The nearly 20-year-old Zigbee Alliance rebranded as the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) and renamed Project Connected Home over IP as Matter, it said Tuesday. A new Matter mark will serve as a “seal of approval” to ensure that any device built on the standard is “reliable by nature, secure by design and compatible at scale,” said the organization. CSA will continue to develop Zigbee technology and retain the Zigbee brand, it said.

Thirteen months after the FCC approved opening 1.2 GHz in the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi, disagreements remain, the Federal Communications Bar Association was told during a webinar Monday. It got an update on 5.9 GHz, reallocated partly for Wi-Fi in November (see 2011180043).

The FCC is likely to look to DOJ to tackle Dish Network’s complaint against T-Mobile about the pending shuttering of T-Mobile’s CDMA network, government and industry officials said in recent interviews. In a May 3 letter, groups asked the FCC (see 2105030065) to use Communications Act authority to examine the closing of the network, by year-end. The more likely forum to examine the complaint is at DOJ, though the FCC could scope the shutdown, experts said. The California Public Utilities Commission could also investigate.

Superlatives flowed from Vizio executives Tuesday on the company’s Q1 earnings call, its first since going public March 25. “We are very pleased with the results we generated in our first quarter as a public company,” said Chief Financial Officer Adam Townsend. “We continue to benefit from the rapid adoption of streaming and our expanding presence in the advertising marketplace.”

First-quarter consumer tech imports in the key categories of smartphones, laptops, tablets and TVs declined somewhat from Q4 but remained well ahead of their Q1 2020 volumes, according to Census data accessed Saturday through the International Trade Commission’s DataWeb tool. As the National Retail Federation reported Friday, the robust year-over-year Q1 growth rates in some import categories may have been “artificially high” due to comparisons with first-quarter 2020, when much of the Asian supply chain was mired in the first COVID-19 global lockdowns.

After launching a Cabling and Infrastructure Technician (CIT) certification in January as a starting level for accreditation, CEDIA is developing a next-level certification, Integrated Systems Technician (IST), as part of the CEDIA certification program restructuring, said a May update.

Universal Electronics, Inc. readjusted Q2 guidance to reflect a $5 million impact on sales due to chip supply shortages, said Chief Financial Officer Bryan Hackworth on the company’s Q1 earnings call Thursday. “Our products are usually companion products in a total solution,” said Hackworth. Customers alerted the company that supply constraints involving other vendors "affected their ability to implement their total solution,” hampering their ability to ship orders to UEI. He was unable to quantify the impact.

The “unfortunate Covid situation was anything but” for connected TV and Roku, Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak wrote investors Friday after the company’s Thursday Q1 earnings report showing a 79% hike in revenue year on year to $574.2 million and 32% average revenue per user growth to $32.14. The stock closed 11.6% higher Friday at $317.

The FTC finding that OEM restrictions on independent third-party repairs have “diluted” consumer protections in the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA) was a “slam dunk” for right-to-repair advocates, Repair Association Executive Director Gay Gordon-Byrne told us. Commissioners vowed in Thursday's report to use enforcement and rulemaking authorities under the MMWA and 1914 FTC Act to crack down on such anti-consumer practices.

Xperi’s Q1 revenue of $221.6 million, in line with expectations, included $98 million in IP revenue with 30% from media IP, said CEO Jon Kirchner on a Wednesday earnings call. But overall IP revenue dropped 28% due to a $60 million decline in semiconductor IP, a segment Xperi is working to “reposition for future growth,” said Kirchner. The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2021 revenue outlook of $860 million-$900 million.