Tag: Federal Communications Commission
Reid’s debt plan could speed wireless auctions (Reuters)
July 29th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The efforts to offer to auction U.S. regulators the power to some TV-ether for mobile broadband gets a boost in the debt brake, as the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggested. The auctions have the potential to increase 15000000000 $ turnover, according to Reid's plan, with a portion of the proceeds to [...]
LightSquared Cripples Its Growth To Resolve GPS Issue (NewsFactor)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
LightSquared has a vision to provide what it calls "the nation's first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network." But that vision has been muddied by what GPS operators say will be interference from LightSquared's network. On Thursday, the Reston, Va.-based company presented a modified spectrum plan to the Federal Communications Commission to resolve the [...]
Analysis: FCC’s slow pace on Internet rules puzzles some (Reuters)
June 10th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The communications regulator has been oddly slow in unleashing new powers to police the Internet, six months after finalizing the controversial rules. The delay has kept the rules in a glass box, both preventing the Federal Communications Commission from cracking down on unwarranted blocking of Internet content and keeping legal challenges at [...]
FCC Chairman Defends Net Neutrality Rules (PC World)
May 6th, 2011, No Comments
The U.S. government regulators must depend on the antitrust laws to protect broadband customers, rather than the rules of net neutrality U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved in December, the Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday. The FCC overstepped its powers when Congress forbade broadband providers from selectively blocking Web content and [...]
T-Mobile Merger Will Fix Bad Service, AT&T Says (NewsFactor)
April 25th, 2011, No Comments
As regulators scrutinize the impact of AT&T becoming the nation's biggest wireless provider, the carrier is telling regulators the $39 billion deal won't hurt competition. It also says its purchase of T-Mobile will lead to better service and wider adoption of high-speed broadband Internet access — a priority for the Federal Communications Commission. The "transaction [...]
House votes to repeal regs on Internet access (AP)
April 10th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON – House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or setting different prices for some uses of their networks. Republicans, in voting to repeal rules on “network neutrality” set down by the Federal Communications Commission, said [...]
FCC Revamps Pole-attachment Rules for Broadband Services (PC World)
April 8th, 2011, No Comments
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to revamp nationwide rules governing how broadband providers can attach their lines to utility poles, with the goal of making it faster and easier to deploy new service in underserved areas. The FCC voted unanimously for the new pole-attachment rules, which require electric utilities to allow most broadband [...]
FCC Requires Mobile Broadband Roaming Agreements Between Wireless Carriers (PC World)
April 8th, 2011, No Comments
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to require mobile carriers to enter into data-roaming agreements with competitors, despite objections that the agency doesn't have the authority to enforce the pacts. The commission voted 3-2 Thursday to require mobile-broadband roaming agreements between carriers in a move largely targeting AT&T and Verizon, the two largest mobile [...]
FCC mandates wireless data roaming (Reuters)
April 8th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Thursday adopted data roaming rules that would allow smartphones to access the Internet in areas across the country not covered by their wireless carrier. The rules set by the Federal Communications Commission in a 3-2 vote would force wireless carriers like AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless to offer "reasonable" [...]
Planned wireless Internet network threatens GPS (AP)
April 7th, 2011, No Comments
FILE – In this July 10, 2010, a cockpit GPS shows the search area as scientists participate in a marine mammal/sea turtle survey flight related to the WASHINGTON – A new, ultra-fast wireless Internet network is threatening to overpower GPS signals across the U.S. and interfere with everything from airplanes to police cars to consumer [...]
