more skeptical about sharing, favoring exclusive-use licenses, but the White House has been quiet and its stance is apparently evolving.
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is suspending for another year the fee it charges for supervision of official inspection and weighing services of domestic grain and land carriers to Canada and Mexico performed by delegated states or designated agencies, it said (here). GIPSA said it is suspending the fee from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, because its operating reserve continues to exceed the legal maximum of six months of reserve funding for supervision services by a large margin. The fee has been suspended since July 1, 2016 (see 1606270018).