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18 Oct 2013, 9:08 am by Sheldon Toplitt
-Texas) this week blocked the scheduled Senate vote Wednesday on Democrat Tom Wheeler, President Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission, Reuters wire service reports.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 10:15 am
The Federal Communications Commission is edging toward taking action against cable operator Comcast for monkeying with its customers' peer-to-peer traffic, according to several news reports. [read post]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday against Chinese telecom provider Huawei’s plea to vacate a rule by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 6:57 am by Angela Mauroni
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filed a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court on Friday requesting that the court weigh in on a case on media ownership that has lasted almost two decades. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 10:28 pm
News release: "In an effort to obtain data for its next mobile wireless competition report, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)... [read post]
3 Oct 2023, 11:27 am by Kristian Stout
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is no stranger to undertaking controversial and potentially counterproductive regulatory projects. [read post]
9 Jun 2006, 8:29 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [PDF text] the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) [text; FCC materials], which requires telecommunications companies to allow law [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 4:11 pm by Sabrina
"The Federal Communications Commission today launched FCC License View, a tool designed to make FCC license management information more transparent... [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 12:00 am by Abigail Slater
Congress has failed to overturn the net neutrality rules adopted last December by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 3:30 pm
The Federal Communications Commission ruling, in granting a petition filed by Time Warner Cable, "will enhance consumers' choice for phone service by making clear that cable and other [Internet phone] providers must be... allowed to put calls through to other phone networks," FCC Chairman Kevin J. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 3:39 pm
Press release: "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today concluded its quadrennial review of the broadcast ownership rules. [read post]
9 Mar 2018, 9:42 am by Heather S. Klein
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) have announced they will host a joint policy forum (“Forum”) in Washington, D.C. on March 23 titled, “Fighting the Scourge of Illegal Robocalls. [read post]
26 May 2023, 10:37 am by David Klein
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”). [read post]
5 May 2006, 8:01 am
The Federal Communications Commission [official website] created the new rules [FCC press release, PDF] last year, which mandate standards to allow [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 3:41 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“EPIC and a coalition of leading consumer rights, human rights, and civil liberties organizations, along with members of the EPIC Advisory Board, have petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to end the FCC’s rule requiring mass retention of phone records. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 7:57 am by Daniel Brown
In the latest salvo of the back and forth fight over requiring broadcasters to verify foreign governmental sponsorship of programming, on October 6, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Second NPRM”). [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 10:26 am
[JURIST] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] on Thursday appealed [text, PDF] a decision [JURIST report] by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the agency's television indecency rule [text] is unconstitutionally vague in violation of the First Amendment. [read post]
4 Nov 2008, 3:58 pm
Fox Television Stations [oral arguments transcript, PDF; merit briefs], the court will consider whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] acted arbitrarily and capriciously in changing its policy regarding fines for the broadcast [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 1:18 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday approved the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act [S 1780 text, PDF], which, if enacted, will give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broader authority to sanction television and radio broadcasters for a single word or image [press release] that the FCC considers indecent. [read post]