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An article from Macworld follows: “The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c: What you need to know.”

The other “big deal” is more information from Critical Alert Systems (CRS) about the New FCC Policy Changes that Enable U.S. Hospitals to Improve Patient Safety with High-powered Critical Alert Messaging Solutions. And, The Johns Hopkins Becomes One of the First Hospitals to Receive a License under New FCC Regulations.

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New FCC Policy Changes Enable U.S. Hospitals to Improve Patient Safety with High-powered Critical Alert Messaging Solutions.

The FCC has issued an order making high-power send/receive channels in the 935-940MHz band available to all hospitals .

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High-power channels eliminate the dangerous delays, complexity, and dead spots endemic to low-power, unlicensed Wi-Fi and commercial cellular services. When used for clinical alarm notification, high-power systems reach responding personnel more quickly and reliably, reduce workflow disruption and mitigate alarm fatigue. These advantages improve patient safety and increase the efficiency of hospital staff members. Click here for a free white paper that explains how this process works .

Critical Response Systems Provides Critical Messaging Solution to The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

It was recently announced that Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital has regained its No. 1 U.S. medical facility ranking for people with life-threatening and rare conditions. Johns Hopkins went live earlier this year on Critical Response Systems (CRS), critical messaging solution that utilizes the M1503 Pager. CRS provides a dedicated system for critical alerting, enterprise-wide, to Johns Hopkins that combines the best possible performance and reliability with low cost of ownership and a rapid ROI. A single rooftop antenna delivers urgent and critical messages to Johns Hopkins' staff members within the hospital as well as up to 20 square miles of surrounding area. READ MORE

The Johns Hopkins Becomes One of the First Hospitals to Receive License under New FCC Regulations.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has become one of the first hospitals in the country to receive a license under the new FCC regulations allowing U.S. hospitals to use high-power send/receive channels in the 935-940 MHz band. Their new license is valid for 10 years. The hospital has been using a special license up to this time for their critical alert messaging. For more information, visit www.criticalresponse.com .

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The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c: What you need to know

By Macworld staff
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Sep 11, 2013 11:45 AM

We're now in that funny in-between time: On Tuesday, Apple announced the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c , providing some information about both. We had a brief hands-on session with both of them . But now we have to wait a week and a half before we can actually get our own new phones and find out everything we want to know. In the meantime, here are our answers to some of the most pressing questions about the new smartphones, based on what Apple has told us and our own investigations.

The basics

When can I get the new iPhone models?

You can pre-order an iPhone 5c starting on Friday, September 13; the 5c will actually be available on September 20. The iPhone 5s will also be available on September 20, but Apple isn't taking pre-orders for that model. These dates apply to the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and the UK.

How much do the phones cost?

The iPhone 5c costs $99 for 16GB of storage or $199 for 32GB with a new two-year contract. Unlocked versions—without a contract—will cost $549 and $649, respectively. With the unlocked version, you can choose one that ships with a T-Mobile SIM card, or one without a SIM card at all. Both unlocked options work only with GSM networks.

The iPhone 5s costs $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, or $399 for 64GB of storage with a new two-year contract. Without a contract, those same phones will cost $649, $749, and $849, respectively. As with the 5c, you can get the unlocked model for use with T-Mobile. (Apple's site doesn't currently list a no-SIM option for the 5s.)

Which carriers are offering the iPhone 5c and 5s?

In the U.S., your contract-carrier choices are AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. As mentioned above, no-contract versions are available for use with T-Mobile or other GSM providers.

How much will it cost me to upgrade from my existing iPhone?

That depends on the carrier and type of contract you have. You can check your upgrade eligibility via Apple's website .

How they compare

How does the 5c compare to the iPhone 5?

From a hardware perspective, the 5c is very similar to the iPhone 5: It uses the same processor (Apple's A6), the same graphics circuitry, and the same screen. The main differences are that the 5c includes a slightly more capacious battery, compatibility with more bands of LTE, and an updated FaceTime HD camera that features larger pixels and a better backside-illumination sensor.

