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The FCC is voting to eliminate a Biden-era rule requiring ISPs to itemize all passthrough fees on broadband price labels, allowing them to instead list a single 'up to' amount and making price information less accessible.
SpaceX plans to launch a retail Starlink mobile service in the US, aiming to compete with terrestrial mobile networks, according to its bond offering prospectus. The move follows a $17 billion acquisition of EchoStar's spectrum licenses.
The article argues against the FCC's proposed Know Your Customer (KYC) rules for phone service, claiming they would create a surveillance regime that harms privacy and fails to stop determined criminals, while urging public action to oppose the regulation.
Presents a systematic study of parameter-efficient fine-tuning using LoRA on Qwen2.5-3B for telecommunications customer support, comparing 16 LoRA configurations with both traditional metrics and energy consumption analysis. Finds divergence between quantitative and qualitative performance.
NASA has released a solicitation for a $700 million Mars telecommunications orbiter, sparking controversy over eligibility requirements that appear to favor Rocket Lab, and raising questions about the future of the Mars Sample Return mission.
The FCC has approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customer identities before activating phone service, aiming to curb illegal robocalls but raising significant privacy concerns regarding anonymous communication.
A retrospective interview with a former Bell Labs employee discussing the applied division's mundane but critical work, contrasting it with the famous research achievements at Murray Hill.