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Acting FCC Chair: Regulate With a Light Touch, but Touch When Necessary
The acting head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that she wants to work to protect rural carriers and consumers while making sure that efforts to increase available spectrum...
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FCC to Clarify Rules on How Carriers Can Use Customer's Call Data
The Federal Communications Commission is gearing up to issue a ruling explaining just how cellphone operators are able to use a customer’s call data. The so-called declaratory ruling will be part of...
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FCC Close to Approving SoftBank Bid for Sprint
Thumbs and Ammo After eight grueling months, SoftBank President Masayoshi Son is about to clear the final hurdle between him and his goal of turning his company into the world’s top wireless carrier:...
View ArticleJapan's SoftBank Gets FCC Approval for Sprint, Clearwire Acquisitions
SoftBank Corp.’s three-way merger with Sprint Nextel Corp.and Clearwire Corp. won final approval from U.S. regulators on Wednesday with unanimous backing from the Federal Communications Commission,...
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AllThingsD's Week in Review: A New, New Microsoft, and a $23.5 Billion iPhone...
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Aiming for “Functional Coherence,” Mulling a Different P&L and With Advice From Ford CEO,...
View ArticlePentagon Offers Compromise on Spectrum Sought by Wireless Carriers
The Defense Department has offered to compromise with wireless carriers in a fight over valuable spectrum now used for purposes like training pilots in the Pentagon’s drone program. At issue is the...
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The FCC Veers Off Course on Mobile Auctions
Image copyright Pathawi BoriboonIn early 2012, Congress authorized the FCC to conduct new auctions for radio frequencies (or “spectrum”) urgently needed to expand mobile networks. The auctions are...
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FCC Schedules First Major Spectrum Auction in More Than Five Years
The Federal Communications Commission announced that in January it will hold its first significant spectrum auction in more than five years. Image copyright Erick Margarita Images The commission said...
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The FCC Must Stay on Course on Mobile Competition
iStockphoto | maumaphoCongress and the Federal Communications Commission have taken on an important mission. These lawmakers are trying to make more public airwaves available for mobile broadband while...
View ArticleWi-Fi Fight Pits Car Makers Against Cable Companies
The auto and cable industries are in a jam over a lane of wireless spectrum. Car companies want the airwaves — currently reserved for them — to allow vehicles to communicate with each other as well as...
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An Open Spectrum Auction Is Best for Consumers and Public Safety
Image copyright Pavel IgnatovThe Federal Communications Commission will soon release guidelines for an incentive auction for wireless spectrum. Spectrum is the invisible pathway that allows nearly all...
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Shutdown Puts Spectrum Auctions, Cellphone Approvals and Other FCC Projects...
Like many government buildings in Washington, D.C., the normally bustling Federal Communications Commission headquarters has become something of a ghost town since the partial government shutdown began...
View ArticleFCC Would End TV Sports Blackout Rule
Sports fans could find it easier to catch certain local games on television under a proposal released on Friday by a federal regulator to end a long-standing blackout rule. Acting Federal...
View ArticleFCC Crowdsources Mobile Broadband Research With Android App
Most smartphone users know data speeds can vary widely. But how do the different carriers stack up against each other? The Federal Communications Commission is hoping the public can help figure that...
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Sprint Won't Bid in Upcoming Spectrum Auction
iStockphoto | italianestroSprint won’t bid in an upcoming Federal Communications Commission auction for a chunk of wireless spectrum known as the “H Block.” “Sprint is focused on gaining access to more...
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New FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Says He Represents the People, Not the Tech Industry...
When Tom Wheeler was named in May to lead the Federal Communications Commission, some consumer groups fretted that the former cable- and wireless-industry lobbyist would favor industry over...
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FCC Chairman Wants Carriers to Start Unlocking Phones Pronto
Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler told the cellphone industry on Thursday that it is time to take action to ensure consumers can unlock their phones once they have fulfilled their...
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AllThingsD Week in Review: Snapchat's Many Suitors, and Finding the Fastest...
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of some of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Why is Snapchat’s valuation so high? It might be because viewing the service’s ephemeral...
View ArticleFCC to Begin Acting on Phone-Network Upgrade
The nation’s phone system is changing quickly and it is time for the regulators to catch up, new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said Tuesday. Mr. Wheeler, in a blog post,...
View ArticleU.S. to Consider Cellphone Use on Planes
The Federal Communications Commission will propose allowing passengers to use their cellphones on airplanes, people familiar with the matter said. While phone use would still be restricted during...
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Dish's Charlie Ergen Looks Assured of More Spectrum as No Other Big Names...
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday revealed the list of bidders for the upcoming spectrum auction, and it looks as though Dish’s Charlie Ergen won’t have much in the way of competition....
View ArticleFCC Unlikely to Bless a Comcast-TWC Deal, Says Regulator
Any effort by Comcast Corp. to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. would face significant hurdles in Washington, according to a Federal Communications Commission official, casting doubt on a cable-industry...
View ArticleFCC Will Delay Spectrum Auction Until 2015
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it has delayed until 2015 the timeline for a planned reverse auction of TV airwaves, a decision that reflects the commission’s intent on getting the...
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Here's What the Big Carriers and the Feds Agreed To on Cellphone Unlocking
The Federal Communications Commission and the major cellphone carriers on Thursday announced they have reached an agreement on several principles designed to make it easier for consumers to unlock...
View ArticleDOT to Consider Ban on In-Flight Calls
The Department of Transportation said Thursday it will look at banning in-flight phone calls, a surprise announcement issued just hours before the Federal Communications Commission planned to discuss...
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