Apple says the performance of the 5c will be similar to that of the iPhone 5, except that the FaceTime HD camera offers better images. Indeed, in our brief hands-on with the iPhone 5c , the phone felt exactly as snappy and responsive as the iPhone 5 units we've been using for the past year. (We'll of course be putting the 5c and the 5s through more rigorous testing when we get them.)

The 5c is also close to the same size and weight as the iPhone 5, but the 5c uses a very different exterior. Instead of an aluminum enclosure, the iPhone 5c features a plastic unibody design reminiscent of the old white-plastic MacBook . This body is molded from a single piece of polycarbonate that gives it a solid, rigid feel (part of that also stems from the steel frame that Apple uses inside). Even the volume buttons, mute switch, and Sleep/Wake button on the 5c are plastic. "Unapologetically plastic," as Apple puts it.

How does the 5s compare to the 5c and the 5?

Apple calls the 5s its most "forward-thinking" phone. Though its aluminum body is almost the same as the iPhone 5's, there's a bunch of new hardware inside. Most impressive is the new A7 processor, which Apple touts as the first 64-bit processor available in a phone. The iPhone 5s also includes a new M7 "motion co-processor"; some big camera upgrades and capabilities; and the Touch ID fingerprint-authentication system. (More on these below.)

Other improvements over the iPhone 5 include a slightly larger battery, expanded carrier support, and a new color. Speaking of which...

What colors can I get?

That depends on which iPhone model you purchase. The lower-cost iPhone 5c, constructed of hard-coated polycarbonate, will be available in candy-like light blue, light green, pink, yellow, or white. Each—including the white version—has a black bezel surrounding the screen.

There is one tiny—and we mean tiny —difference between the iPhone 5c models: On the blue, green, yellow, and white models, the Ring/Silent switch shows an orange line when flipped to the Silent position. On the pink model, the line is white. Details, people.

If you splurge on the aluminum-body iPhone 5s, your choices are different: "space gray" (with a black screen bezel and back trim), silver (with white screen bezel and back trim), or gold (also with white screen bezel and back trim). The gold is subtler than it sounds; it's more of a champagne color. A nice touch on the 5s is that the metal ring around the Home button on each phone matches its main color: gray, silver, or gold.

I hear Apple also makes cases for the new phones?

Yep, Apple is also offering offering two lines of cases , one set for the 5c and one for the 5s.

The $29 iPhone 5c case, available in the same five colors as the phone plus a black version, is made of silicone with a microfiber interior lining and sports a pattern of 35 circular holes on the back that let your iPhone's own color peek through. You can match your phone to the case or opt for something a bit more interesting like, say, a white phone with a blue case.

The $39 iPhone 5s case is made of leather with a microfiber interior and is available in brown, beige, black, yellow, blue, and Product(Red) red. The case is molded over the Sleep/Wake and volume buttons, with openings for the Ring/Silent switch and back camera and flash.

The iPhone 5s

What's this about a new processor and a co-processor?

The A7 inside the new iPhone 5s is unquestionably the most powerful chip Apple has ever put in a mobile device. It's also the first one that uses a 64-bit architecture—usually found only on laptop and desktop computers. The implications of that architecture might not be immediately apparent, because apps have to be written to take advantage of it. But down the road, the new chip will offer some exciting possibilities for expansion and power.

The A7's support for the latest OpenGL ES 3.0 standard means better graphics performance, too. In fact, Apple claims that the new A7 processor is twice as fast at both processor-intensive and graphics-intensive tasks as its predecessor. We'll see about that when we test the 5s.

The iPhone 5s also includes a separate processor, called the M7, that handles sensor data.

What's this M7 thing good for?

