telecoms
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Bangladesh Shuts Down 3G, 4G Access Across Entire Country Ahead Of Elections
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, the nation’s top telecommunications regulator, has ordered mobile providers to shut down all 3G and 4G services until midnight on Dec. 30, effective immediately, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.
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The Feds Are Now Looking Into Who Sent Millions Of Fake Net Neutrality Comments To The FCC
Federal investigators are looking into whether the mass submission of millions of fraudulent letters on net neutrality to the Federal Communications Commission’s digital comment system was a crime as part of a Department of Justice investigation, BuzzFeed News reported on Saturday.
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ZTE Is Starting To Resume Operations Under A Temporary Commerce Department Waiver
Chinese smartphone and networking equipment manufacturer ZTE scored another concession from the White House today, with Reuters reporting that the Department of Commerce had decided to grant it a “temporary reprieve” from a ban on purchasing components from US companies that recently led to ZTE shutting down its operations.
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FCC Allows Limited Testing Of Controversial Unlicensed LTE Technology
Depending on who you talk to, LTE-U — the term given to using mobile LTE technology to transmit in unlicensed airwaves — is either the future of communications, or a terrible idea that will wreck Wi-Fi. The US FCC is studiously not taking sides in the argument, but is allowing further testing.