Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:44 PM/EST
With national elections looming and a likely change of leadership at the Federal Communications Commission, perhaps Chairman Kevin Martin is worried about his legacy when it comes to an interoperable network for first responders. You may have noticed -- seven...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:35 PM/EST
Verizon CTO Richard Lynch told the Progress & Freedom Foundation's annual Aspen Summit Aug. 19, "We need to guard against turning technical and business decisions into political decisions." He was, of course, referring to the Aug. 1 FCC (Federal Communications...
Friday, July 11, 2008 2:01 PM/EST
No matter the FCC's final decision on Comcast's blocking of peer to peer traffic, litigation is sure to follow. Just for starters, Comcast doesn't believe the FCC's network neutrality principles are even legal in the first place. In a March...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:28 PM/EST
In one of the poorest kept secrets at the FCC in recent years, the agency officially sanctioned Verizon June 23 for attempting to keep customers from porting their telephone numbers to another carrier. According to the FCC order, Verizon used...
Friday, June 20, 2008 12:40 PM/EST
Loose lips at the Federal Communications Commission are predicting that the agency will find Verizon guilty of violating consumer privacy as early as June 20 for actions affecting customers' ability to change providers. The decision would reverse an earlier staff...
Friday, June 06, 2008 3:12 PM/EST
The cellular industry has reacted with great indignity over just the notion of the government selling off some spectrum to be dedicated for free wireless broadband service. The industry's mouthpiece - the CTIA - insists that if the FCC is...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:53 PM/EST
It's always interesting to see what lawsuits and proposed legislation can do in nudging the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) into action. The latest example is FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's idea for yet another spectrum auction. This one would have an...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:45 PM/EST
WASHINGTON--It's almost as if Larry Page had an enemies list entered into the BlackBerry he frequently checked during his May 22 We Love Google session with the New America Foundation. Bad guys: Microsoft and the National Association of Broadcasters. Good...
Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:19 PM/EST
Comcast should stop denying the undeniable and get on with the inevitable outcome of the FCC's investigation into the cable giant's network neutrality violations: suing the FCC for doing its job. It's a time-honored Washington tradition. When accusations first surfaced...