Chinese consumer tech and content giant LeEco plans its “official launch” in the U.S. at an Oct. 19 event in San Francisco, the company said Friday. LeEco is “the global tech company whose super phones, TVs and bikes have been beating out the world’s top brands -- but we have a lot more than just screens planned,” the company said. LeEco CEO Jia Yueting sees his company “comprehensively landing in the United States,” he told a July news conference where it was announced that LeEco would buy Vizio for $2 billion (see 1607260066).
Chinese consumer tech and content giant LeEco plans its “official launch” in the U.S. at an Oct. 19 event in San Francisco, the company said Friday. LeEco is “the global tech company whose super phones, TVs and bikes have been beating out the world’s top brands -- but we have a lot more than just screens planned,” the company said. LeEco CEO Jia Yueting sees his company “comprehensively landing in the United States,” he told a July news conference where it was announced that LeEco would buy Vizio for $2 billion (see 1607260066).
Chinese consumer tech and content giant LeEco plans its “official launch” in the U.S. at an Oct. 19 event in San Francisco, the company said Friday. LeEco is “the global tech company whose super phones, TVs and bikes have been beating out the world’s top brands -- but we have a lot more than just screens planned,” the company said. LeEco CEO Jia Yueting sees his company “comprehensively landing in the United States,” he told a July news conference where it was announced that LeEco would buy Vizio for $2 billion (see 1607260066).
The FCC proposed a penalty of $10,000 against Trimont Land Co. for “apparently willfully and repeatedly” operating on channel 156.800 MHz, an international distress, safety and calling channel. The bureau said the channel functions like a maritime 911 channel. Commission action in this area is essential because the improper use of 156.800 MHz hinders the ability of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to monitor the channel for distress signals and to respond to vessels in distress, the bureau said. The FCC investigated after the Coast Guard reported an unknown operator was using the channel in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California, “in a manner that impaired the USCG’s ability to monitor Lake Tahoe for distress signals,” the bureau said. An FCC agent traced the calls to Northstar Ski Resort and Mt. Pluto in California where an employee reported Trimont had installed a supervisory control and data acquisition system on a pump and water tank system at the summit of the mountain, the bureau said. Trimont didn't comment.
The FCC said it reauthorized its Intergovernmental Advisory Committee for another two-year term and is seeking nominations for membership in a public notice Thursday. The current term of the IAC expired July 14. “The mission of the IAC is to provide advice to the Commission on the many telecommunications issues affecting local, state and Tribal governments that are within the jurisdiction of the FCC,” the notice said. “These issues can range from major FCC policy priorities such as broadband adoption and deployment, especially in unserved and underserved rural areas and Tribal lands, strengthening public safety communications infrastructure and emergency response capabilities, streamlining facilities siting, while respecting public rights-of-way, monitoring the transition from ‘legacy’ telecommunications services to emerging wireline networks and wireless networks, and ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the universal service programs.”
Lockheed Martin received a $395 million Air Force contract for producing the ninth and 10th GPS III satellites, the company said in a news release Wednesday. The first eight satellites are under contract in production at Lockheed Martin's GPS III Processing Facility in Colorado, it said, with the first satellite to be delivered to the Air Force later this year. The latest production contract covers both full production and long-lead items, Lockheed Martin said.
BlackBerry views its decision to exit handset development and manufacturing in favor of a royalty-bearing model that licenses its brand and intellectual property to other smartphone makers as “the best way to drive profitability in the device business,” CEO John Chen said on a Wednesday earnings call. The company no longer will develop its own consumer hardware and expects to be out of that activity completely during the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, Chen said.
BlackBerry views its decision to exit handset development and manufacturing in favor of a royalty-bearing model that licenses its brand and intellectual property to other smartphone makers as “the best way to drive profitability in the device business,” CEO John Chen said on a Wednesday earnings call. The company no longer will develop its own consumer hardware and expects to be out of that activity completely during the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, Chen said.
In the Sept. 21 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 38) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for the classification of children's fishing rod and reel combinations and refinery modules.
BlackBerry views its decision to exit handset development and manufacturing in favor of a royalty-bearing model that licenses its brand and intellectual property to other smartphone makers as “the best way to drive profitability in the device business,” CEO John Chen said on a Wednesday earnings call. The company no longer will develop its own consumer hardware and expects to be out of that activity completely during the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, Chen said.