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White House and FCC: Legalize smartphone unlocking
In prepared text published to its “We the People” petition website, the White House said Monday that it fully supports legalizing the practice of “unlocking” smartphones so that they can be activated on other networks. The Obama administration’s response coincided with a statement (PDF) by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman…
Activists fear return of AT&T ‘monopoly’
A plan telecom giant AT&T pitched to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November to shift from old landline networks to Internet-only communications could dramatically change federal regulations of telecom services, leading activists warned Raw Story this week. “Beginning around 2005, the FCC made a clear distinction between telecommunications like…
FCC chairman developing plan for free wireless Internet access: report
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is developing a set of proposals that would establish a public wifi network that blankets the country with a high powered signal anyone can access for free, according to The Washington Post. Such a sweeping change would be years in the making,…
How to ‘tether’ your PC to your phone
How to 'tether' your PC to your phone (via The Christian Science Monitor) Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigated Verizon Wireless for stifling a very useful smart-phone trick. While laptops often need cables or Wi-Fi networks to access the Internet, phones can log on from just about anywhere.…
‘Turn that down!’ FCC orders TV ads to lower volume
In the end it took an act of Congress, but US television advertisers are finally required to do something parents have been pleading for for decades: turn down their excessively loud ads. “A small bill with a big impact for the American consumer” is how Representative Ann Eshoo described the…
FCC launches effort to ease ‘spectrum crunch’
US regulators voted Friday to begin a process to reallocate some of the broadcast spectrum to meet surging demand from smartphones, tablets and other devices that use the wireless Internet. The Federal Communications Commission formally approved the plan to launch so-called incentive auctions, which will allow broadcasters to sell off…
In U.S., 19 million have no access to high-speed Internet
WASHINGTON — Around six percent of the US population, or 19 million people, lack access to high-speed Internet even though deployment has improved in recent years, a government study said Tuesday. Around 14.5 million of those without access to broadband are in rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission report said.…
Supreme Court overrules FCC on TV swearing ban
So it turns out you can curse on television – sort of. According to MSNBC, a ruling by the Supreme Court Thursday waived fines and sanctions against ABC and Fox, saying the Federal Communications Commission did not give them fair notice before punishing them over brief instances of curse words…
FCC: Google staff knew of Street View data breach
The Google engineer behind the collection of wireless data by Street View cars told at least two colleagues – including a senior manager – about the controversial plans before it was released, a US regulator has found. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that the Google engineer…
Major media companies lobbying against political ad transparency
News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or editorializing in favor of open government. But now many of the country’s biggest media companies, which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations,…
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