Proposal to Spread Broadband Service to Underserved Areas: FCC
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 15:12
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, Julius Genachowski, will propose the preliminary plans to subsidize and combine rural telephone service into a single entity by converting the $8 billion fund.
Officials said that the FCC will outline the proposal in a speech on Monday, outlining ways to provide broadband Internet service to areas that lack effective service.
FCC asks court to reject cases against its Open Internet rules
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 12:34
DC appeals courts have been asked by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to keep aside the cases meted on them by Verizon and MetroPCS where they have filed against Open Internet rules.
Comcast claimed that the Face Online-Video, Web Conditions to Seal buy NBC
Submitted by Jitendra Tiwari on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 19:26
A merger Comcast and NBC would have to survive under net neutral states for at least seven years, according to escaped details in terms of the FCC's proposed terms.
US Federal Commission to push for incentive spectrum auction
Submitted by Avinash Tripathi on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 18:10
Sources have said that the US Federal Communications Commission has decided that it will push for an incentive in spectrum auction. This is going to be down despite rising criticism for the step.
The opponents say that this auction would have been the quickest way to make wireless spectrum get in usage for the mobile broadband providers.
14 mn Americans deprived off broadband connectivity: FCC
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:17
The latest finding in case of broadband internet in the US, the FCC states that "broadband is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion."
This is stated to be the sixth Broadband Deployment Report that has come to the agency since 1999, but one of the first to reach to a valid conclusion.
FCC confirms net neutrality meeting with executives of tech companies
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 12:41
Substantiating The Wall Street Journal’s Monday night report, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tuesday admitted having discussed open Internet issue during the closed-door meeting the agency held with executives of leading tech companies, including Verizon, AT&T, and Google.
