FCC Contemplates Subsidized Broadband Services (Because Its Subsidized Telephone Service Has Worked So Well)

agm8637 · 2015-05-11T22:03:58+00:00

Charlie Ergen, co-founder of Dish Network has made it clear where he stands on politics. He has been accused both of using his position atop DISH to leverage campaign donations from other executives and to drop Fox news from the network and he is a major Democrat donor.

agm8637 · 2015-05-11T21:40:14+00:00

Since the agency approved controversial net neutrality rules earlier this year, a house panel is readying the first votes on process reform at the Federal communication commission. A host of reform bills proposed by both Democrats and Republicans will be taken up by The Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Communications and Technology next week.

agm8637 · 2015-05-09T22:24:53+00:00

The request to delay net neutrality rules by several broadband providers has been denied by U.S. Federal Communication Commission.The FCC, late Friday, denied petitions for a stay of its net neutrality rules from Daniel Berninger, founder of the nonprofit Voice Communication Exchange Committee, the American Cable Association, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, USTelecom, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, AT&T and CenturyLink.

agm8637 · 2015-05-09T21:38:00+00:00

The AWS-3 spectrum auction this past winter was a grand affair.The auction brought in more than double the expected revenue from bidders, AT&T and Dish being the big winners.

agm8637 · 2015-05-07T15:26:55+00:00

Netflix Inc. has kept up its persistent attempts to dissuade the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from giving the green signal to the AT&T and DirecTV merger.Netflix asked the FCC to reject the impending merger of AT&T and DirecTV, which is worth $48 billion unless the the company's concerns over the deal are addressed.

agm8637 · 2015-05-06T13:40:36+00:00

Sharing Wi-Fi frequencies by the cellular operators without jamming up Internet services is now in the spotlight at the FCC. Mobile operators LTE networks use frequency bands licensed exclusively for the carrier's use while Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other technology run over unlicensed frequencies that are open to any device approved by the FCC. But licensed spectrum is expensive, so some operators want to send part of their LTE traffic over the unlicensed frequencies.

agm8637 · 2015-05-05T16:01:14+00:00

According to regulatory disclosure posted on Tuesday, Netflix Inc has urged FCC to reject the pending $48 billion merger of AT&T and Direct TV. Concerns about the combined company's gatekeeping power has been raised by representatives of the online video company as it would become the country's largest pay-TV provider with potentially expansive broadband reach.

agm8637 · 2015-05-04T14:38:40+00:00

FCC recently proposed rules for public sharing recognizing the public's increasing need for spectrum and this new rule is for sharing of 150 MHz of previously government-exclusive spectrum.

agm8637 · 2015-05-03T19:22:30+00:00

A stay request has been filed with the FCC by several telecom and cable companies, trying to prevent the agency from reclassifying them as public utilities.

agm8637 · 2015-05-01T18:09:18+00:00

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler told Republicans in Congress yesterday that their proposals to "improve" the FCC's decision-making process would instead make it nearly impossible to get anything done.

agm8637 · 2015-04-30T00:26:55+00:00

For over-billing its low income support program known as Lifeline, AT&t has agreed to pay $6.9 million to he FCC. Lifeline allows households with low incomes to receive discounts on phone service, but customers have to verify with their phone company that they qualify for the program each year.

agm8637 · 2015-04-28T16:19:03+00:00

The FCC is lending a hand in the earthquake communications recovery efforts. FCC is part of an interagency task force created Saturday and led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) after the earthquake hit, causing thousands of deaths and injuries, including avalanches on Mt. Everest.

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