Ina Fried in Mobile on May 25 at 1:11 pm PT
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it is seeking comment on whether cellphone carriers are adequately securing information being collected on today’s smartphones.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 8 at 8:23 am PT
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.
Liz Gannes in News on May 1 at 3:00 am PT
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.
Amir Efrati and Don Clark in News on April 29 at 8:34 pm PT
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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Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 25 at 12:48 pm PT
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.
Liz Gannes in News on April 19 at 1:37 pm PT
In Jon Stewart’s words, this week the FCC fined Google “less than you would get for a particularly flashy NFL touchdown dance.”
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 18 at 11:07 am PT
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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Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 15 at 1:18 am PT
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.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 23 at 3:14 pm PT
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.
