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Article | 30/11/2011 FCC riles AT&T by releasing report on T-Mobile merger
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has allowed AT&T to withdraw its application to buy the mobile licenses owned by T-Mobile USA, as AT&am...
Article | 24/11/2011 Spectrum clash builds around bionic implants
The battle over scarce radio spectrum that has embroiled the mobile broadband world even extends to a little-known type of wireless network that promi...
Article | 24/11/2011 What happens now to the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger?
Staff at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have decided that AT&T's proposed acquisition of mobile carrier T-Mobile is contrary to the pu...
Article | 23/11/2011 Net neutrality is too regulatory, but Stop Online Piracy isn't?
Several Republicans in the U.S. Congress who voted this year to overturn net neutrality rules -- with most opponents arguing the rules would create th...
Article | 11/11/2011 Senate votes against measure to kill net neutrality rules
The U.S. Senate has voted against a Republican measure that would have overturned net neutrality rules passed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commi...
Article | 10/11/2011 Low-income families offered cheap broadband, PCs
Many U.S. cable providers will offer broadband service for US$9.95 a month and an e-recycler will offer $150 PCs and laptops to low-income families in...
Article | 9/11/2011 Critics of AT&T/T-Mobile merger question job gain estimates
AT&T's assertions that its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA will create up to 96,000 new U.S. jobs are "completely unfounded" and contrary to p...
Article | 9/11/2011 US agencies to test Emergency Alert System
Don't panic. It's a test, only a test.
Article | 5/11/2011 Senator vows to block FCC nominees over LightSquared
The controversy over satellite-LTE carrier LightSquared could prevent the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from filling two vacant seats if a U....
Article | 29/10/2011 Small carriers question FCC's phone subsidy reform
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's vote Thursday to shift long-time telephone subsidies to broadband deployment generated praise in the tele...
Article | 28/10/2011 GPS group counters LightSquared claims
The Coalition to Save Our GPS challenged LightSquared's forecasts that the FCC will be able to resolve the controversy over the company's planned cell...
Article | 28/10/2011 FCC votes to end telephone subsidies, shift to broadband
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to overhaul a decades-old system of telephone subsidies in rural areas, with the funding refocuse...
Article | 25/10/2011 New tool to help small businesses plan for cyberattack
With hackers increasingly setting their sights on small businesses, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Monday it will provide an online t...
Article | 18/10/2011 US mobile carriers to offer free usage alerts
Major U.S. mobile carriers will begin offering free usage alerts to customers in an effort to help them avoid surprise charges on their bills, the U.S...
Article | 13/10/2011 Farmer, aviation groups question LightSquared plan
LightSquared's plan to build a mobile broadband network on spectrum next to the GPS band could create major problems for U.S. farmers and aviators, cr...