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9 Feb 2015, 10:35 am by Jon Brodkin
The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to impose backup power requirements on Internet providers that offer phone service, but cable companies and telcos don’t want to be required to keep customers connected through long power outages. [read post]
17 Sep 2018, 9:39 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) California's attempt to enforce net neutrality rules is "illegal" and "poses a risk to the rest of the country," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said in a speech on Friday. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 7:54 am by Jon Brodkin
The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly on the verge of fining Sprint $105 million for cramming charges that brought complaints from tens of thousands of customers. [read post]
27 Mar 2024, 2:10 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | AntaresNS) Starlink's mobile ambitions were dealt at least a temporary blow yesterday when the Federal Communications Commission dismissed SpaceX's application to use several spectrum bands for mobile service. [read post]
9 Jan 2020, 1:26 pm by Dan Goodin
Assurance Wireless is an offshoot of the Lifeline Assistance program, a Federal Communications Commissions plan that makes free or government-subsidized phones service available to millions of low-income families. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 9:41 am by Jon Brodkin
The Federal Communications Commission data cited by Chairman Pai merely showed that deployment continued at about the same rate seen during the Obama administration. [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 1:30 pm by Megan Geuss
This week a nonprofit group filed a complaint (PDF) with the Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate Samsung for violating its customers' privacy with its voice recording feature on its Samsung smart TVs. [read post]
9 Jun 2017, 7:40 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bill Clark) This week, the head of the Federal Communications Commission and a Republican US senator each called net neutrality a "slogan" that solves no real problems, with the senator also arguing that the Internet should have paid fast lanes. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 11:02 am by Jon Brodkin
Time Warner Cable (TWC) has mistreated its customers for decades and should face a wide-ranging investigation as part of its proposed merger with Comcast, a new complaint to the Federal Communications Commission says. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 8:58 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 11:19 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Jenner Images) AT&T and Verizon are trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission that mobile broadband is good enough for Internet users who don't have access to fiber or cable services. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 11:05 am by Cyrus Farivar
Michael Kappel Marriott Hotel Services has come to a $600,000 agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to settle allegations that the hotel chain "interfered with and disabled Wi-Fi networks established by consumers in the conference facilities" at a Nashville hotel in March 2013. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 10:49 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | designer491) The Federal Communications Commission must stop withholding records that may shed light on fraudulent comments submitted in the FCC's net neutrality repeal proceeding, a US District Court judge ruled last week. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 11:25 am
Openwave Systems has targeted Apple and RIM over five seemingly broad mobile device patents, both in federal district court and the International Trade Commission (ITC). [read post]
16 May 2014, 1:20 pm by David Kravets
Andrew Magill/Flickr The 28 House members who lobbied the Federal Communications Commission to drop net neutrality this week have received more than twice the amount in campaign contributions from the broadband sector than the average for all House members. [read post]
20 Jan 2022, 10:43 am by Jon Brodkin
OAN host Dan Ball on Monday night urged viewers to dig up "dirt" on AT&T Board Chairman William Kennard, a Democrat who was Federal Communications Commission chairman during the Clinton administration and US Ambassador to the European Union under Obama. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by George
No matter how well-meaning, such activity could be characterized by state authorities as practicing law outside a jurisdiction… While most agencies are playing catch-up when it comes to social media regulation, at least one, the Federal Trade Commission, has begun taking a hard look at the area. [read post]
28 Jun 2017, 8:16 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | designer491) A group of small Internet service providers yesterday urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to preserve the FCC's net neutrality rules and the related classification of ISPs as common carriers. [read post]
9 May 2018, 1:58 pm by Jon Brodkin
" The author is Robert McDowell, a Republican who served on the Federal Communications Commission from 2006 to 2013. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 12:05 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Olena_T) SpaceX has received Federal Communications Commission approval to halve the orbital altitude of more than 1,500 planned broadband satellites in order to lower the risk of space debris and improve latency. [read post]