The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed a $25,000 fine on Google recently for impeding a U.S. investigation. The search giant has been tangled in a legal mess with regulators after it admitted to collecting personal data without permission from unencrypted Wi-Fi connections while it was taking photos for its Street View project. Google purposely chose

The FCC on Monday released a document in which it proposes to fine T-Mobile USA for $819,000. The government body said that T-Mobile USA violated specific sections of the FCC’s rules that require U.S. wireless carriers to offer a specific number of phones that are compatible with hearing aids. “We further find that this apparent

T-Mobile USA has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block Verizon’s planned $3.6 billion spectrum purchase from SpectrumCo. Verizon announced in December that it hopes to purchase unused AWS spectrum from SpectrumCo, a joint venture between Bright House, Time Warner and Comcast. T-Mobile USA argued that the deal will provide Verizon with an “excessive concentration”

LightSquared just issued a response to the Federal Communications Commission’s Tuesday ruling that it will continue to prohibit the wholesale network retailer from activating its 4G LTE network. LightSquared and a former FCC engineer have argued that testing was “rigged” and that those who claim its network interferes with GPS networks have close ties to

The United States Federal Communications Commission announced on Tuesday afternoon that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has found that LightSquared’s network ultimately will always interfere with other networks. “NTIA… has now concluded that there is no practical way to mitigate potential interference at this time.” the FCC said. “The Commission clearly stated from the

In a recent Bloomberg Captains of Industry interview, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson talked about his company’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. He remarked that if the $39 billion dollar deal is blocked, it will result in higher prices for subscribers. He made the point the acquisition would help AT&T ease its overtaxed network with more capacity

Whenever there are legal matters that come up before a court or commission, the presumption is that those presiding will look over any applicable matters in an objective manner and reach a fair decision. But, says AT&T, that’s not what the Federal Communications Commission was doing in assessing the potential T-Mobile acquisition. The FCC released

Ever gotten a cell phone bill that blew your mind? Chances are you probably have, given how popular smartphones and tablets are these days. Everyone knows that monthly service can be pretty steep, but tack on overage charges for calls, texts and data, and the total expense could bring some wireless customers to their knees.

AT&T has been trying to get the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) excited about its potential merger with T-Mobile by promising that it would roll 4G LTE service out to a lot more of the country if it happens.  The plans without the help of the magenta-hued company call for Big Blue to get LTE out

Today was the final day for people to enter comments on the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger, and Sprint went out with a bang.  Currently sitting in my inbox is a 299 page filing the carrier submitted to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) about how AT&T could increase its capacity by 600 percent by 2015.  As they

AT&T’s plan to takeover T-Mobile has been met with quite a bit of opposition. Now a few companies are putting their names down as supporters of the takeover. Eight companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and RIM have all filed letters of support for the acquisition with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). Should the deal go

In a not so shocking turn of events, Sprint is stepping up its efforts to block the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile.  Back in March the carrier vowed to fight the merger, and now it has gone all about by filing n official “Petition to Deny”. The key points spelled out by Sprint in their

Sprint officially announced their opposition to AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA in a news release posted to Sprint’s Website Monday. The announcement cites the “duopoly control over the wireless market” that the company foresees should the merger be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In Sprint’s words: