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Articles tagged with: Fcc and Federal Communications Commission
FCC chairman: Broadband access should be universal
Making broadband Internet access universally available is this century's version of building highways or extending railroads coast-to-coast, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. more
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FCC Expected To Give Go-Ahead For Broad Look At Wireless Field
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday is expected to approve three broad-ranging inquiries on the wireless industry that could spur competition and innovation. more
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FCC Chairman to Resign Next Week
In a not entirely unsurprising move, the Chairman of the USA's telecoms regulator, the fcc has announced that he will resign effective the day that Barack Obama become President of the country. fcc Chairman, Kevin J. Martin has had political battles with the Democrat dominated Congress, and the prospect of a Democrat dominated government would have made his position very uncomfortable. more
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U.S. Telecom and Cable Credit Profiles to Weaken in 2009
Debt ratings agency, Fitch has issued a report where it says it believes that growing event risk associated with economic, competitive and regulatory pressures will weaken the credit profile of most operators within the U.S. telecommunications and cable sector in 2009. Growing unemployment, continuing home foreclosures, the acceleration of cord-cutting, evolution of wireless smart-phone-based data services, and a changing regulatory environment with a new Federal Communications Commission (fcc) make-up and key regulatory programs up for reform represent some of the challenges to the industry in 2009. more
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Google Calls on FCC to Act on Unused TV Airwaves
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Google co-founder Larry Page on Wednesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to give companies unlicensed access to television airwaves before the November election. more
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FCC Head Wants Broad Reporting Relief for Large Phone Cos
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Friday that he wants to get rid of almost all reporting requirements imposed on large phone companies that allow regulators to monitor their actions. more
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FCC's T-Mobile Test Shows Movement on Spectrum Sale
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission next week will take a step toward auctioning off a new block of channels and requiring the winning bidders to offer free Internet. fcc engineers, at the behest of T-Mobile USA, will fly out to the company's lab near Seattle to test whether wireless Internet uploads on those airwaves will interfere with T-Mobile's connections. more
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Verizon, Alltel Merger Brings Questions About Worker Health
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers wants the Federal Communications Commission to require Verizon Communications and Alltel to adopt a nationwide safety program protecting people from harmful radio frequencies as a condition of their proposed merger. more
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Sprint, Clearwire Ask FCC to Reject Proposed Merger Provisos
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel and Clearwire intend to go head to head against the country's largest wireless Internet networks if their merger is approved, but that ability could be hampered if regulators call for new conditions, the companies told the Federal Communications Commission late Monday. more
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AT&T to Oppose Sprint-Clearwire Merger
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- AT&T, which has the largest wireless subscriber base in the country, is asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny a merger request from Sprint Nextel and Clearwire. more
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