FCC Prepares To Submit Broadband Plan
The 10-year plan, which will be submitted to Congress on Tuesday, is likely to generate debate in Washington and a lobbying battle among the telecommunication giants, which over time may face new...
View ArticleNet Neutrality: Comcast Wins Court Battle With FCC
A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority when it censured Comcast for restricting Internet access to certain of its file-sharing customers....
View ArticleGoogle-Verizon: Proposal Critics Say Companies Want Loophole For ‘New...
“We want the broadband infrastructure to be a platform for innovation,” the chief executives of Google and Verizon state in a joint proposal, announced yesterday, for how the U.S. government should...
View ArticleNo Net Neutrality Compromise in Congress
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says that with a House proposal on net neutrality failing to win bipartisan support, the legislation will not be going forward. While the representative, who chairs the...
View ArticleFCC Evaluating Fox-Cablevision Carriage Fight
As Cablevision’s 3 million customers remain without access to Fox programming, the cable operator and News Corp.-owned broadcaster take their fight to the Federal Communications Commission, which is...
View ArticleLevel 3 Urges FCC To Set Conditions on Comcast-NBCU Deal
Level 3 Communications’ reported appeal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to add conditions on Comcast’s proposed merger with NBC Universal could stall regulatory approval of the deal,...
View ArticleFCC Voting on Net Neutrality Today; Critics Mull Response
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was expected to approve this morning new regulations on consumer access to Internet content services. But the so-called net neutrality rules are being...
View ArticleFCC Chairman on Short-List for Cabinet Post: Report
Julius Genachowski, current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is under consideration to become the Obama administration’s new secretary of Commerce, Washington blog The Hill...
View ArticleHow Will U.S. Regulators View AT&T’s Play for T-Mobile?
Regulatory approval is the chief issue in AT&T’s proposed acquisition of wireless rival T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. AT&T Mobility is currently the second-largest mobile carrier in the U.S.,...
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