Federal Communications Commission News

Look for food marketing to get renewed scrutiny in Washington. President Obama Tuesday Feb.

Facing tough questions from politicians and withering reviews from critics, Comcast and NBC Universal defended their deal on Capitol Hill last week.

Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc.

Therea TMs been a lot of concern in recent years over the FCCa TMs handling of the wireless frequencies that pro audio gear uses every day.

Downloading music from the Internet, streaming video or even browsing most websites nowadays requires fast broadband Internet connections such as a digital subscriber line or cable.

With the exploding popularity of smartphones, wireless laptops, and if Steve Jobs has his way, tablet computers, it's fast becoming a wireless world.

The Federal Communications Commission's newly created Consumer Task Force has begun examining wireless early termination fees, questioning each major U.S. carrier about their policies.

The Federal Communications Commission has granted a waiver to Huawei Technologies Co.

Northwestern Law Prof. James Speta has a new paper out that touches on many of the themes that Barbara Esbin, my colleague at The Progress & Freedom Foundation, has been covering in her excellent work explaining why the FCC doesn't actually have have the vast, essentially unlimited authority over the Internet that it has asserted in its recent ...

MacNN points to a blog post written earlier this week by Phil Bellaria, a director in the National Broadband Task Force at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , expressing concern over increasing cellular network congestion and citing Apple's iPad introduction as the spark for renewed fears.

A Federal Communications Commission director suggested the agency is exploring new ways to use a swath of spectrum to serve multiple users including utilities building smart electric grids as part of a national broadband plan the FCC will release March 17.

James B. Speta, Northwestern University School of Law, has published "The Shaky Foundations of the Regulated Internet," in volume 8 of the Journal of Telecommunication and High Technology Law .

AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Maryland Democratic Party is asking the Federal Communications Commission to investigate former Republican Gov.

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal by Wilson Electronics asking the regulatory agency to raise its certification standards for cell phone signal boosters in order to prevent interference to service providers' networks and equipment while increasing customer satisfaction.

Cellular South has completed its acquisition of Alabama-based Corr Wireless Communications, which has a store in Rome.

Article:Comcast, NBC Acquisition: Pros and Cons for You:/g/a/2010/01/28/urnidgns002570F3005978D8002576B900754605.DTL Article:Comcast, NBC Acquisition: Pros and Cons for You:/g/a/2010/01/28/urnidgns002570F3005978D8002576B900754605.DTL 13:37 PST -- In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Comcast says acquiring NBC Universal is in the ...

Sometimes a communications provider wireless, prepaid, wireline facilities-based or reseller, local exchange provider, or any other type of provider fails to realize that it is not in compliance with applicable Federal Communications Commission rules, obligations, and policies until such violations rise to the surface.

February 2, 2010, 05:40 PM - IDG News Service - The U.S. government should spend more on broadband adoption by redirecting money from a fund that subsidizes traditional telephone service to high-speed Internet service, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday.

For the third time since December, FairPoint Communications is pushing back the date for when it will submit its bankruptcy reorganization plan.