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The head of the Federal Communications Commission plans to address students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on efforts to increase broadband Internet access across the country.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Wednesday of "a looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find ways to come up with more bandwidth for mobile devices.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday proposed the most wide-ranging and specific rules so far for regulating how Internet service providers and wireless carriers handle subscriber traffic.
An appeals court overturned a rule that said a cable TV company could not serve more than 30 percent of the nation's subscribers. The verdict Friday was a victory for the largest cable company, Comcast Corp., which has 25 percent share and sued to block the rule.
The Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at the practices of the wireless industry, potentially the first step toward more regulations intended to push down prices and increase choices for consumers.
Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.
The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Julius Genachowski as head of the Federal Communications Commission and Robert McDowell for a second FCC term.
CenturyTel Inc. says it expects to close its acquisition of Embarq Corp. on July 1 following approval of the deal by the Federal Communications Commission.
The Supreme Court won't stop the Federal Communications Commission from setting rules making it easier for new cable TV competitors to gain local franchises.
The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to force landline phone companies to act faster when their subscribers want to move their phone number to a rival service.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to re-examine its ruling in favor of CBS Corp. in a legal fight over entertainer Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. The high court on Monday directed the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to consider reinstating the $550,000 fine that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on CBS over Jackson's breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Mignon Clyburn, a utility regulator and former newspaper executive from South Carolina, to the Federal Communications Commission.
The Federal Communications Commission took the first step Wednesday in developing a comprehensive plan to give all Americans high-speed Internet access.
While most TV stations that still broadcast in analog are sticking to the June 12 shutdown date, 158 stations intend to turn those signals off before then, according to regulators.
Federal Communications Commission officials and deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's gang unit busted a pirate radio station they say was reportedly broadcasting information on where to buy drugs.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Julius Genachowski, a friend from Harvard Law School, as his nominee to chair the Federal Communications Commission.
The Federal Communications Commission has slapped more than 660 small telecommunications companies with a total of $13.3 million in fines for failing to certify that they're keeping their customer information safe.
The federal call center set up to help viewers through the shutdown of analog broadcast TV signals at many stations this week has been able to easily deal with the volume of calls so far, the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday.
An intervention by the Federal Communications Commission just days before nearly 500 television stations had planned to turn off their analog signals has resulted in 43 stations delaying their cutoffs until June, the agency said late Friday.
About a quarter of the nation's TV stations cut off their analog signals Tuesday, causing sets to go dark in households that were not prepared for digital television despite two years of warnings about the transition.
More than 400 TV stations had said they intended to shut down analog TV broadcasts on or around Tuesday, rather than waiting until June 12, the new deadline set by Congress. The stations are listed here by state and market, as given by the Federal Communications Commission. Markets can be very large in some regions, and many of them span several states.
The Federal Communications Commission has fined the CBS radio affiliate in Pittsburgh $6,000 for a talk show prank promising $1 million to a caller.
The House voted Wednesday 264-158 to delay the analog TV shutdown until June 12.
The Federal Communications Commission is fining nine cable TV operators for attempting to thwart its investigation of a practice in which analog channels were transferred to a more expensive digital tier, leaving some customers without access.
Dell smartphone to debut in China, BrazilDell is officially jumping into the smartphone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd.
WirelessTech Taking a Toll on Earth Science and AstronomyNearly lost amidst the breathless anticipation of all things wireless...is the potential impact these gadgets may have on scientific instruments that likewise need access to the electromagnetic spectrum.
After net neutrality, will we need "Google neutrality?"A leading US academic on network economics argues that net neutrality is a good thing—but ISPs aren't the only potential gatekeepers on the 'Net. "Search neutrality" might well be needed next.
House, Senate get separate bills to kill net neutralityWith the FCC launching a rule-making proceeding on net neutrality, a pair of bills have been introduced to Congress that would bar the FCC from issuing "any regulations regarding the Internet."
Skype: People want total control over mobile phone appsAngry at being barred from some mobile 3G networks by wireless operators, Skype is pushing hard for the FCC to mandate new openness rules for handsets—and it says that public opinion is on its side.
Will Genachowski's Telecom Gambit Pay Off? This week Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski dropped a bombshell on the nation's communications industry. His proposal: A new regulatory regime for heretofore largely untethered broadband communications.
The United States of PlutocracyThe United States has for practical purposes been a plutocracy for some years now. American national elections usually function more or less correctly, except that they have become all but completely dominated by money.
Internet providers seek low broadband barThe biggest U.S. Internet service providers urged regulators to adopt a conservative definition of "broadband," arguing for minimum speeds that were substantially below many other nations.
Apple denies rejecting Google Voice for iPhoneApple told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.
Andy Kessler: Why AT&T Killed Google VoiceEarlier this month, Apple rejected an application for the iPhone called Google Voice.
Google-AT&T-Apple fight over Net calls draws FCC interestApple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) Friday are expected to tell the Federal Communications Commission why Google's free voice application, called Google Voice, is banned from the Apple iPhone. Google is also filing comments.
Cash-strapped states raid cell phone 911 fundsMore than $200 million collected from cell phone users for upgrades to the 911 system has been diverted in the last two years to plug state budget holes, keep campaign promises and, in at least one case, buy police uniforms, an Associated Press analysis has found.
Little people call for FCC to ban 'midget' excerpt: ""Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV"
700,000 called digital TV hotline this weekNearly 700,000 people called a federal hotline this week, confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.
Friday is final curtain for analog TV signalsThe last major TV stations that are still broadcasting in analog will turn those signals off Friday and go all digital. And this time, they really mean it.
Red Tape: FCC lets cell companies run wild"If you're wondering why mobile phone carriers get away with imposing blatantly unfair policies, there's a simple reason: No one stops them.
Obama, Left Wing 'Plan to 'Target Religious Broadcasters'Democratic plans to revive government censorship of the radio and TV airways will strike hardest at religious broadcasters who stand in the way of a liberal social revolution.
Converter-box program running out of moneyThe Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money.
Converter-box program running out of moneyThe Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money.
Lawrence Lessig says it's time to nuke the FCC from orbitThe nation's leading writer on media and telecommunications law says it's time to get rid of the Federal Communications Commission, which he calls corrupt beyond repair.
FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free Internet nationwide, a proposal staunchly opposed by the cell phone industry.
Net Neutrality Advocates In Charge Of Obama Team Review of FCCThe Obama-Biden transition team on Friday named two long-time net neutrality advocates to head up its Federal Communications Commission Review team.
Kimberly Campbell Contributing Writer. RALEIGH, NC - A WRAL radio broadcaster in Raleigh announced in late October during a morning radio show, "Bill and Sherry in the Morning," that Wake County, mid-North Carolina was not selling firearms because of Sheriff Donnie Harrison's a …
Must it Always be About Sex? (That's Indecent!)The Supreme Court specializes in law, not lexicography. But it will soon have to consider the meaning of that most versatile of four-letter words.
Kimberly Campbell Contributing Writer. UNITED STATES - ABC News and possibly other major news networks are stealing content from online college students enrolled in journalism or legal degree programs at major universities and from publications of other entrepreneurial writers …
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