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Articles tagged with: Federal Communications Commission and Compete
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
Related Tags: roaming, arpu, rsa, verizon-wireless, verizon, alltel, fcc, verizon-communications, satellite, 3, level-3, embarq, fitch, centurytel, centennial-communications, USA
Google Calls on Public to Back Opening TV White Space
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Google on Monday launched a campaign aimed at drumming up public support for opening unused TV spectrum bands for a new generation of wireless Internet access. more
Related Tags: google, rural, analog, white-space, USA
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
Related Tags: clearwire, sprint-nextel, verizon, fcc, sprint, nextel, USA
US Airlines Face Competition Challenge to Delivering In-Flight Communications
U.S. airlines may be at a competitive disadvantage as European carriers move forward on plans for in-flight Internet connectivity and communication services on-board passenger aircraft, concluded a panel of industry experts at a National Press Club briefing sponsored by satellite communications provider, EMS Technologies and Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, blackberry, aircraft, satellite, in-flight, air-france, onair, USA
Collapse of Frontline Poses Questions for FCC Spectrum Plan
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- With the collapse of telecommunications venture Frontline Wireless, analysts are questioning whether a plan for a national wireless broadband network for police and firefighters is still viable. more
Related Tags: verizon-wireless, stanford, fcc, police, silicon-valley, USA
US Board Proposes Telecom Fund be Used for Broadband Costs
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Policymakers overseeing a federal government-subsidized telecommunications fund have recommended for the first time that it be used specifically to help offset costs of deploying broadband Internet services in rural and poor parts of the country. more
Related Tags: fcc, universal-service-fund, USA
FCC Rules Allow One Bidder To Buy More Than Half Of Spectrum
Related Tags: at&t, verizon-wireless, fcc, verizon-communications
Google Talks Principles, Moves To Disrupt Wireless Market"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Google on Friday portrayed itself as a champion of consumers' unfettered access to the Internet, but demonstrated with a $4.6 billion promise that it sees profit in disrupting the telecommunications companies' hold on the wireless market. more
Related Tags: at&t, metropcs, leap-wireless, walled-garden, yahoo, eric-schmidt, mobile-advertising, fcc, verizon-communications, sk-telecom