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Article | 30/08/2011 Groups ask FCC to rule against BART's mobile phone shutdown
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should take swift action to rule against the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District's recent decision to sh...
Article | 16/08/2011 FCC looking into BART mobile phone shutdown
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is looking into last week's shutdown of mobile phone services on a San Francisco commuter train line.
Article | 12/08/2011 LightSquared says GPS makers ignored filtering rules
GPS vendors have not complied with a 2008 Department of Defense recommendation that called for much better filtering of signals from adjacent spectrum...
Article | 12/08/2011 Groups push for telephone subsidy overhaul
A proposal to overhaul U.S. subsidies and shift money to broadband deployment needs backing from lawmakers, supporters said in a letter to congression...
Article | 11/08/2011 Mayors voice support for AT&T deal with T-Mobile
More than 100 U.S. mayors have expressed support for AT&T's proposed acquisition of mobile rival T-Mobile USA, AT&T said Wednesday.
Article | 10/08/2011 FCC officials: We won't let LightSquared hurt GPS
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission won't allow LightSquared's proposed mobile broadband service to interfere with GPS signals, even though the...
Article | 6/08/2011 Contest shines light on broadband providers' tactics
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given awards to three computer science teams for application development or research that helps broadba...
Article | 5/08/2011 New group plans 100,000 broadband-enabled jobs in US
A group of U.S. businesses has announced a goal of creating 100,000 call center jobs in the country over the next two years, using broadband as the su...
Article | 3/08/2011 FCC: Broadband delivers close to advertised speeds
Wired broadband providers in the U.S. deliver speeds that are close to, and sometimes exceed, the service they promise customers, according to a repor...
Article | 30/07/2011 Carriers, trade groups propose broadband fund
A U.S. Federal Communications Commission program that subsidizes telephone service in rural areas would transition into broadband subsidies under a pl...
Article | 28/07/2011 IEEE sets standard for 'white spaces'
A just-published standard for using the "white spaces" between TV channels could offer as much as 22M bps (bits per second) over distances as great as...
Article | 27/07/2011 Verizon joins booster vendor in FCC plan
Verizon Wireless has teamed up with cellular booster company Wilson Electronics to propose federal standards for boosters, which sometimes help to ove...
Article | 26/07/2011 LightSquared vs. GPS raises big spectrum issues
The argument raging over LightSquared's proposed LTE network and possible interference with GPS services is actually two arguments over two sets of fr...
Article | 21/07/2011 Senator opposes AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile
A senior U.S. senator has urged two federal agencies to reject AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
Article | 16/07/2011 Critics oppose Republican spectrum plan
A Republican proposal to auction more wireless spectrum to mobile carriers would leave U.S. police and fire departments "worse off" than they are toda...