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Topic: U.S. Federal Communications Commission

  
INNOVATION   |  Comment

White Space Gold Rush

BY Guy Smith
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 5:33 PM

The FCC has created the next big technology gold rush, literally out of thin air. Chip and mobile technology mavens are the first folks who will strike the new mother load, but others will follow. In between existing television ...READ»

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FCC   |  6 comments

Four Ways to Fast-Track 4G, Says FCC

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Oct 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Today FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski took to the stage at CTIA and outlined his agency's plan to handle the welter of wireless transmissions coming in the next decade. The goal: 4G, as fast as possible. According to Mashable, the ...READ»

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8-MEGAPIXELS   |  Comment

Samsung's 8-Megapixel Pixon Cameraphone Comes to US

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 16, 2008 at 9:31 AM

Samsung's Pixon cellphone has just made it past the FCC, labelled as M8800L, and that means it'll hit stores sometime soon. What distinguishes this phone from others in the crowded market is a built-in 8-megapixel camera.Whether this ...READ»

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D-TV   |  1 comment

Your Antenna TV Is Dead in Two Days

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jun 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM

Lest you had forgotten, antenna TV is being forcibly retired by the FCC in favor of a hard-wired digital connection that will offer better picture and sound. Earlier this year, the transition deadline--the date that antenna TV would ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  Comment

3G Networks Start to Whine About FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM

Only yesterday the FCC's chairman spoke up about net neutrality rules, and already the big U.S. 3G broadband providers are beginning to shake their rattles, cry out loud and demand that people listen: Net neutrality is bad, they ...READ»

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NETBOOK   |  Comment

Will Telecoms Push Netbooks Over Smartphones?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM

Some mobile networks say that smartphone users are sucking down too much data. But as netbooks become more popular, won't a burgeoning problem get that much worse? (Below, the Palm Pre.) No, says a new study -- having millions more ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  1 comment

FCC Embraces Net Neutrality, Enforces It On ISPs

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM

The FCC is embracing rules that enforce Net neutrality on ISPs, and in a surprisingly open way.READ»

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2009   |  1 comment

The Six Tech Marvels We Had Better See In 2009

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 31, 2008 at 5:05 PM

As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?READ»

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FCC   |  5 comments

FCC to Probe Wireless Industry, Putting Carriers and Device Makers in Hot Seat

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM

Months of grumbling by consumer and trade groups and whispers of a possible FCC probe have culminated in exactly that, as the Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to launch a broad investigation into the wireless ...READ»

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CHANGE.GOV   |  Comment

Rebooting the FCC

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 22, 2009 at 12:33 PM

Proposed changes to the way the nation's media watchdog does its business will mean more transparency for citizens--and bad news for secretive consumer-electronics companies.READ»

FCC Starts Up Its Radio White Space System, New Wireless Tech En-Route
WHITE SPACE   |  Comment

FCC Starts Up Its Radio White Space System, New Wireless Tech En-Route

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 1, 2009 at 8:42 AM

After a year of dithering, controversy and retro-thinking government meddling, the FCC has finally begun the process of enabling new whitespace broadband Wi-Fi devices. Good news. But if it makes you scratch your head, then let us ...READ»

MEDIA   |  5 comments

Old Media Wants Its Piece of the Pie

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 3:00 PM

Traditional media companies, such as the Tribune Co., NBC Universal, and CBS told the FCC yesterday that its restrictions on who can own what media property where have to be eased if newspapers and broadcast outlets are to survive in ...READ»

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WIFI   |  1 comment

Microsoft Building One-Mile Wi-Fi

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 98
Thu Aug 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Despite protestations from the Bush administration, the FCC succeeded last year in making a certain chunk of the nation's TV and radio spectrum--dubbed "white space"--available to unlicensed broadcasters. That meant that companies ...READ»

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700MHZ   |  2 comments

Tech Watch: Cheap Nationwide WiFi

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 94
Thu Nov 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM

