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Article | 21/11/2012 FCC might make carriers say how well they performed in disasters
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may seek to make carriers reveal how well their networks withstood major natural disasters so that consumer...
Article | 9/11/2012 Human rights groups: Telecoms gouging prison callers
U.S. prisons, immigration detention centers and telecom carriers are charging "exorbitant" rates on collect calls made by inmates, and the U.S. Federa...
Article | 8/11/2012 Obama tech adviser says re-election sets stage for progress on spectrum
Federal initiatives to make more spectrum available for mobile services are likely to take off running after President Barack Obama's re-election on T...
Article | 6/11/2012 Mobile networks nearing normal coverage after Sandy
Cellular coverage for some carriers approached normal levels in the northeastern U.S. a week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, but some areas remai...
Article | 2/11/2012 Restoring wired service after Sandy may take 2 weeks, Verizon says
Consumers in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy may not get wired phone, Internet and video service back for as long as two weeks, Verizon Commu...
Article | 1/11/2012 Cell-site outages fall to 19 percent in area hit by Sandy, FCC says
About 19 percent of cell sites in the area hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy were still out of service on Thursday morning as recovery was slowed by othe...
Article | 30/10/2012 Sandy slams mobile, wired and cable networks as far west as Michigan
Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites...
Article | 23/10/2012 US gov't agencies embrace collaborative software development
U.S. government agencies have long used open-source software. Now, some agencies are embracing the collaborative development model of open-source soft...
Article | 23/12/2011 FCC clears AT&T-Qualcomm spectrum deal
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T's US$1.9 billion purchase of spectrum from Qualcomm on Thursday, allowing the carrier to ...
Article | 23/12/2011 FCC approves first white spaces database, device
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the first database of unlicensed wireless spectrum that can be used by new so-called white spa...
Article | 22/12/2011 LightSquared says GPS has to accept interference
Mobile startup LightSquared wants the FCC to declare that it has the right to use spectrum next to the GPS band and that navigation device makers do n...
Article | 21/12/2011 LightSquared asks FCC to affirm its spectrum rights
LightSquared has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to affirm its right to use its radio spectrum, possibly setting the stage for a lega...
Article | 21/12/2011 DOJ to review Verizon spectrum purchase
The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing a proposed US$3.6 billion spectrum purchase by Verizon Wireless, a spokeswoman there said Tuesday.
Article | 20/12/2011 AT&T kills $39 billion T-Mobile deal
AT&T has scrapped its plans to purchase rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA in the face of opposition from two U.S. agencies.
Article | 20/12/2011 Professor files net neutrality complaint against Verizon Wireless
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should investigate Verizon Wireless for allegedly blocking Google Wallet on a new smartphone available to t...