Oct 19, 2018 Web-Based Wireless Workforce Training Scheduled for Wednesdays this Fall The Telecommunications Education Center (TEC) is working to increase the pool of skilled employees by offering comprehensive training and education courses designed to teach the skills that will be needed as wireless networks evolve to 5G. WIA Blog
Sep 13, 2018 FCC Takes Action as Hurricane Florence Approaches East Coast (September 13, 2018) The Federal Communications Commission is preparing for Hurricane Florence, which is expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours, by activating its Disaster Information Reporting System WIA Blog
Sep 12, 2018 ‘Packed Landscape’ of Wireless Policy Initiatives Includes Small Cell Streamlining, Spectrum Allocations The wireless industry is experiencing perhaps the most active policy agenda in its history, Jonathan Adelstein, president and CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, said during a webinar presented by WIA Blog
Sep 6, 2018 FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Outlines Next Steps on 5G Deployment FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr described the next steps the Commission will take to encourage 5G deployment during remarks at the Indiana Statehouse on Sept. 4. 5G could prove one of WIA Blog
Sep 5, 2018 Access to New Spectrum in the Sharing Economy: WIA to Host Webinar on the FCC’s New 3.5 GHz CBRS Spectrum Sharing Rules By K.C. Halm and Van Bloys, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is on the verge of finalizing plans to make available an additional 150 megahertz of WIA Blog
Aug 9, 2018 FCC: State and Local Moratoria are Clear Violation of Federal Law Recently at its August Open Meeting, the FCC made clear that state and local moratoria on the deployment of telecommunications services and facilities are a violation of federal law. Moratoria continue to be one of the highest obstacles to broadband infrastructure deployment. 5G networks will require the deployment of many WIA Blog