Political Donations, EU Banks, Citigroup, FCC: Compliance
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will propose altering how the agency judges whether airwaves purchases by wireless providers raise anti-competitive concerns, two officials said.www.bloomberg.com
FCC To Review Response To Mergers In Wireless Industry
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) looks to review and revise the way it responds to mergers in the wireless industry.www.mobilebloom.com
AHA Urges FCC To Ease Participation in Rural Broadband Program
The American Hospital Association recently sent a letter urging the Federal Communications Commission to streamline the administrative requirements of its Rural Health Care Pilot Program to make it easier for rural hospitals to connect with broadband ...www.ihealthbeat.org
Nashville's NewsChannel 5 bought by Journal Communications
Nashville's WTVF NewsChannel 5 is being sold to Wisconsin-based Journal Communications Inc. in a deal valued at more than $215 million.www.bizjournals.com
FCC Vets Encryption-Ban Order
WASHINGTON - Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski has circulated an order allowing cable operators to encrypt basic-cable tiers, which operators say should mean a dramatic decrease in theft of service and savings on ...www.multichannel.com
FCC to Review Mobile-Airwaves Policy
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote in September on a proposal to set new rules for sales of airwave rights by one company to another, FCC officials said. One question likely to be raised: whether lower-frequency spectrum, which ...online.wsj.com
FCC Denies Stay of Dual-Carriage Order
WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission has denied broadcasters' request for a stay of the its viewability/dual-carriage decision which mandates, starting in December, that hybrid analog/digital cable systems don't have to deliver ...www.multichannel.com
FCC Qs in Search of As
WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission signaled in its notice of inquiry for the ninth annual state of broadband report that it might have to make some changes to its methodology, given advances in the advanced telecommunications ...www.multichannel.com
FCC has a nonpartisan partisan tradition
The Federal Communications Commission falls in the third category. It's not a partisan problem. Both parties, as the Muckety map above demonstrates, have used the commission to pay off political debts.news.muckety.com
Former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Lobbies for LightSquared
Two names that have recently been out of the limelight recently turned up on Tuesday at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission: Bankrupt would-be mobile broadband carrier LightSquared and former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, who was helping to ...www.pcworld.com
Verizon wins FCC approval for spectrum deals
The FCC's thumbs-up for these deals was all but certain after the Department of Justice last week approved Verizon's $3.9 billion bid to buy SpectrumCo wireless spectrum.news.cnet.com
FCC to allow television signal encryption?
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission proposed allowing encryption following requests from companies including Cablevision and RCN Telecom Services.www.zdnet.com
FCC report finds broadband deployments still too slow
This is the eighth year that the FCC has issued the report, which is a requirement of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. And for the third year in a row, the agency has found that broadband service is not being rolled out in a "reasonable and timely ...news.cnet.com
FCC votes to suspend special access trigger #thecircuit
FCC votes to suspend special access rules: The Federal Communications Commission announced late Wednesday that it will suspend so-called special access rules that govern price flexibility.www.washingtonpost.com
GOP platform slams FCC as stuck in the 19th century
The Republican Party's 2012 platform includes a section devoted to ripping the Federal Communications Commission as out of date.thehill.com
Comcast scores stay of FCC order in Tennis Channel fight
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has put the brakes on the Federal Communications Commission's order last month requiring cable giant Comcast to make the Tennis Channel available to all of its subscribers.www.latimes.com
Wisconsin leads way in squelching phone aid fraud
But in October 2008, the Federal Communications Commission allowed Lifeline providers to offer prepaid cellphone service, said Eric Iversen, a spokesman for the USAC.www.jsonline.com
FCC to reevaluate wireless spectrum rules for mergers and purchases
The Federal Communications Commission has apparently taken some industry criticism to heart and is planning to take a long, hard look at how it evaluates proposed wireless mergers, unnamed sources have told The Hill.www.bgr.com
FCC Approves Verizon Spectrum Buy - Analyst Blog
Verizon Wireless has received the approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to purchase $3.9 wireless spectrum from a group of cable companies.community.nasdaq.com
Small TV Stations Get Hot
The investors are jumping into the market ahead of a so-called incentive auction hosted by the Federal Communications Commission, which plans to reclaim spectrum for use by wireless phone companies and other bidders. The auction is part of a broader ...online.wsj.com
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