The M7—which Apple calls the motion co-processor—is a brand-new chip inside the iPhone 5s that complements the A7 by handling data from the device's many sensors, including the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass. Why a separate processor for all that? The key to the M7 is that it can log data from those sources without waking the full A7 processor. This means that not only can fitness-tracking apps more easily run in the background, but they'll also chew up less of your precious battery power. And using the new CoreMotion API, third-party apps can use real-time location and motion information—like, say, whether you're walking or riding in a car—to determine how the app behaves, without dramatically affecting battery life.

Is the iPhone 5s camera really that much better?

We haven't yet tested the back camera on the 5s; we'll give it a thorough evaluation once we get a couple iPhone 5s samples in-house. But if Apple's specs and feature list are any indication, that camera should offer noticeably better performance, along with some useful new capabilities.

For starters, the 5s uses a new, five-element lens that Apple designed specifically for the new iPhone. This new lens offers an f/2.2 aperture, a 15-percent-larger area than the iPhone 5's lens, and 1.5-micron pixels—larger than those on the iPhone 5 and other smartphones.

The phone also includes a new dual-LED True Tone flash that Apple says is the first of its kind on a phone or a standalone camera. One flash is cooler white, while the other is amber with a warmer color temperature. The phone monitors ambient light and then fires the two flashes together to match that light. Together, Apple says, the two flashes provide more than 1000 unique light combinations, for flash lighting that's brighter and more natural.

But iOS 7 also includes a bunch of software specifically designed to take advantage of the improved camera hardware. For example, before you take a photo, the phone automatically adjusts white-balance and exposure to create a tone map for better highlights and shadows; it also performs auto-focus matrix metering for improved sharpness. When you take the photo, the phone actually takes multiple images, analyzes them in real time, and then shows you what it thinks is the best one.

The 5s also includes image stabilization in software: In situations—such as low lighting—where you'd normally end up with blurry images, the phone takes multiple photos with a single shutter press, and then it blends them together into a single, sharp image. And a new burst mode captures ten full-resolution frames per second for as long as you hold down the shutter button. But unlike most burst modes, on an iPhone 5s, the phone automatically filters out bad shots to show you only the "best" ones. (You can choose others manually, if you like.)

When taking video, you can capture 720p video at 120 frames per second, slowing it down later for true slow-motion video. (You can do the editing in your favorite video app, or you can choose, right in the Photos app, which section of the clip to view in slo-mo.) And Panorama mode now lets you adjust exposure as you pan.

Many times during the iPhone event, Apple pointed out the advantages of making both hardware and software, combining them to best take advantage of both. The iPhone's camera features are one of the best examples of this philosophy in action.

So, this fingerprint-sensor thing, Touch ID: how does it work?

It's a capacitance-based (as opposed to optical) scanner built into the iPhone 5s Home button. The "capacitance" part means that instead of taking a visual scan of your finger or thumb, the scanner detects minute differences in electrical charge caused by a fingerprint's whorls, loops, and curves.

The phone then produces a digital template (again, not an image) based on that scan. In other similar systems, software then runs such a template through a cryptographic hashing process, making it virtually impossible to recreate the original print from the template. If that's how Touch ID works, the hashing process should make it harder—if not impossible—to spoof your prints. For further security, your fingerprint is never stored in the cloud or anywhere in the phone's memory—only in a secure area of the A7 chip itself.

We don't yet know all the details about how iOS 7 will use the fingerprints it detects. But we do know that it will let you bypass the lockscreen passcode. (You do have a lockscreen passcode, right?) It will also let you authenticate with iCloud and the App Store using your finger.

With all this new technology and speed on the iPhone 5s, is the battery life worse than that of the iPhone 5?

Apple claims that the iPhone 5s offers battery life equal to or greater than that of the iPhone 5. Specifically, the company says the iPhone 5s offers 10 hours of 3G talk time, 10 hours of LTE or Wi-Fi browsing, or 250 hours of standby time. Compare that to Apple's claims for the iPhone 5 when that model was released: 8 hours of 3G talk time, 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing, or 225 hours of standby time.

Apple says that the iPhone 5c's battery life is identical to that of the iPhone 5s. We'll of course thoroughly test each model's battery life in the coming weeks.