Lots of news stories have been trampled by Election Day coverage, but none more nerdily exciting than Tuesday's FCC decision to open up “white space” – or space in the 700MHz range of the wireless spectrum – for unlicensed wireless use. Imagine a new Bluetooth frequency that could rove hundreds of miles, instead of just a few feet.READ»

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BUSH   |  Comment

FCC Cancels Whitespace Free Wi-Fi Meeting

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 92
Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 6:48 AM

First George W. expressed his disapproval of the future-thinking nationwide free Wi-Fi service, and now the FCC has simply cancelled a meeting that was scheduled this week to discuss the issue.The December 18th meeting was due to be ...READ»

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Beyond the Freedom to Connect

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Mar 30, 2005 at 1:56 PM

After the lunch break at Freedom to Connect, Jeff Jarvis, proprietor of BuzzMachine interviewed First Amendment Attorney Robert Corn-Revere. Their wide-ranging conversation addressed how legal precedents in the broadcast media world ...READ»

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DIGITAL TV   |  1 comment

Digital TV Switch Hailed as Success, Big-Bang Detection Included

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 87
Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 9:53 AM

Well, it's done: After a delay caused by project mismanagement, the U.S. is now a digital television-only nation. According to the FCC, the big switch on Friday went well. And there is a scientific benefit in the short term, as well.READ»

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BUSH   |  9 comments

Bush Condemns Free National Wi-Fi

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 87
Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM

In another nod to his alleged "free-market" principles, President Bush has expressed disapproval of the free nationwide Wi-Fi proposal being considered by the FCC and Congress. It's an inauspicious time to decry helpful...READ»

SALES + MARKETING   |  Comment

Do-Not-Call List No Longer on Hold?

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 86
Mon Sep 29, 2003 at 5:50 PM

The back-and-forth waffling seems to be over. President Bush signed the do-not-call list into law today, paving the way for the FTC to establish the directory as planned -- and the FCC to enforce penalties because of recent federal ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  Comment

The Powers or the People: GOP Rep. Tries to Delay FCC Vote on Who Owns the Web

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 85
Wed Oct 21, 2009 at 10:31 AM

With an FCC vote on net neutrality rules looming on Thursday, it would be a shame if partisan politics didn't come into play. But who will stand up to declare regulations barring Internet service providers from picking and choosing ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  Comment

People and Powers-That-Be Disagree on Broadband

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 80
Wed Oct 21, 2009 at 8:54 AM

Net neutrality: Like it or loathe it, you can't deny it's a hot topic at the moment. And while Cisco's just done some research to show bandwidth hogs don't necessarily exist in the way they're portrayed, the GOP is trying to delay the ...READ»

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ANALOG TV SWITCH OFF   |  Comment

Obama, FCC Chief Clash Over Analog TV Switch-Off

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 76
Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 3:55 AM

Late last week, President-elect Barack Obama made a particularly public call for a delay to the February digital TV switch-over date. His main concerns are inadequate funding of the public awareness program and problems with the ...READ»

RE:CON F2C 2005   |  Comment

What's Incumbent upon Incumbents?

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 75
Thu Mar 31, 2005 at 11:50 AM

After a short coffee break, Freedom to Connect participants reconvened for a panel discussion moderated by Kevin Werbach, former editor of Release 1.0 and an assistant professor of legal studies at the Wharton School, University of ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING   |  6 comments

Call It an Early Birthday Present

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 71
Mon Oct 4, 2004 at 2:34 PM

Today the Supreme Court declined to rule that the National Do Not Call Registry violates telemarketers' rights to commercial free speech. For the consumers who submitted more than 60 million home and cell phone numbers to the list, ...READ»

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CONSUMER PRODUCTS   |  2 comments

The Google Guide to Infuriating Your ISP

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 68
Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 5:25 PM

Google [GOOG] has launched a new website in cooperation with a pair of nonprofit organizations. It does two things: it analyzes your network connection, and it makes companies like Comcast [CMCSA] and TimeWarner [TWX] wish that Google ...READ»

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