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5G wireless could set weather forecasting back 40 years, NASA and NOAA warn

May 24, 2019

The rollout of speedy 5G wireless networks could interfere with weather forecasting, according to US science agencies including NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The agenci...

FTC calls on broadband providers to reveal data privacy practices

West Side Story

Mar 30, 2019

Policy, Science

For the first time since the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed net neutrality last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is moving to exercise oversight over broadband providers, with a foc...

Facebook is working on its own satellite to bring internet to underserved areas

West Side Story

Jul 21, 2018

Business, Innovation, Science

Facebook is working to develop its own internet satellite to help provide service to remote parts of the world, according to a report from Wired, based on documents they requested through the Freedom of Informa...

Ajit Pai is supporting a SpaceX proposal for satellite broadband network

West Side Story

Feb 16, 2018

Innovation, Policy, Science

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is supporting a SpaceX proposal to create a satellite-based broadband internet network, according to Reuters. In a statement, Pai said the FCC should...

Tech industry group to join legal challenge to net neutrality repeal

West Side Story

Jan 7, 2018

Business, Policy, Science

The Internet Association, a Washington trade group representing the interests of Silicon Valley technology companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and Netflix, announced plans Friday to join upcomi...

Beyond net neutrality, another disastrous FCC decision risks going unnoticed

West Side Story

Dec 21, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science

Amidst the public outcry over the Federal Communication Commission’s recent decision to repeal net neutrality laws, another problematic, yet lower profile decision has gone largely under the radar. Last month, ...

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler hopes to Subsidize Internet Access for the Poor

Bryan M Zarpentine

May 28, 2015

Innovation

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is hoping to increase Internet access to the poorest Americans. On Thursday, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler will announce changes to a $1.7 billion subsidy known as Lifelin...

FCC Commissioners say Net Neutrality creates room for new internet taxes

Cody Gash

Mar 14, 2015

Innovation

The Federal Communications Commission eventually moved to adopt what has come to be known as Net Neutrality regulations. However, some commissioners are worried that the adoption of the new Internet rules could...

T-Mobile agrees to pay $90 million to settle Cramming charges

Amanda

Dec 19, 2014

Innovation

T-Mobile USA has agreed to pay at least $90 million for unwanted third party charges slammed on their consumers’ bills- a practice commonly referred to as cramming. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Fe...

FCC airwave auction crosses $34 billion, more than three times the expectations

Amanda

Nov 24, 2014

Innovation

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s first spectrum auction in six years has received more than $34 billion bids- which is over three times more than its own expectations. It has been flooded by o...

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