Accessories and apps

Is the 5s exactly the same size as the 5? Will my existing accessories and cases work? What about the iPhone 5c?

The iPhone 5s is indeed exactly the same size as the iPhone 5, so existing iPhone 5 cases will fit the new iPhone 5s. However, the camera and LED flash on the iPhone 5s differ in size and position from those on the iPhone 5, so existing cases may partially obscure the lens and/or LED—or may be close enough to obscuring them that the case affects flash or photo quality. If you want to use a case not specifically made for the iPhone 5s, be sure the opening(s) for the camera and flash are large enough to avoid this problem.

Cases aside, existing iPhone 5 accessories—docks, speaker docks, chargers, and the like—should all work with the iPhone 5s. Similarly, with the exception of dock cradles custom-fit for the iPhone 5s, most of these accessories should work fine with the iPhone 5c.

Of course, cases for the iPhone 5 and 5s won't fit the iPhone 5c, due to the latter's different dimensions and slightly different shape.

We'll be testing many accessories once we get our hands on the iPhone 5c and 5s, and we'll publish our findings here on Macworld.com.

Apple says it's making Keynote, Numbers, Pages, iMovie, and iPhoto for iOS free "for new devices"? Does that include the new iPhones? What about current iPhone owners?

Apple's webpage about the iPhone 5s built-in apps (and the similar page for the iPhone 5c ) lists iMovie, iPhoto, and the iWork suite, but they don't actually come pre-installed.

Instead, any iOS 7-compatible device activated on or after September 1, 2013—regardless of when you purchased it—is eligible for free copies of these apps. If your device came pre-loaded with iOS 7, you'll be prompted during the setup process to download the iOS versions of Keynote, Numbers, Pages, iMovie, and iPhoto. If your device didn't come with iOS 7 pre-installed (but, again, you activated the device on or after September 1), once you install iOS 7, you'll be prompted during the iOS 7 setup process to install the apps. You'll need an Apple ID, but you won't have to pay for the apps—they're free with your new device .

Note that this offer isn't limited to the iPhone 5c and 5s—it includes any iOS 7-compatible device activated on or after September 1, including the iPhone 4 and 4s, the fifth-generation iPod touch, and recent iPads.

If you've got a device activated prior to September 1, 2013, you'll still be able to purchase the apps on the App Store, but you won't get them for free.

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Samsung to follow Apple with 64-bit smartphones

Samsung has announced that its next high-end Android smartphones will feature 64-bit processors.

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By Sophie Curtis
4:11PM BST 13 Sep 2013
The Telegraph

The news follows Apple's announcement on Tuesday that its new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5S, will be the first handset to include 64-bit technology, which it describes as a "desktop-class architecture".

Samsung's co-chief executive Shin Jong-Kyun told journalists in South Korea that the company's next smartphones will have 64-bit processing functionality, but added that this would not arrive instantly, according to a report in the Korea Times.

It is understood that the Android operating system would need to be updated before Samsung's Galaxy devices could take advantage of a shift to 64-bit.

64-bit chips can theoretically perform more detailed floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) because they have larger registers for storing numbers. Such calculations are needed in graphics and other tasks involving analogue data.

They can also access more than 4GB of RAM, unlike a 32-bit system. In a smartphone, however, this can also be a disadvantage, as RAM consumes battery life.

Apple was prasied by analysts for its inclusion of a 64-bit architecture in its iPhone 5S. It is though that this will enable the iPhone 5S to validate fingerprints and perform processing on pictures taken with the "burst" mode from the camera.

"It should certainly help the company further cement its lead as a mobile gaming platform and will give the Android fraternity something to think about in a space whose significance is sometimes downplayed beyond the gaming world," added Ovum analyst Tony Cripps.

However, if Samsung does introduces a 64-bit chip in its next smartphone, it may have to wait for a 64-bit version of Android to be released before it can take full advantage of the increased processing power.

