FCC to fine Google just $25,000 for blocking investigation
The Federal Communications Commission has recommended that Google be fined just $25,000 for allegedly blocking the FCC's investigation of Google's WiFi data storing policies. More...
The Federal Communications Commission has recommended that Google be fined just $25,000 for allegedly blocking the FCC's investigation of Google's WiFi data storing policies. More...
Top wireless providers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint have teamed up with the Federal Communications Commission to develop a database of stolen cell phones in a collaborative effort to cut theft. More...
Thanks to some clever sleuthing in the FCC database, images of a new LG Windows Phone known as the LS831 have appeared, and it looks like the CDMA device could be headed to Sprint More...
A filing for Nokia's Lumia 800 smartphone has been posted on the FCC's web site, which may be a signal that the phone may finally get a US release date soon. More...
The FCC approved the first white spaces database and device this week and Microsoft thinks the white space market will be as big, if not bigger, than the current WiFi market. More...
The Federal Communications Commission has allowed AT&T to withdraw its application to merge with T-Mobile but the FCC still released a report that was highly critical of the merger proposal. More...
A source claims that AT&T is planning to offer to sell a large portion of T-Mobile's assets - as much as 40 percent - in an attempt to appease the Department of Justice's concerns over their merger. More...
AT&T has admitted that it could take a massive $4 billion one time charge on its financial books if its proposed merger with fellow wireless carrier T-Mobile fails to happen. More...
Facebook is close to a new settlement agreement with the federal government that will result in users of the social networking site having more control over their privacy settings More...
The US Senate voted today to block an effort by one of their own to overturn the net neutrality rules that were approved by the FCC late in December 2010; the rules go into effect November 20. More...
Microsoft is offering low income families a way to get $250 PCs bundled with Microsoft Office as part of a new FCC program called Connect to Compete More...
The nation's wireless carriers have reached an agreement with the FCC that will wireless subscribers warning if they are reaching their monthly limits on voice, text or data usage. More...
Verizon has once again filed an appeal to the Federal Communications Commission as they try to block the FCC's recently approved net neutrality law from going into effect. More...
Here's a twist for you: Net neutrality supporters file a lawsuit protesting net neutrality. Apparently, they beat Verizon and Metro PCS to the punch. More...
The Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules will finally go into effect on November 20, but the rules are expected to be disputed by wireless and ISP companies in court. More...
The Federal Communications Commission has requested AT&T to provide more info on its proposed merger with T-Mobile, specifically on its LTE expansion plans. More...
The Federal Communications Commission has filed a report on how the advertised speeds of Internet ISPs compared to real world results. More...
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is hold a hearing on Friday to deal with spectrum and public safety problems. Key Republican lawmakers have released a draft of spectrum auction and public safety band... More...
The concept of net neutrality for Internet service providers got one step closer to becoming the law of the land this week. According to a post on The Hill web site the Federal Communications Commission... More...
Image Source: Ars Technica LightSquared, a company that wants to build a 14 billion dollar, open access satellite/4G LTE broadband network, is facing a new battle. Its base stations appear to wreak havoc with some... More...
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission launched what they called the first official map of the US's broadband Internet network. The map cost $300 million to develop and was designed to give US citizens... More...
Sprint, currently the third largest wireless phone carrier in the US, is officially objecting to the proposed merger of two other companies, AT&T and T-Mobile. Bloomberg reports that Sprint filed a petition with the Federal... More...
The United States is still behind other countries in the world in terms of bringing broadband Internet access to its citizens. That's the results of a new study announced on Friday by the Federal Communications... More...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to propose and vote this week on an $8 billion plan that will expand high-speed, fast-access Internet to underserved cities across the United States. The plan will actually... More...
Net neutrality, the idea that the Internet should be free of restrictions placed by governments and ISP’s, has been in the news for quite some time now. The Guardian reports that the US Federal Communications... More...
According to a report released by the FCC this week, US broadband consumers in 2009 were getting half of the download speeds advertised by their service providers. In 2009, the median advertised download speed for... More...
Apple has reportedly managed to gain approval by the FCC for a new trackpad device which could now launch anytime. Discovered by Engadget, the filing reveals the device -- a Bluetooth trackpad which would allow users... More...
Engadget reports that the FCC has given approval for the release of the HTC EVO 4G. While details are slim and mostly confidential, there is no doubt that the filing of HTC model PC36100, which... More...
A US federal court of appeals today struck down a 2008 FCC sanction against Comcast for blocking P2P channels from its customers. The overruling stated that the Federal Communications Commission does not have the authority... More...
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to allow communities to use local schools' broadband internet access during non-operating hours. Many schools receive funds for internet access through the E-rate program. However, the FCC's previous... More...
The FCC is currently looking at ways to open up more airwaves so that mobile providers will be able to increase the availability of wireless broadband services. The reasoning for this is because the... More...
Just recently, the Federal Communications Commission (or the FCC) published a .pdf timeline, detailing all the broadband-related projects it hopes to have completed by February 17 of next year. On that date, the FCC must... More...
Comcast filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission Thursday after the federal agency determined to impose penalties on the cable giant for unlawfully blocking user Web traffic. "We filed this appeal in order to... More...
The Federal Communications Commission may require the winner of airwaves being auctioned off by the government to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service across a large swath of the country. "We're hoping there will be... More...
Senator Byron Dorgan, a high-ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee and Democrat, urged U.S. communications regulators on Friday to block Sirius Satellite Radio's purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio, saying the deal would lead... More...