The FCC lambasted Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) for blocking traffic from some P2P users and evading its official position on the matter in a long awaited and 3-2 split ruling today. Prompted by a complaint filed by Free Press and Public Knowledge and complaints from Comcast subscribers who noticed problems...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comcast Corp CMCSA has been ordered to change how it manages its broadband network after U.S. communications regulators concluded some of its tactics unreasonably restrict Internet users who share movies and other material. In a precedent-setting decision, the...
The FCC's plan for a nation-wide free wireless network has received a number of criticisms, including that previous free WiFi plans haven't fared too well. There's another issue being raised in this opinion piece at ABC News, which is that the filtering requirement isn't just for pornography but in...
The 16 month merger drama has ended: the FCC has approved Sirius Satellite Radio's (NSDQ: SIRI) $3.6 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio (NSDQ: XMSR), which means that there will only be one sat radio operator in the country now, with 18 million-plus subscribers. The vote was 3-2...
By Peter Kaplan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's SIRI $3.3 billion purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc XMSR was approved with conditions by U.S. communications regulators on Friday, clearing the way for a deal that will leave just...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's SIRI purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc XMSR was approved with conditions by U.S. communications regulators on Friday, clearing the way for a deal that will leave just one U.S. satellite radio service....
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission have reached an agreement to approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's SIRI purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc XMSR, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have reached an agreement to conditionally approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's SIRI purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc XMSR, a source familiar with the agency review said on...
The conclusion of the XM-Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI) saga are playing out like the final 2 minutes of a close basketball game. All signs are that the deal will be approved. It was reported yesterday that the swing voter on the FCC, Deborah Taylor Tate, would approve the union, provided...
.Nearly a year and a half later and it all comes down to one vote? FCC Commissioner Jonathan Addelstein, a Democratic appointee, has voted against approving the merger of XM (NSDQ: XMSR) and Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI), reports AP. We noted yesterday that the tally stood at 2-1 in favor,...
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the MRF24J40MA FCC-certified Radio-Frequency RF transceiver module. The new module services the 2.4 GHz unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Medical ISM short-range wireless frequency band for the IEEE 802.15.4[TM] specification, for ZigBee([R]) or...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Sorenson Communications today commended the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC's) decision to require Video Relay Service VRS and IP Relay service providers to ensure that [emergency] 911 service is available to deaf users of these services. The FCC decision was published in today's Federal Register.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. TCS (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced that it has joined national wireless carriers in support of the Federal Communications Commission's FCC Commercial Mobile Alert System CMAS. The CMAS is intended to transmit geographically targeted emergency alert text messages conveying imminent...
Pepperl+Fuchs of Twinsburg, Ohio has received FCC approval on 10 new RFID read heads. Al 1 of Pepperl+Fuchs IDENT RFID products that operate at frequencies of 125kHz, 250kHz and 13.56MHz and that intentionally radiate an electromagnetic field are FCC approved to satisfy the radiated emissions limits per FCC CFR 47:2004,...
IN A THREE-TO-TWO PARTY LINE VOTE, THE FEDERAL Communications Commission recently approved a new rule that will lift a long-standing ban on newspaper/broadcast cross ownership. In a press release following the vote, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, citing steep declines in newspaper advertising and readership, said that the new rule will...
The last of the six Federal Communication Commission's FCC hearings on media consolidation was held in Seattle, Washington, November 9. Despite providing the shortest possible announcement time legally allowed for, more than 1,100 people showed up, with 286 signed up to testify. The event clocked in at more than nine...
As reported in the January issue of the IM, a December vote by the Federal Communications Commission FCC loosened restrictions on media consolidation in 20 major markets. The decision allowed for one entity to own both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same market, provided that at least...
WASHINGTON -- The American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ, focusing on constitutional law, has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 18 members of Congress asking the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn a lower court decision and uphold the indecency policy exercised by the Federal Communications...
WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW today praised the Federal Communications Commission's FCC postponement of a decision on whether the cable television industry has triggered the Cable Act of 1984's 70/70 rule. According to the rule, when 70 percent of U.S. households have access to cable and 70 percent...
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