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FCC urged to act on net neutrality principles
News Executives from AT&T and Verizon Communications said on Tuesday that it's important for the US Federal Communications Commission to take action against Comcast for slowing down some peer-to-peer traffic to prove legislation is not necessary when...
[June 18, 2008, 10:08]
FCC opens chunk of US wireless spectrum
News The US Federal Communications Commission ruled on Tuesday that a valuable chunk of wireless spectrum will be open to whatever mobile devices Americans want to use, amounting to a political setback for traditional telephone companies and a partial...
[August 1, 2007, 9:43]
Skype calls on FCC to open network access
News Skype petitioned the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week to force US mobile operators to loosen controls on what kinds of hardware and software can be connected to their networks. In a document dated 20 February, Skype asked the...
[February 23, 2007, 8:36]
Telco censured for blocking VoIP
News The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday that Madison River Communication will "refrain from blocking" VoIP, or voice-over-IP, calls and will pay a $15,000 (£7,900) fine to the US government.
[March 4, 2005, 9:15]
Swimming against the wireless tide
News PulseLink is now working with ultrawideband (UWB), a method of delivering information without wires that was approved for commercial use in February by the Federal Communications Commission. And, to avoid the spectrum used by the military and...
[July 2, 2002, 10:35]
Clock ticking for ISP VoIP-tapping
News It's clear from the Federal Communications Commission's 59-page decision, released late Friday evening, that any VoIP provider linking with the public telephone network must be wiretap-ready. Because of that very fundamental difference between the...
[September 27, 2005, 10:35]
US regulators turn on to power-line broadband
News If broadband over power lines, or BPL, takes off, then more people, particularly in rural and underserved areas, will be able to plug into high-speed Internet access, and markets dominated by cable and DSL (digital subscriber line) should be...
[August 4, 2006, 11:20]
Regulators consider the future of VoIP
News Early indications are that the Federal Communications Commission may adopt a "light touch" approach, but there are concerns over, among other things, the potential loss in tax revenues, and the negative impact on universal service obligations.
[April 14, 2004, 14:10]
Vint Cerf hears VoIP calling
News Currently, the nation's largest phone companies are trying to coax the Federal Communications Commission into regulating VoIP. Broadband shouldn't be any different, but it is based on my current understanding of the triennial review by the Federal...
[September 11, 2003, 10:00]
Cable elite watching AOL-Time Warner progress
News Some industry luminaries are fretting under the watchful eye of three different regulatory bodies, including the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.
[November 30, 2000, 15:31]
Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy
News That apparent neglect occasionally led to embarrassing results, such as the Bush administration acknowledging last month that it opposed a spectrum plan backed by Kevin Martin, Bush's own appointee who heads the Federal Communications Commission.
[January 20, 2009, 12:37]
US telecoms regulators reveal contentious vision
News The new regulations, collected in a massive 576-page document, spell out the Federal Communications Commission's vision for competition between the big local phone companies and their rivals in the data and voice telephony markets.
[August 22, 2003, 11:20]
Businesses prepare for Internet disaster
News Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said this week that the industry was in a state of "utter crisis" and that he was bracing for more bad news. Now the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission...
[July 19, 2002, 13:34]
US regulator proposes new net neutrality rules
News US Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday outlined a plan to keep the internet open. Genachowski said the FCC would issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at the its October meeting, adding that the Commission will...
[September 22, 2009, 9:05]
Google hails vote to open up US wireless spectrum
News On Tuesday, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously agreed to open up unused broadcast TV spectrum for unlicensed use. While we appreciate the FCC's attempt to address significant issues raised by broadcasters and others, every...
[November 5, 2008, 8:22]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There being the US, where Uncle Charlie -- aka the Federal Communications Commission -- has decided to give ultrawideband radio the go-ahead. Friday 15/02/2002 Ultrawideband is here. OK, it's there. UWB to its friends, this is a brand new and very...
[February 18, 2002, 9:25]
US regulators move forward on net neutrality
News The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to move forward on a process, expected to take 120 days, that could lead to net neutrality regulations. The vote came after the two dissenters on the commission — Republicans...
[October 23, 2009, 13:00]
FCC nixes phones on planes
Blog So, the Federal Communications Commission over in the States has confirmed that it doesn't want mobile phones to be usable on planes, but it seems it'll be OK to have onboard Wi-Fi. Er, VoIP anyone? Seriously though, do people really want phones...
[April 5, 2007, 10:00]
Investigation Into the Performance of EOTD for GSM Users in Telematics Applications
White Papers Location-based services have been standardized for incorporation into 3rd generation wireless communications as a result of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) mandate on wireless carriers to provide Automatic Location Information (ALI...
[May 12, 2006, 1:00]
US: Net-neutrality regulations unnecessary
News The comments came in a public filing that the US Department of Justice sent on Thursday to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), warning against the adoption of extensive net-neutrality rules. The Republican chairman of the Federal Trade...
[September 7, 2007, 11:36]
