"U.S. Federal Communications Commission" news, interviews, and features

News about U.S. Federal Communications Commission

• FCC requires consumer protections in telephone transition to IP

  Carriers must get permission from the FCC if they discontinue or reduce voice services during the change

• FCC rejects proposal favoring small carriers in spectrum auction

  The commission declines to streamline conditions for triggering a spectrum set-aside locking out AT&T and Verizon

• Huge stakes involved in FCC's spectrum auction rules

  The agency will decide on conditions that could prevent AT&T and Verizon from bidding on some spectrum in a 2016 auction

• ISP argues net neutrality rules violate its right to block content

  Broadband provider Alamo tells court it has a free-speech right to exercise editorial discretion over the Web

• There's more to municipal broadband than public funding, says report

  City funding of entire networks is just one option for local officials looking to improve broadband networks, a report says

• T-Mobile to pay $17.5 million fine for 911 outages

  A settlement with the FCC requires the company to improve the reliability of its emergeny dialing service

Features about U.S. Federal Communications Commission

• US court strikes down net neutrality: What's next?

  The FCC has several options, but many of them aren't likely to prevail

• Cell phones on planes may be heading for the US, but will anyone use them?

  Foreign airlines might easily extend service on flights into the country if the FCC allows it

• FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage

  Political and business challenges loom over prospects for onboard cellular services

• Net neutrality faces uncertain court ruling in US

  Monday's hearing is a major step in a long argument over FCC authority over net neutrality

• What Obama's re-election may mean for technology

  Expect debates on cybersecurity, copyright, spectrum and privacy in Congress in 2013

• Tech issues don't make much of an appearance in US presidential campaign

  The 2012 presidential debate has focused more on the US economy, health care and jobs than on tech-specific issues