How does 'fast, free and family-friendly broadband' sound to you? If you work for Verizon or AT&T the answer is probably 'horrible!' If you're a consumer, you'd probably say 'great!' What does the FCC say? The short answer, as reported in the Register last Saturday, is 'no chance.' The agency...
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Even though this is a pre-election year, lobbying dollars being spent by telecom service providers and equipment manufacturers are not keeping pace with the number of words being spent by candidates during their seemingly endless debates. According to figures gathered by the Center for...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,CMcAlpine@M2ZNetworks.com; or Ryan Kuresman of APCO Worldwide, +1-202-478- 3545, Kuresman@APCOworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last Thursday, theFederal Communications Commission FCC began a long awaitedrulemaking proceeding to determine the highest and best use of thefallow 2155 to...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,CMcAlpine@M2ZNetworks.com; or Ryan Kuresman, +1-202-478-3545,rkuresman@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks Jackson identifies broadband access as important civil rightsissue in America WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rainbow PUSHCoalition RPC founder and President Rev. Jesse Jackson, in aSeptember 7 letter to Federal Communications Commission...
M2Z Networks, NetfreeUS LLC, NextWave Broadband, Inc., Commnet Wireless LLC, McElroy Electronics Corp., Open Range Communications, Inc. and TowerStream Corporation saw their proposals to build a nationwide wireless broadband network via channels in the 2,155 MHz-2,175 MHz spectrum range shot down by the Federal...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,CMcalpine@M2ZNetworks.com; or Ryan Kuresman of APCO Worldwide, +1-202-478-3545, RKuresman@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- M2Z Networks (M2Z)today announced that in just the past 15 working days over 1,000individuals from forty-nine states have written to the FederalCommunications Commission...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,CMcAlpine@M2ZNetworks.com; or Rich James, +1-202-478-3558,RJames@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks Formal Letter from Coalition of Family Friendly OrganizationsForthcoming WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Family ResearchCouncil FRC, one of the nations preeminent social advocacyorganizations, recently submitted a letter to the FederalCommunications Commission...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpineofM2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,CMcalpine@M2ZNetworks.com;Ryan Kuresman of APCO Worldwide, +1-202-478-3545, RKuresman@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks APCO, IACP, IAFC see benefit from a secondary broadband IP networkfor Public Safety WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Further cementingthe public interest served in granting M2Z Networks (M2Z) longpending Federal Communications Commission...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,cmcalpine@M2ZNetworks.com; or Rich James of APCO Worldwide, +1-202-778-1000, rjames@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, thePublic Interest Spectrum Coalition ("PISC") consisting of Free Press,Media Access Project and Consumers Union and other organizations,filed comments into M2Z's public record...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,cmcalpine@M2Znetworks.com; or Ryan Kuresman of APCO Worldwide, +1-202-478-3545, rkuresman@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks Supporters Tell FCC: Free Broadband Now MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- M2ZNetworks, Inc. (M2Z) today announced that to date, over 50,000Americans from across the country have...
M2Z Networks Inc. has told the Federal Communications Commission it plans to seek a Writ of Mandamus from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, asking the court to direct the FCC to come into immediate compliance with all parts of Section...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Cameron McAlpine of M2Z Networks, +1-703-589-5465,cmcalpine@M2ZNetworks.com; or Ryan Kuresman of APCO Worldwide, +1-202-478-3545, rkuresman@apcoworldwide.com, for M2Z Networks, Inc. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- M2Z Networks, Inc.("M2Z") today informed the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC")that it plans to seek a Writ of Mandamus from the U.S. Court...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Brian Christie of the Higher Education Wireless AccessConsortium, +1-703-621-7116, bchristie@hewac.org; or Collin Jergens,+1-703-894-9500 ext. 5707, cjergens@m2znetworks.com, for M2Z Networks CLIFTON, Va., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The HigherEducation Wireless Access Consortium HEWAC led a delegationrepresenting the voices of colleges, universities, and collegefamilies to Washington, DC today to...
On July 13, John Muleta presented the Jackson City Council with a proposal--to offer free wireless broadband Internet access to every citizen in the Capital City. If that sounds novel, and ambitious, Muleta's company, Silicon Valley-based M2Z Networks Inc., has adopted the goal of providing free wireless broadband connectivity to...
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The CEO of M2Z Networks, a wireless broadband provider, joined the Jackson City Council, staff of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation, and state and local civic leaders to discuss the importance of affordable broadband and what is done to bring it to Jackson,...
To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Ryan Kuresman, +1-202-730-6273, for One EconomyCorporation RALEIGH, N.C., June 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One EconomyCorporation, a multi-national nonprofit, today joined with SiliconValley backed M2Z Networks, Inc. and civic leaders from across NorthCarolina to kick off the M2Z Broadband Challenge, an innovativenationwide program designed to ensure that...
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...
Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Crashing the party can be risky business in the wireless industry. Just ask Cyren Call Communications Corp., which dared to be audacious by asking policy-makers to take a valuable chunk of 700 MHz ...