Post Tech Archive: FCC

Consumer electronics group calls for broad FCC set top box review

It’s been more than six years since federal regulators looked at competition in the market for video set-top boxes. And in that time, the video landscape has dramatically changed. Telecom companies AT&T and Verizon have joined cable companies in bringing...

AP: Liberty Media's John Malone warns Comcast-NBC marriage could lead to more mega mergers

Liberty Media Chairman John Malone says Comcast's plan to buy NBC Universalcould prompt competitors to explore their own tie-ups. In an interview with the Associated Press, Malone said a combined Comcast and NBC Universal would have too much market power...

Television last frontier of innovation?

In just one year, the hottest cell phones went from the flip Motorola Razor to mobile computers like the iPhone. Lightening-fast innovations are taking place throughout technology, except for one area: the television. That was a concern voiced by officials...

FCC broadband planners to outline hurdles to universal access

There’s not enough spectrum for mobile broadband. A federal fund for phone service needs to be repurposed to include broadband. Consumers should be told the truth about the Internet access speeds they pay for. These are the problems identified...

Companies urge FCC to scrap broadband study that favors open access

The cable and telecom industries have called for the Federal Communications Commission to scrap a controversial Harvard University study on broadband Internet. At issue is an assertion in the report that nations that adopted open-access policies had greater success rolling...

Spectrum debate escalates, broadcasters step up lobby

A debate is escalating over the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to use television broadcast spectrum for mobile services. Broadcasters have been quick to tell to FCC that they need to keep airwaves to pursue their own plans to bring...

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Apple says no VoIP apps for iPhone yet, Cecilia Kang , November 11, 2009

Clearwire gets a breath with $1.5 billion investment, Cecilia Kang , November 10, 2009

Public interest groups rail against a Comcast and NBC merger, Comcast, NBC, merger, Netflix, Amazon , November 9, 2009

Microsoft buster Gary Reback goes after Google on books, Cecilia Kang , November 6, 2009

Lawmakers move to reform USF program to include broadband, Cecilia Kang , November 6, 2009

Sprint won't change early termination fees, Cecilia Kang , November 5, 2009

Concerns of Internet and kids, look to phone applications: group, Cecilia Kang , November 5, 2009

Google boosts spending on lobbying , Cecilia Kang , November 4, 2009