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Schumer: Chinese Gov't Hackers Targeting American Companies and Gov't Agencies; Urges Regulators to Use Extreme Caution in Examining Deal Providing China Far Greater Access to U.S. Telecommunication and Internet Infrastructure WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The office of Sen.

Sen. David Vitter and TracFone Wireless, a pre-paid cellphone carrier, are hurling accusations at each other over a federal phone subsidy program for the poor.

SUMMARY: In this document, the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force seeks comment on several potential trials relating to the ongoing transitions from copper to fiber, from wireline to wireless, and from time- division multiplexing to Internet Protocol .

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer on Friday reintroduced legislation that will make it a federal crime to tamper with the unique identification number of a cell phone by imposing a five-year criminal penalty.

Economic growth stalls. Public debt is exploding. People quit looking for work faster than new jobs can be created.

Are you fed up with waiting for "bars" on your cellphone? Or waiting for a video to download even when you have a strong signal? Are you impatient with slow downloads of data? Tired of dropped calls? Exasperated by "no service available" messages? Well, help could be on the way.

Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No.

Last June, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia went at each other over Obamacare.

The White House issued an Open Data during the first week of May. Last year the FCC detailed how valuable its open data policy had been to the country in a case study of broadband mapping put together by the Woodrow WIlson Center.

The path to clearing up enough airwaves to satisfy the insatiable demand for mobile downloads is a confusing, complicated mess.

Says that is not necessarily bad, but understands why Fox would warn about moving content off broadcast model if court upholds service Rep.

"Wow, that's loud." You've likely aimed those words at the direction of your TV from time to time.

When many kids her age are learning texting abbreviations such as ROFL or IYKWIM , 10-year-old Sierra Saylors is focused on KK4RJW.

Unreleased and unannounced devices appear prominently on our radar when they turn up for the customary stop at the Federal Communications Commission or FCC.

After City Councilor Sal LaMattina pushed through an ordinance to regulate how satellite dishes are installed in neighborhoods like Charlestown the Federal Communications Commission blocked the measure last year.

Mignin Clyburn, acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission , has announced that the watchdog is poised to oversee the second release of Phase 1 funding for the Connect America Fund .

According to a release, Herda will chair the Council composed of executive leaders from some of the nation's most prominent telecommunications, media and technology firms.

While National Grid's smart grid pilot program rollout was help up at Monday's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on permitting issues, opponents of the program would like to see the program delayed --- indefinitely.

When unreleased or heavily rumored devices stop by the FCC , that's the Federal Communications Commission for those who don't know, it means that an official announcement by the manufacturer itself isn't that far off.

Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank Corp's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, hoping to convince lawmakers and government reviewers that it poses national security risks.