Earlier this year, Samsung introduced a version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with eight cores — twice as many as the previous maximum.

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Why Apple went 64-bit with the iPhone 5s

Summary: The reasons why Apple put a 64-bit processor inside the iPhone 5s goes way beyond hype. While the applications for it might be limited right now, Apple is paving the way for improvements that we'll see trickle into the iPhone over the next few years.

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0
September 13, 2013 — 14:30 GMT (07:30 PDT)

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One of the flagship features of Apple's new iPhone 5s is that it has at its heart the 64-bit A7 chip. But why did Apple feel the need to bump the iPhone's processor up from 32-bits in the first place?

It's a first
Apple like bragging about being first.

It looks and sounds good
Come on, making the leap from a 32-bit processor to a 64-bit processor looks and sounds good. When dealing with consumers, throwing in some numbers that are bigger than what the competition can manage — 1 billion transistors, 64-bit — helps sales.

On top of that, Apple threw around the phrase 'desktop-class architecture' during the unveiling of the iPhone 5s, which also sounds pretty cool, don't you think?

Android isn't ready for 64-bit
Apple has scored a win here over Android handset makers. The 64-bit chips for Android devices aren't ready, and neither is Android itself. It is likely that Android 5.0 will be the first version to fully utilize the new ARMv8 architecture.

For now, this gives Apple a clear lead over the competition, and the gap is unlikely to the closed until 2014 at the earliest.

The move allows for more RAM
The iPhone 5 is kitted out with 1GB of RAM, but a shift from a 32-bit processor to a 64-bit part paves the way for iPhones — and for that matter, the iPad or even Apple TV, where more RAM could open the way for 4K — to be fitted out with 4GB+ of RAM down the line.

Since Apple doesn't divulge how much RAM is baked into iPhones, we'll have to wait for the teardown to find out the exact figure, but despite the shift to a 64-bit processor, I'm not expecting it to have 4GB, but there will come a day when it is needed.

Apple is now ready for that day.

Unifying the iOS/OS X app codebase
Apple openly acknowledges that moving iOS up to 64-bit brings iOS and OS X apps much closer. Take this line from Apple's 64-bit iOS 7 documentation :

The architecture for 64-bit apps on iOS is almost identical to the architecture for OS X apps, making it easy to create a common code base that runs in both operating systems.

This could be huge.

64-bit CPUs are better suited to some heavy computational lifting tasks
There are some iPhone 5s features that could benefit from having access to a 64-bit processor. The camera that can pick the best picture from a series of shots and allow you to fire off slo-mo video at 120 frames per second is one. Image processing is demanding, and the headroom offered by the A7 processor could lessen the workload.

Same goes for that fingerprint reader. If Apple is using heavyweight crypto behind that scanner, then this too would benefit from a 64-bit processor.

Puts pressure on Intel
Currently, CPUs for Mac hardware is supplied by Intel, but the A7 processor, with its billion transistors and 64-bit architecture, sends a clear message that Apple is serious about developing its own processors.

While I don't see Apple shifting away from Intel any time soon, the fact that the company is now a big player in the processor market helps even the playing field between it and Intel, and puts it in a stronger position when negotiating.

Bottom line
The bottom line is that there's a lot more to the iPhone switching to a 64-bit processor than hype. While the applications for it might be limited right now, Apple is paving the way for improvements that we'll see trickle into the iPhone over the next few years.

About Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology.

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Court Hears Oral Argument on Net Neutrality

On September 9, 2013, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard two hours of argument (three times as long as scheduled) on Verizon's challenge to the FCC's December 2010 net neutrality rules. The judges asked questions from a wide range of views with respect to what the FCC is authorized by statute to do in this area.

