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Comcast Files Suit Against the FCC

Written on: September 5th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – Comcast has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission in a bid to overturn the agency’s precedent-setting 3-2 decision saying that Comcast illegally blocked certain online traffic. The FCC found that Comcast violated net-neutrality principles and ordered Comcast to stop stymieing peer-to-peer traffic. The lawsuit doesn’t reveal the [...] more...

FCC To Drop Boom on Comcast, Online Ad Industry?

Written on: July 11th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly poised to punish Comcast for blocking file-sharing applications, a decision that could have wide-ranging implications for the online industry. If the agency does decide against the Internet provider, it would be an industry first. Comcast got itself into hot water last Fall when it [...] more...

Google Pressures FCC To Give Up TV Airwaves

Written on: March 24th 2008
Author: Editor

ADOTAS - It is now being reported that Google has sent a letter to the FCC, proposing its development plans for television “white space” for wireless online access for the entire country. “White space” is defined as unlicensed and unused TV airwaves. Richard Whitt, Google’s Washington telecom and media lawyer stated [...] more...

Verizon And AT&T Take Home The Most Shoes. I Mean, Spectrum.

Written on: March 21st 2008
Author: Editor

ADOTAS - AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless have been reported to be the largest winners in the bid at the government auction of radio spectrum, putting both firms in the commanding position to roll out the advanced wireless online services to consumers, according to wsj.com. The companies accounted for 80% of [...] more...

FCC Wireless Spectrum Bidding Booming

Written on: January 28th 2008
Author: Editor

The much anticipated FCC wireless spectrum auction began on Thursday and continued into Friday. Thurday closed with a final bid of $2.4 billion and bidding reached up to $3.7 billion for various blocks of spectrum. The FCC anticipates that the auction could raise in excess of $10 billion. The digital spectrum will be available [...] more...

Comcast Under Investigation

Written on: January 9th 2008
Author: Editor

Right after Comcast breaks the news of its entertainment super aggregator Fancast, the company is under investigation by the FCC. There have been many complaints made that Comcast actively interferes with online traffic when its users attempt to share files commission’s chairman Kevin J. Martin stated according to the Associated [...] more...

Google Tight-Lipped On U.K. Spectrum Bid

Written on: December 14th 2007
Author: cnet

The term “digital dividend” refers to the freeing up of radio spectrum over the next five years, when analog television and radio signals are switched off and replaced by digital. On Thursday, Ofcom, the telecommunications regulator, gave further details of how it would carve up and sell the spectrum ranges that [...] more...

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