FCC Chairman: Rejection of AT&T’s T-Mobile Deal Isn’t Causing Higher Prices

Speaking at CTIA in New Orleans, Julius Genachowski also indicated that the agency isn’t closed to other big deals, saying that AT&T-T-Mobile was just one “over-the-line” transaction.
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Google’s “Rogue” Wi-Fi Engineer Seems to Be a Longtime “Wardriving” Developer

New York Times reporters appear to have identified the Google engineer who designed a program that had the company’s Street View cars collecting personal info from Wi-Fi networks.
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Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop

A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after the internal disclosures, a Federal Communications Commission investigation found.

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T-Mobile Set to Receive AT&T Airwaves

The Federal Communications Commission cleared the way for T-Mobile USA to receive about $1 billion in wireless airwaves it is owed as part of the breakup fee for AT&T Inc.’s failed $39 billion takeover bid.

Jon Stewart Finds the Humor in the FCC Fining Google (Video)

In Jon Stewart’s words, this week the FCC fined Google “less than you would get for a particularly flashy NFL touchdown dance.”
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Verizon Says It Will Sell Some Spectrum if It’s Allowed to Buy Other Spectrum

The carrier announces plans to sell of some of its 700MHz spectrum but if — and only if — the U.S. government okays several pending deals Verizon has to acquire other frequencies.
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FCC Proposes $25,000 Fine on Google

The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $25,000 fine on Google Inc., accusing the search giant of deliberately obstructing an investigation into whether the company violated federal rules when its street-mapping service collected and stored data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks in 2010.

Why Tablets in the Classroom Could Save Schools $3 Billion a Year

And why that’s not much at all.
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FCC Fires Back at AT&T Over T-Mobile Job Cuts

The federal agency took umbrage at AT&T’s suggestion that T-Mobile’s plans to cut jobs prove that the country would have been better off had the two companies been allowed to combine.
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AT&T Cries “We Told You So” on T-Mobile Layoffs

The company says T-Mobile’s move to close seven call centers show that the country would have been better off if regulators had allowed the deal to go through.
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