John Paczkowski in News on September 20, 2010 at 7:50 am PT
Verizon has finally wrapped up its succession planning. Over the weekend,
the company named wireless head Lowell McAdam as COO, effective October 1, making him heir apparant for the CEO job currently held by Ivan Seidenberg. McAdam will report directly to Seidenberg, who has headed the company since it was founded in 2000.
John Paczkowski in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 3:24 pm PT
When former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin appeared at
D6 in 2008, Walt Mossberg asked him why broadband speeds in the United States were abysmal. “You’re the chairman of the FCC,” he said. “How did you allow this to happen?” This afternoon, Walt posed a similar question to current FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. After the jump, a video of his answer.
Kara Swisher in D8 on February 23, 2010 at 4:42 am PT
There is a new report out today by the Federal Communications Commission about high-speed access in the U.S., with all sorts of lovely data.
It is all part of an effort by the FCC to ferret away on a plan to get Americans better hooked up to the Internet.
Part of a newish government push to digitize this country, it will be spearheaded by Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is now coming to
D8, so we can ask him all about it.
Kara Swisher in News on February 23, 2010 at 4:42 am PT
There is a new report out today by the Federal Communications Commission about high-speed access in the U.S., with all sorts of lovely data.
It is all part of an effort by the FCC to ferret away on a plan to get Americans better hooked up to the Internet.
Part of a newish government push to digitize this country, it will be spearheaded by Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is now coming to
D8, so we can ask him all about it.
Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2009 at 1:04 pm PT
Last week, after much delay, longtime Internet exec Julius Genachowski was confirmed by the Senate as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
It is an important role for the future development of the Web, of course, although it took a dog’s age into the new Democratic administration to approve him.
Hopefully, he and the other commissioners can soon get to work on a wide range of major digital issues, such as a national broadband plan that does not cost Americans a fortune.
John Paczkowski in News on March 3, 2009 at 2:26 pm PT
At long last it’s official: President Obama on Tuesday afternoon nominated Julius Genachowski as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, confirming an appointment that was widely viewed as inevitable.
Kara Swisher in News on December 30, 2008 at 10:01 am PT
In an article in The Wall Street Journal today comes the news that “President-elect Barack Obama’s call to improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure has cable and phone company lobbyists maneuvering to get a leg up.”
To BoomTown, this is akin to Scrooge making his overnight transformation, except without any soul, sincerity or true intent to actually care about the consumer.
God help us, everyone.
John Paczkowski in News on December 30, 2008 at 8:10 am PT
Tenacious guy, that Kevin Martin. The December meeting at which the Federal Communications Commission was to vote on his free wireless broadband plan has been canceled. And the plan itself is, by his own admission, dead in the water; yet the FCC chairman continues to push it forward.
John Paczkowski in News on December 1, 2008 at 8:44 am PT
The Federal Communications Commission imposes decency standards on publicly broadcast radio and television signals. No surprise, then, to hear it’s looking to do the same to the free wireless Internet service it envisions in the AWS III spectrum. At its December meeting, the FCC is expected to push forward with another major spectrum auction, one that would require the winning bidder to use a portion of those airwaves to offer a free, and smut-free, broadband service.