Verizon argued that the law gives it authority to manage its own Internet pipes, and the government argued that creators of lawful Internet content should have equal access to Internet users to prevent larger companies from gaining an unfair advantage in the marketplace. Two of the judges (Circuit Judges Laurence H. Silberman and David S. Tatel) seemed deeply skeptical that the FCC had the authority to regulate the Internet in this manner, saying that the FCC's anti-discrimination rule (which requires an Internet service provider to give all traffic that travels through its pipes the same priority) illegally imposed rules meant for the voice telephone network on the Internet's infrastructure. Judge Tatel appeared skeptical about the non-discrimination rule but less so about the no-blocking rule. Judge Silberman seemed to have issues with both the non-discrimination rule and the no-blocking rule; and it seemed that he had trouble with all of the rules because the FCC did not make an explicit finding of "market power." The third judge (Circuit Judge Judith W. Rogers) appeared to accept much of the FCC's position.

All three judges seemed comfortable with the position that Congress has delegated to the FCC authority to engage in some form of broadband access regulation under at least some circumstances, although (as noted) Judge Silberman seemed displeased that the FCC failed to make an explicit finding of "market power" (although all seemed to agree that, market power or not, Verizon controls bottleneck facilities).

The panel then moved on to the question of whether, assuming that the FCC has general authority to make some type of rule under some conditions, is it somehow legally prevented from adopting the rules at issue in the case? Two basic arguments were presented by Verizon: First, Verizon argued that it has a First Amendment right to block content on its network. This received modest attention from Judge Silberman. The other two judges seemed disinterested in this argument. Second, Verizon argued that the statute prevents the FCC from regulating the company as a common carrier when it provides broadband service, a position that received significant attention from all three judges.

Thus, based on the judges' reactions at the oral argument, it seems that the court may allow some form of net neutrality regulation, although perhaps not as much as the FCC envisions. As a caveat, please remember that the statements of judges at oral argument are often not predictive of how they will rule in the end. A decision is expected in December 2013 or in the first quarter of 2014.

FCC Releases Interactive Map, Identifies Communities Targeted for CAF Support

On September 5, 2013, the FCC issued a News Release announcing the availability of a new interactive map that identifies communities targeted for broadband expansion under the upcoming second round of Connect America Phase I support. The map is available at:

http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-phase-i-round-two .

As reported in the previous edition of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update (September 4, 2013), challenges to the list of census blocks eligible for funding are due September 27, 2013. All challenges must be supported by some form of documented evidence, such as a signed certification from an officer of the provider under penalty of perjury that the carrier offers 3 Mbps/768 kbps Internet service to customers in that particular census block. The map may prove useful in getting an idea of census blocks clients may be interested in challenging.

Phase I of the Connect America Fund makes available up to $485 million to support the construction of broadband networks in areas served by price cap carriers that do not currently have broadband service of at least 3 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload speeds. According to a Connected Nation impact analysis , the second round of Phase I funding is directed at areas traditionally served by price cap carriers that, collectively, account for approximately 85% of all "unserved" households and businesses across the country. Areas that have received a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program or Broadband Initiatives Program grant will be ineligible to receive funding under CAF.

FCC and Industry Carrier Agree on Lower 700 MHz Interoperability Solution

Mobile customers, especially in rural America, may have reason to celebrate as the FCC reports that wireless carriers have reached an agreement that could resolve the lack of Interoperability in the lower 700 MHz band. Specifically, in order to support interoperability in the paired lower 700 MHz band, AT&T committed to developing, implementing, and deploying throughout its network Multi-Frequency Band Indicator (MFBI) capabilities, which will enable support for both Band 12 and Band 17 devices, and to providing LTE roaming to carriers with compatible Band 12 devices consistent with the FCC's existing roaming rules. A specific list of AT&T's commitments in this regard can be found attached to AT&T's letter, here .

