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Article | 19/02/2011 US bill would prohibit Internet 'kill switch'

Three U.S. senators criticized for past legislation that would allow the president to potentially quarantine or shut down parts of the Internet during...

Article | 18/02/2011 FBI: Web-based services hurting wiretapping efforts

Web-based e-mail, social-networking and peer-to-peer services are frustrating law enforcement wiretapping efforts, a lawyer for the U.S. Federal Burea...

Article | 18/02/2011 US broadband map shows large uncovered areas

Large swaths of the western and southern U.S. do not have access to wired or fixed wireless broadband, according to a new national broadband map relea...

Article | 17/02/2011 Republican lawmakers rip net neutrality rules

Republican members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to rescind its network neutrality...

Article | 17/02/2011 Senators explore new website seizure options

U.S senators will introduce legislation this year targeting websites that traffic in digital piracy or counterfeited goods, said the primary sponsor o...

Article | 16/02/2011 Lawmaker reintroduces WikiLeaks prosecution bill

New legislation in the U.S. Congress targets WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for espionage prosecution.

Article | 16/02/2011 Clinton says Internet censorship harmful to governments

Countries that continue to censor the Internet face long-term economic and social costs, with oppression leading to civil unrest and not security, U.S...

Article | 15/02/2011 Groups: Spectrum incentive auctions would raise big bucks

Wireless auctions using spectrum voluntarily given up by television stations could raise US$33 billion or more for the cash-strapped U.S. treasury, ac...

Article | 12/02/2011 Lawmaker introduces online do-not-track bill

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday would create a do-not-track tool giving Internet users the power to prohibit online adve...

Article | 11/02/2011 Republicans question broadband stimulus program

Two government agencies handing out more than US$7 billion for broadband deployment should reexamine grants to projects that overlap existing broadban...

Article | 11/02/2011 Obama goal: 98 percent of US covered by 4G broadband

Ninety-eight percent of U.S. residents would have access to high-speed mobile broadband service within five years under a plan that President Barack O...

Article | 10/02/2011 Speedy broadband deployment pitched to FCC

Broadband deployment can happen faster in the U.S. if government agencies remove some road blocks, several members of the telecom industry told the U....

Article | 9/02/2011 FCC moves to redirect phone subsidies to broadband

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took a major step Tuesday toward ending subsidies for traditional telephone service in rural areas and redi...

Article | 8/02/2011 FCC plans to redirect phone subsidies to broadband

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will unveil a proposal Tuesday to phase out subsidies for traditional telephone service to rural areas, wit...

Article | 5/02/2011 Experts: FCC needs to focus on spectrum and subsidy reform

With the issue of network neutrality behind the U.S. Federal Communications Commission -- at least temporarily -- the agency must turn its focus to fr...