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Articles tagged with: Federal Communications Commission and Satellite
Alaska Airlines Trials Satellite-Based Inflight Wireless Internet Service
Alaska Airlines says that it has launched a customer trial of its new satellite-based wireless Internet service. Onboard Alaska Airlines' specially-equipped Boeing 737-700, the service will be free at the start of the trial, which is scheduled to begin on an afternoon flight between Seattle and San Jose, Calif., and will run for about 60 days. After a successful trial period, the airline will determine the schedule for rolling out the commercial availability of its wireless Internet service to its entire fleet of aircraft. 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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DISH Network, Alcatel to Test Mobile TV Technology
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- DISH Network wants to bring video service to not only its subscribers' televisions, but their cellphones too. more
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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
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214 Bidders on List for US FCC Public Airwaves Auction
WASHINGTON (AP)--More than 200 companies had qualified by Monday to bid during the auction of public airwaves that could raise as much as $15 billion for the U.S. Treasury. more
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US FCC Orders Phone Cos To Improve Emergency Call Standards
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. government moved Thursday to force the telephone industry to do a better job helping police and firefighters locate people who call 911 on cellular and Internet-based phones. more
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