Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER In a report to Congress obtained by RCR Wireless News, the Federal Communications Commission told lawmakers last week that it had granted 32 whole or partial waivers for rural wireless carrier enhanced 911 Phase II obligations. The FCC...
WASHINGTON--if members of Congress won't be nudged into action by impassioned arguments from lobbyists over power lunches or outside elevators on Capitol Hill, maybe they'll get the message through newspaper ads. That is one hope among many in the seemingly endless contest...
Subcommittee chairman also criticizes choice of lottery for MDS licenses The House Telecommunications Subcommittee last week agreed to freeze next year's FCC spending at the current level of $186 million--a decision that could result in the elimi Subcommittee chairman also criticizes choice...
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Communications Subcommittee needed less than an hour last Tuesday to quiz Jonathan Adel-stein on his nomination to the Federal Communications Commission. WASHINGTON -- The Senate Communications Subcommittee needed less than an hour last Tuesday to quiz Jonathan Adel-stein...
The FCC was caught by surprise last week when the General Services Administration signed a deal to relocate the agency to an office development almost two miles from its current location. The commission was not consulted on the new agreement, ...
WASHINGTON -- FCC chairman Michael Powell told the agency's industry advisory committee on diversity that he was encouraged by the idea of a "seal of approval" for diversity practices that it could give to cable and other communications c WASHINGTON -- FCC chairman Michael...
Spectrum Allocation Will Top Subcommittee's '91 Agenda: Markey WASHINGTON - Advancing legislation that will free up some of the spectrum for use by new technologies will be a high priority for the House telecommunications subcommittee next year Spectrum Allocation Will...
MAJOR WHITE HOUSE POLICY STATEMENT IN THE WORKS? Under attack for political indecisiveness, President Bush is reaching a moment of truth on the telecommunications front. With the Democrats playing hardball on cable re-regulation and the Federa MAJOR WHITE HOUSE...
It seems as if hardly anybody is happy with the announced merger of MCI WorldCom and Sprint--except for the principals, of course. Customers see their choices dwindling as competition narrows, and they express fear over the impact of piling still m It seems as...
Statement of Steve Largent President and CEO CTIA Committee on House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet February 27, 2008 Good morning, Chairman Markey and Members of the Subcommittee. It is a privilege to be here this morning. Thank you for affording me this...
Last month, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, held a legislative hearing to discuss his draft legislation addressing wireless consumer issues and community broadband services (TelecomWeb wireless, March 7). After being presented with the results of...
- This Time It Might Make It Faultline's Peter White wrote the following piece on American lawmaking from his perch in London. Agrowing unrest in the US portal market, constant lobbying and the fact that the FCC is now planning...
WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste CCAGW today condemned the introduction of the misnamed Internet Freedom Preservation Act, H.R. 5353, by House Subcommittee on Telecommunication and the Internet Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Charles Pickering (R-Miss.). The bill would mandate eight Federal Communications Commission FCC hearings...
Most of the members of the US Federal Communications Commission have told the subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that they would support a open access needs on part of the airwaves whose auction will take place in 2008. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin put ...
Statement of Shelley Spencer President Wirefree Partners, LLC Committee on House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet April 19, 2007 Chairman Markey, Ranking Member Upton and Members of the Committee, my name is Shelley Spencer, and I am the President of Wirefree Partners. Wirefree...
Responding to Emergencies and Closing the Digital Divide Top List of Public Benefits Among Those Surveyed WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republicans and Democrats across the country believe all Americans -- particularly low-income children -- should have equal access to broadband Internet according to a poll released today by M2Z...
By Kevin Martin, FCC The following is an excerpt from testimony Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin delivered to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on March 14. Consumers today are benefiting from technological...
The first Democrat-controlled House oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission pointedly put FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin and his fellow commissioners on notice that the new majority will be closely monitoring agency actions and expecting what it considers long overdue results on some matters. ...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Media Contact, Laura Pflum, for Consumers for CableChoice, +1-574-292-2929, laurapflum@gmail.com WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers forCable Choice (C4CC) today urged the U.S. House Subcommittee onTelecommunications and the Internet to emulate the FederalCommunications Commission's FCC pro-consumer stance on the cableindustry. FCC commissioners are to...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: NETCompetition.org, +1-202-572-6272 ormedia@netcompetition.org WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, theChairman of NETCompetition.org, Scott Cleland, urged the HouseSubcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to work with theFederal Communication Commission FCC to keep the Internetunfettered by Federal or state regulation. "The Internet is the greatest de-regulation...
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