President George W. Bush is expected to name Michael Powell FCC Chairman this week, although it's unclear whether his appointment will be permanent or on an interim basis. Even though he is the odds-on favorite to become chairman, one source ...
The FCC is providing a recruiting POOL for AL Gore's campaign team. Two top FCC staffers last week announced they are quitting the agency to help with the vice president's bid. Public-relations director Joy Howell and Legislative and Intergovern-me The FCC is providing a...
Faced with pressure from Congress and public interest groups, the FCC is considering requiring stations to air a daily minimum--perhaps an hour--of children's educational programing. The one-hour minimum "will be a consideration, among ma Faced with pressure from Congress...
Wants warring industries to adopt interoperability standards by April Frustrated by industry delays, FCC Chairman William Kennard is going ahead with his plan to spell out how to make digital TV sets compatible with cable and could issue his ...
Much to the chagrin of FCC staffers, officials from the National Association of Broadcasters last week crowed that regulators have no evidence to show that today's radio receivers are precise enough to produce a clear sound under looser interferenc Much to the chagrin of...
Byline: SARA D. WHITE, Compiled from ChicagoBusiness.com, Bloomberg News reports and other sources. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES The daily newspaper tapped staffers from other papers owned by parent Hollinger International Inc. to work on a new tabloid aim Byline: SARA D. WHITE, Compiled...
The revamping was expected because regulation of upper-tier rates' sunset on March 31. The six other staffers who now make up the financial analysis division would be transferred to the common carrier bureau to handle "slamming" cases aga The revamping was expected because regulation...
A Markey staffer says the Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service and not as a cable service. Cable services are subject to local franchising authorities and franchising fees, while telecommu A Markey staffer says the Telecommunications Act of...
Wireless News02-08-2008FCC Report Finds That U.S. Wireless Marketplace is Competitive and Consumer-FriendlyWIRELESS NEWS-February 7, 2008-FCC Report Finds That U.S. Wireless Marketplace is Competitive and Consumer-Friendly C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com CTIA-The Wireless Association President and CEO, Steve Largent, this week hailed the latest findings from the Federal Communications Commission FCC...
CHARACTERS Chorus Cable VP Cable CEO FCC Chair Trusted Staffer PROLOGUE Enter Chorus Chorus An old regulatory rule says the Federal Communications Commission can strictly regulate the cable industry once cable penetration...
A recently released federal report says Federal Communications Commission FCC staffers have made it a practice of leaking nonpublic information to a few lobbyists regarding important telecom rulings prior to the actual public votes taken at open commission meetings, giving them the heads-up on when to start...
Congress will likely face at least one vote this session on extending FCC indecency authority over cable and satellite but may not be able to address remaining issues involving the transition to digital television, Capitol Hill staffers said Monday. Speaking to...
Byline: Tracy Ford Some text messages to Santa were sent to my phone by mistake. Someone somewhere is going to get into big trouble. Anyway, here's a sampling of what wireless executives are hoping for this holiday season. ...
On August 21, five key staffers from the FCC and Capitol Hill set out on a journey. Their mission: explore rural New Mexico and Texas to learn more about community-based telecommunications providers and the challenges they face with deploying advanced services in remote areas. ...
With Washington, D.C. set to take its normal August siesta beginning next week, meaning there will be few honchos and staffers around to confirm or deny, the rumor mill has begun circulating reports that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin may be moving to restructure several of...
The Bush administration has yet to nominate replacements for the open seat left by former chairman Michael Powell and for outgoing Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, who said she is staying on for the "foreseeable future" perhaps several more months. She is concerned FCC work can be hampered without...
Vonage Holdings got into some hot water recently when it briefly recapped to the FCC that the nation's Public Safety Answering Points PSAPs that handle emergency contacts could accept voice-over-Internet Protocol VoIP emergency calls through their 10-digit administrative numbers rather than the better- known, three-digit 911 code....
One of the most tangible legacies of Eddie Fritts will be on display next month in Las Vegas, when 100,000 people from around the world will gather for the NAB's annual convention, now accurately billed as the World's Largest Electronic Media Show. ...
Federal Communications Commission staffers have outlined an ambitious agenda for 2005 aimed at aggressively increasing competition, further driving down end-user prices, promoting ubiquitous broadband access to the Internet and widening the scope of wireless telecom alternatives in the United States and overseas. Spectrum management certainly is at the...
Byline: Chris Baker, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Federal Communications Commission will review the thousands of e-mail messages and telephone calls it has received about the sexually suggestive sketch that opened this week's edition of ABC's "Monday Night Football," but staffers at the agency and...
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