Ina Fried in Mobile on May 18 at 8:01 am PT
The agency has given the nod to what appears to be an LTE-equipped version of the PlayBook tablet. RIM has promised that such a device would ship later this year.
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.
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.
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.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 23 at 5:20 am PT
Aiming to make sure its workers are familiar with the products they regulate, the Federal Communications Commission has set up a gadget library inside its walls. We got a glimpse inside.
John Paczkowski in News on March 14 at 3:27 am PT
LightSquared hires former Bush administration solicitor general Ted Olson and Eugene Scalia, son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to save its network.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 6 at 3:50 pm PT
In the wake of reports that people are creating “quiet zones” on buses and trains, federal regulators issue a reminder that such efforts, while arguably a benefit to society, are against the law.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 24 at 5:30 am PT
Take a rare peek inside the normally off-limits labs in which the Finnish cellphone maker drops, freezes and bakes its latest devices.