Finding a technical solution to interoperability in the lower 700 MHz band has been a challenge and a particular point of contention between AT&T and small rural carriers. Many small rural providers that acquired 700 MHz Lower A Block licenses have been left without viable and widely used equipment options. An article by Andrew Berg of Wireless Week reports that the basic issue has been that the smaller carriers have been unable to find compatible Long Term Evolution (LTE) high-speed equipment and handsets because band 12 lacks the scale of AT&T's established band 17. The agreement should make it easier for the small carriers to provide their customers with LTE roaming. AT&T has long contended that customers would be subject to "substantial" interference problems from the A block, which lacks a guard band between broadcast television transmissions in adjacent Channel 51 (693.25-697.75 MHz). Regional carriers such as C Spire Wireless and U.S. Cellular, both owners of band 12 licenses, cried foul, indicating that AT&T was exaggerating the interference potential in order to maintain its unique band class, which would have banned its smaller competitors from benefiting from its LTE ecosystem.

Additionally, Wireless Week reports that Joan Marsh, AT&T's Vice President of federal regulatory, announced that AT&T had agreed to take definitive steps to bring interoperability to the lower 700 MHz band. Marsh said the plan will resolve interference issues relating to use of the 700 MHz A Block. AT&T indicates that it will modify its software to support band 12 capable devices into its device portfolio. Although AT&T does not have any lower 700 MHz A Block licenses, they anticipate conducting field tests of new band 12 capable devices. AT&T also told the FCC that it reserves the right to plan and manage lower 700 MHz interoperability support in a manner that will not disrupt existing services, strand existing devices or result in unnecessary cost or delay. We note that this testing could take some time to fully resolve the interference issue.

Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn issued a statement welcoming the agreement, which said in part:

After many frustrating years, wireless carriers have finally reached a voluntary industry solution that will resolve the lack of interoperability in the lower 700 MHz band in the most efficient manner. This is a big win for consumers, especially in rural areas, who will see more competition and more choices. Also, by making it easier for small wireless carriers to compete, today's interoperability solution will spur private investment, job creation, and the development of innovative new services and devices."

Acting Chairwoman Clyburn also thanked the parties — AT&T, The Interoperability Alliance, The Competitive Carriers Association, DISH and the consumer advocacy groups — which worked together to hammer out a solution.

Law & Regulation

FCC Issues Tentative Agenda for September 26 Open Meeting

On September 5 the FCC issued the tentative agenda for its September 26, 2013 Open Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 455 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., and will be shown live at www.fcc.gov/live.

At the meeting, the FCC will tentatively consider four items:

1. a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to accelerate deployment of wireless infrastructure while at the same time appropriately protecting the Nation's environmental resources;
2. a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the UHF discount to its national television multiple ownership rule;
3. a Memorandum Opinion and Order to resolve a complaint by Bloomberg L.P. that Comcast Cable Communications, LLC violated the news neighborhooding condition of the Comcast/NBCU transaction; and
4. the Media Bureau will present the latest update on progress towards the upcoming October 15 – October 29, 2013 open filing window for applicants seeking to operate new Low Power FM radio stations.

Industry

NTIA Seeks Comment on Continuing BroadbandMatch Website

On September 3, 2013, the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Notice seeking comment on the continuation of the BroadbandMatch website tool. Comments are due November 4.

BroadbandMatch began during the final funding round of NTIA's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and the RUS' Broadband Initiatives Program. It is an online resource designed to help potential applicants identify possible partners whose resources and expertise could strengthen broadband project proposals by allowing members to create online profiles and search for similar partners — the Match.com of broadband network deployment.

Specifically, BroadbandMatch users access the Web site through an Internet browser and voluntarily complete a brief profile requesting: (1) The point of contact's name, organization, phone number, email address, and associated Web site URL; (2) the state(s) where the user seeks potential partners; the type(s) of partner(s) sought; and (3) a description of the project and the desired benefits of partnering. NTIA verifies the registrant's email address, which becomes the registrant's user name, and emails an assigned password. Registered users may then search the database for potential project partners by organization type, state(s) or keyword(s).

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

"Cloud VoIP" to Help LTE Fill Voice Gap?

In an article published on September 9, 2013, Telecompetitor discussed a new cloud-based voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service offering which is targeted at network operators that have launched fixed broadband service using LTE.

