The $40 billion for tech is unlikely to create immediate jobs and deliver a quick jolt to the stalled economy, but it could spur long-term business growth.
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With Obama’s nominee set to become the first Democrat to head the FCC in eight years, the agency could finally settle an old score.
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The president-elect is expected to name Julius Genachowski to lead the commission. He inherits a hornet’s nest of problems ranging from patent wars to idle spectrum.
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Lobby says upgrading the digital infrastructure will create far more jobs than fixing the nation’s roads and bridges. But is $30B too much for broadband?
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VC-backed startup calls the Bush administration’s 11th hour attempt to scuttle FCC’s free wireless plan more of the failed policies of the White House.
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Workers placed on leave while carrier investigates the privacy breach. CEO publicly apologizes to President-elect Obama.
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Federal Communications Commission signs off on so-called whites space rules, the Verizon Wireless-Alltel merger, and the tie-up of Sprint’s and Clearwire’s WiMAX businesses.
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Is legal peer-to-peer traffic a bandwidth hog, an Internet time bomb, or just another misunderstood web business?
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A report published Wednesday by media research firm Nielsen shows that low income household and minorities are less likely to be ready for the February nationwide digital transition.
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Spectrum auction urged by Google, Kleiner-backed M2Z gains as report discounts interference threat.
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Cable operator says the ruling that it illegally blocked video traffic on its network was “legally inappropriate.”
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The slap on the wrist for slowing Web traffic exposes the fact that the U.S. federal agency's authority is not clear.
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After a two-year battle with the FCC and the incumbent mobile carriers, VC-backed M2Z is inviting the public to pressure the FCC to move on free wireless broadband.
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FCC could act if there are indications that DT’s phone-spying violations stretched to T-Mobile USA, the carrier’s U.S. property.
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Firm says SMS will quickly overload the wireless network in times of crisis while text broadcast which is being ignored is the perfect fit.
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In its ongoing attempt to incorporate wireless communications into public safety, the FCC keeps running into obstacles. This time it’s the legal and budgetary constraints at FEMA.
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Ben Verwaayen, who guided BT from a slow-footed monopoly to a global telecommunications player, could be headed to the venture capital world.
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Opponents say the merger creates a national monopoly with unfair advantages among car makers, retailers, and suppliers.
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As U.S. preps for digital TV switchover, government says it will mail 5 million $40 coupons so TVs with rabbit ear antennas will continue to work.
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It's a slow start for an FCC process that could fundamentally change the mobile market.
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