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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 14 Jun 2018
Volume 37 : Issue 137 : "text" format

Table of contents
FCC approves new "White Space" database providerBill Horne
FCC waives Emergency Alert System rules for testsBill Horne
After AT&T-Time Warner Approval, Focus Shifts to Comcast and DisneyMonty Solomon
USA v. AT&T INC. et al.Monty Solomon
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180612153057.GA9838@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:30:57 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC approves new "White Space" database provider By the Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology: I. introduction 1. In this Order, we conditionally designate Nominet UK (Nominet) as a white space database administrator pursuant to Section 15.715 of our rules, subject to conditions described herein.1 The white space databases are used by fixed and personal portable unlicensed devices to identify unused spectrum that is available at their geographic locations. https://www.fcc.gov/document/unlicensed-operation-tv-broadcast-bands -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180612154316.GA9880@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:43:16 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC waives Emergency Alert System rules for tests I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Order, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants a limited waiver of the Commission's Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules to permit EAS Participants1 and Participating Commercial Mobile Service (CMS) Providers2 to participate in a test to be conducted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP).3 This test will be a combined live EAS and end-to-end WEA test, conducted between 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (CDT) on July 17, 2018, with a backup date of July 19, 2018. For the reasons discussed below, we grant the MSHP request, subject to certain conditions. https://www.fcc.gov/document/pshsb-grants-waiver-missouri-live-eas-and-wea-test -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DF4DF819-FA45-4229-BCCA-0E328B160890@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:50:25 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: After AT&T-Time Warner Approval, Focus Shifts to Comcast and Disney https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/business/media/comcast-fox-media-deal-att. AT&T's court victory in its bid to buy Time Warner is the starting gun for a raft of media mergers that could upend the industry. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6B30E564-C982-42AF-9189-48986E7FBE36@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00:21 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: USA v. AT&T INC. et al. USA v. AT&T INC. et al. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2017cv2511-146 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 14 Jun 2018

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