Alianza, the cloud VoIP company featured in the Telecompetitor article, stated that their cloud voice offering is a "full PSTN replacement" supporting 9-1-1, lawful intercept and quality of service. Discussing the service's virtues, Telecompetitor writes:

Small network operators that won LTE spectrum through auctions face build-out deadlines for that spectrum. But building LTE networks can be challenging, particularly for small carriers and particularly on the voice side. Network operators that already had 2G and 3G networks typically are using that equipment to support mobile voice service. Few carriers have begun to deliver voice over LTE (VoLTE), an IP-based technology that typically requires carriers to invest in IP multimedia subsystem capability. And fixed LTE service is often implemented without voice capability.

Alianza reportedly offers their service on a "per seat" basis, and suggests that this keeps costs in line with the subscriber base. Other companies indicated as offering the service include NetAmerica, NewCore, West Central Wireless, and Xius.

Calendar At A Glance

Sept. 16 – Comments are due on FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on E-Rate 2.0.
Sept. 18 – Reply Comments on reforms to protect VRS program are due.
Sept. 18 – Comments are due on FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Advanced Wireless Services.
Sept. 20 – Regulatory fees are due.
Sept. 26 – FCC Open Meeting
Sept. 27 – Challenges to FCC Census Blocks that price cap carriers have requested funding to serve as part of the second round of CAF Phase I are due.
Oct. 7 – Comments on proposed changes to FCC Form 555 (annual Lifeline ETC certification) are due.
Oct. 8 – Electronic filing deadline for Form 497 for carriers seeking support for the preceding month and wishing to receive reimbursement by month's end.
Oct. 14 – Deadline to seek extension of CALM Act small provider grace period.
Oct. 15 — Filing deadline for FCC Form 481
Oct. 16 – Reply Comments are due on FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on E-Rate 2.0.
Oct. 16 – Reply Comments are due on FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Advanced Wireless Services.
Oct. 28 – Responses to FCC Census Blocks that price cap carriers have requested funding to serve as part of the second round of CAF Phase I are due.
Nov. 1 – Reply Comments are due on FCC's guidelines for human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields.
Nov. 4 – Comments on the continuation of the BroadbandMatch website tool are due.

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Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity.

EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH
AUG 1 2013, 8:00 AM ET
The Atlantic

Being happy is about feeling good. Meaning is derived from contributing to others or to society in a bigger way.

For at least the last decade, the happiness craze has been building. In the last three months alone, over 1,000 books on happiness were released on Amazon, including Happy Money, Happy-People-Pills For All , and, for those just starting out, Happiness for Beginners .

One of the consistent claims of books like these is that happiness is associated with all sorts of good life outcomes, including — most promisingly — good health. Many studies have noted the connection between a happy mind and a healthy body — the happier you are, the better health outcomes we seem to have. In a meta-analysis (overview) of 150 studies on this topic, researchers put it like this: "Inductions of wellbeing lead to healthy functioning, and inductions of ill-being lead to compromised health."

But a new study , just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) challenges the rosy picture. Happiness may not be as good for the body as researchers thought. It might even be bad.

Of course, it's important to first define happiness . A few months ago, I wrote a piece called " There's More to Life Than Being Happy " about a psychology study that dug into what happiness really means to people. It specifically explored the difference between a meaningful life and a happy life.

It seems strange that there would be a difference at all. But the researchers, who looked at a large sample of people over a month-long period, found that happiness is associated with selfish "taking" behavior and that having a sense of meaning in life is associated with selfless "giving" behavior.

"Happiness without meaning characterizes a relatively shallow, self-absorbed or even selfish life, in which things go well, needs and desire are easily satisfied, and difficult or taxing entanglements are avoided," the authors of the study wrote. "If anything, pure happiness is linked to not helping others in need." While being happy is about feeling good, meaning is derived from contributing to others or to society in a bigger way. As Roy Baumeister, one of the researchers, told me, "Partly what we do as human beings is to take care of others and contribute to others. This makes life meaningful but it does not necessarily make us happy."

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