in an early test for 5G connectivity and speed, T-Mobile takes the lead with nearly double data speeds over AT&T and Verizon, at least for now, but needs to watch his rearview mirror closely.

 the FCC is issued cease and desist letters to three additional carriers charged with generating Robo calls spam traffic from overseas.

The FCC has released its agenda for the October open meeting which will include a virtual field meeting on disaster communications, stemming from hurricane Ida.

Nokia is reporting that they may have cracked the code on making mmWave for 5G Fixed Wireless Access usable. One of the propagation issues troubling 5G deployment is the inability to penetrate walls and buildings. Nokia engineers tinkering with the problem may have come up with a workaround. This is a critical advancement, that will make 5G more of a reality and significantly improve indoor reception and transmission.

Eight 911 service providers will be paying steep FCC penalties for failure to file service reliability certifications by last year’s deadline. For this year, the filing deadline was last Friday, October 15. Did they learn their lesson? Or will we have a new list you've gotten their hands slapped again? What we do know, is that the FCC is taking it seriously with financial penalties.