---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191015001023.GA26172@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:10:23 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: D.C. Circuit Vacates FCC Order Preempting State Net Neutrality Regulation By Brett A. Shumate, Michael B. Hazzard and Bruce A. Olcott In the latest development in the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") decade-long approach to net neutrality, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the FCC's 2018 order preempting state net neutrality regulations and remanded three discrete issues to the FCC, but otherwise affirmed the FCC's latest net neutrality policy. The FCC's 2018 "Restoring Internet Freedom Order" classified broadband internet access service as an information service under Title I of the Communications Act, repealed and replaced the net neutrality rules adopted in the FCC's 2015 "Open Internet Order," and preempted state net neutrality regulations that are inconsistent with the FCC's deregulatory approach. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=852402&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191015002231.GA26276@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:22:31 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: GSA Implements Restrictions On Certain Chinese-Made Telecommunications Services And Equipment By Jonathan E. Meyer, Townsend L. Bourne, David S. Gallacher and Bryce Chadwick On September 9, 2019, the U.S. General Services Administration ("GSA") announced it would be issuing a mass modification (expected sometime this month) requiring all new and existing GSA Multiple Award Schedule ("MAS") contracts include two new clauses. The new clauses come in response to Section 889 of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), and recently implemented FAR provisions, which impose prohibitions relating to the procurement of certain Chinese telecommunications equipment and services http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=851820&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <93C253A6-A9FE-4783-9899-059BB7670550@roscom.com> Date: 13 Oct 2019 21:04:54 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Inexpensive, unpatched phones put billions of users' privacy at risk Billions who only connect with cheap Android phones pay with their personal info. By Kate Cox Privacy, it seems, is increasingly a luxury reserved for those who can afford it. "Free" services are rarely free, and in the 21st century, the adage seems to be that if you aren't paying with your money, you're paying with your personal data. But while a user at the higher ends of the income scale can afford to be choosy with both their cash and their privacy, users of the cheap, mostly Android-based smart- phones that dominate the market worldwide are bearing the burden. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/inexpensive-unpatched-phones-put-billions-of-users-privacy-at-risk/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <A17F46E6-92D1-42A3-BDD6-20FD1DC03F34@roscom.com> Date: 16 Oct 2019 15:50:58 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Using Old Cellphones to Listen for Illegal Loggers Indonesian villagers are trying out a treetop surveillance system that uses recycled phones and artificial intelligence software to detect chain saws. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/climate/indonesia-logging-deforestation.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 18 Oct 2019