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FCC Lambasts Comcast For Blocking P2P Traffic, But Doesn't Issue Fine
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...
Tags: Technologies/Formats, Cable & Telecom, TV, Media, Regulatory, Legal, Comcast, Companies, Broadband, P2P, FCC, Comcast Corp., VOD
News items 2008-08-01
FCC Orders Comcast to Alter Network Management
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...
Tags: Government, Networking, Federal Government, Network Management, P2P, Comcast Corp., FCC, Network
News items 2008-08-01
FCC's Planned Free WiFi Is For Five Year Olds
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...
Tags: Wireless, Federal Government, Carrier, Wi-Fi, FCC, Government, James Quintana Pearce, Legal, Regulatory, Technologies
News items 2008-07-28
FCC Approves XM-Sirius Merger; 3-2 Vote
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...
Tags: XM Satellite Radio Inc., FCC, Legal, Media, Satellite, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
News items 2008-07-26
FCC Approves Sirius Satellite Acquisition of XM
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...
Tags: Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Acquisition, XM Satellite Radio Inc., FCC
News items 2008-07-25
FCC Approves Sirius Satellite Acquisition of XM
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....
Tags: FCC, Acquisition, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Consumer Protection, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Federal Government, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
News items 2008-07-25
FCC Reaches Deal to Approve XM-Sirius Merger: Report
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...
Tags: FCC, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, Federal Government, Government, Agreement, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Merger
News items 2008-07-24
FCC Has Pact to Approve Sirius-XM Deal: Source
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...
Tags: FCC, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, Federal Government, Government, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
News items 2008-07-24
Update: XM And Sirius Resolving Final Issues; Martin Says Agreement Reached
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...
Tags: Legal, XM Satellite Radio Inc., FCC, Media, Satellite, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
News items 2008-07-24
Updated: Down To One: XM-Sirius Voting Split 2-2; Deal Close?
.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,...
Tags: Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., VC+M&A, Satellite, Media, FCC, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, XM Satellite Radio Inc.
News items 2008-07-23
FCC Policy on Wireless Termination Fees Better Than Inconsistent State Regulation, Verizon Says
Company Executive Tom Tauke Lists Suggestions of Customers and Consumer Organizations at FCC Hearing on ETFs
Tags: FCC, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless
Research articles 2008-06-12
Microchip Technology Introduces 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4™ FCC-Certified Radio Frequency Transceiver Module
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...
Tags: FCC, IEEE, microchip, radio, radio frequency
Research articles 2008-06-10
Sorenson Communications Praises FCC 911 Decision
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.
Tags: FCC
Research articles 2008-04-21
TCS Backs Federal Communications Commission's Efforts to Develop National Commercial Mobile Alert System
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...
Tags: FCC, mobile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Research articles 2008-04-24
Pepperl+Fuchs' Receives FCC Approval
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,...
Tags: FCC
Research articles 2008-03-01
FCC adopts new media ownership rules: opponents fear increased consolidation will decrease minority ownership
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...
Tags: FCC
Research articles 2008-03-01
FCC Holds Final Hearing on Media Consolidation
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...
Tags: FCC
Research articles 2008-01-01
Senator Disputes FCC Ruling on Media Consolidation
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...
Tags: FCC
Research articles 2008-04-01
ACLJ & Members of Congress Ask Supreme Court to Uphold FCC's Indecency Policy to Protect Children from Broadcasting Expletives
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...
Tags: broadcasting, FCC, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-06-11
CAGW Hails FCC's Caution on 70/70 Rule Regulation
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...
Tags: cable, FCC
Research articles 2007-11-28
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