Obama Budget Adds Spectrum License Fee
A single line item in the new U.S. federal government budget proposes to raises $200 million in FY 2009, $300 ...
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Ireland Opens Radio Frequency Spectrum for Equipment Testing
Ireland's radio spectrum regulatory agency, the Commission for Communications Regulations (ComReg) is promoting Ireland's radio spectrum as a test-bed to ...
AT&T to Pay $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving E-Rate
AT&T Technical Services Corp. (AT&T-TSCO) has agreed to pay $8,266,414.33 as part of a civil settlement relating to allegations that ...
Yankee Group to Obama: Advance U.S. Broadband Penetration
Yankee Group President and CEO Emily Green issued an open letter to President Obama, urging him to advance America from ...
U.S. House Approves DTV Delay — New Cut-off date is June 12
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 264-158 to delay the mandatory switchover to digital TV until June 12. A similar ...
European Commission Drops Telecom Cases Against Five Countries
The European Commission closed five infringement proceedings against EU Member States (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Cyprus) after they took ...
U.S. House Fails to Approve Delay in DTV Transition
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 258-168 in favor of delaying the mandatory transition to digital TV. However, the vote ...
FCC Seeks Clarification on Comcast's VoIP Management
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has requested clarification from Comcast regarding its newly-implemented network management practice and its own VoIP ...
U.S. Stimulus Bill Includes Rural Broadband
The $825 billion economic stimulus package being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives will provide $6 billion in wireless ...
Outgoing FCC Chairman to take Fellowship at the Aspen Institute
FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin announced his resignation from the Federal Communications Commission, effective January 20, 2009. Martin has taken ...
AT&T Settles Civil Contempt Claim
AT&T agreed to pay more than $2 million as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice. The ...
Genachowski Seen as Likely Pick for FCC Chairmanship
Julius Genachowski emerged as President-elect Barack Obama's likely choice to become chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to various ...
European Commission Approves Partial Broadband Deregulation in Portugal
The European Commission approved the Portuguese telecoms regulator's proposal to deregulate some parts of the wholesale broadband market, covering around ...
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