• Major airlines cancel, change flights to U.S. over 5G dispute

    Major airlines cancel, change flights to U.S. over 5G dispute

    Jan 19, 2022 05:04 PM EST

    ... may affect radio altimeter equipment accuracy and reliability,” the FAA said in December. France, for example, reduces the power of the networks near airports. The FCC's chairwoman said in a statement that the 5G “deployment can safely co-exist with aviation technologies in the United States, just as it ...

  • Here's why airlines are pushing against plans to launch 5G services near airports

    Here's why airlines are pushing against plans to launch 5G services near airports

    Jan 18, 2022 09:34 PM EST

    ... the companies time to implement the agreement. AT&T and Verizon will be allowed to launch C-Band service this month under already-granted FCC licenses. The airlines have until Friday to give the companies a list of up to 50 airports where they believe the power of C ...

  • AT&T, Verizon pause some new 5G after airlines raise alarm

    AT&T, Verizon pause some new 5G after airlines raise alarm

    Jan 18, 2022 08:11 PM EST

    The airline industry and the FAA say that they have tried to raise alarms about potential interference from 5G C-Band but the FCC has ignored them. The telecoms, the FCC and their supporters argue that C-Band and aircraft altimeters operate far enough apart on the radio spectrum to ...

  • WATCH: White House infrastructure advisor Landrieu and press secretary Psaki hold a briefing

    WATCH: White House infrastructure advisor Landrieu and press secretary Psaki hold a briefing

    Jan 18, 2022 04:54 PM EST

    ... the making. The airline industry and the FAA say that they have tried to raise alarms about potential interference from 5G C-Band but the FCC has ignored them. The telecoms, the FCC and their supporters argue that C-Band and aircraft altimeters operate far enough apart on the radio ...

  • FIFA investigates NWSL coach abuse scandal; games called off

    FIFA investigates NWSL coach abuse scandal; games called off

    Oct 01, 2021 10:26 PM EST

    ... Post report detailed verbal and emotional abuse of players. The league formally dismissed Burke and sanctioned the Spirit on Tuesday after an independent investigation.Gotham FC general manager Alyse LaHue was fired in July after an investigation connected to the league's antiharassment policy. She has denied any wrongdoing. Racing ...

  • Newton Minow's concern for children transformed TV. Here's what he'd still change

    Newton Minow's concern for children transformed TV. Here's what he'd still change

    May 07, 2021 10:25 PM EST

    60 years ago this Sunday — on May 9, 1961 — then Head of the FCC, Newton Minow, gave his first major speech, declaring U.S. television programming a "vast wasteland," because he saw the missed opportunities of what TV could offer. The phrase helped lead to the genesis of PBS. Minow ...

  • Looking back at a year of Supreme Court cases tried over the phone

    Looking back at a year of Supreme Court cases tried over the phone

    May 04, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... unmute function. John Roberts: Justice Sotomayor? Sonia Sotomayor: I'm sorry, Chief. Did it again. John Yang: And last May, a sound never before heard in a Supreme Court argument. Man: And what the FCC has said is that, when the subject matter of the call ranges to such topics...

  • Formal start of final phase of Afghan pullout by US, NATO

    Formal start of final phase of Afghan pullout by US, NATO

    May 01, 2021 06:38 PM EST

    ... that since Biden announced the end-of-summer withdrawal date in mid-April, only roughly 60 military personnel had left the country. https://youtu.be/FcCctkpnneA The U.S. and its NATO allies went into Afghanistan together on Oct. 7, 2001 to hunt the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9 ...

  • Millions of students with limited broadband access at risk of falling behind amid COVID-19

    Millions of students with limited broadband access at risk of falling behind amid COVID-19

    Feb 25, 2021 11:39 PM EST

    But many say the way the FCC counts coverage is highly inaccurate and paints an overly rosy picture. BroadbandNow, which researches connectivity across the country, estimates the number of disconnected Americans at 42 million. Microsoft says 157 million Americans, or about half the country, have slow or unreliable Internet. Dr ...

  • Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot to merge, creating world’s 4th-largest auto company

    Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot to merge, creating world’s 4th-largest auto company

    Jan 04, 2021 03:56 PM EST

    ... to close any plants. Analyst Patrick Hummel from UBS bank said he expected "immediate action to be taken right after closing, for example by bringing FCA's European product on the PSA architectures." Still, analysts point out that gaining cost savings is only the first of many that the new ...