GigaomFCC says California website offered fake Samsung and BlackBerry phones
A California website has been selling fake phones that came with seemingly legitimate “FCC Identifiers,” but ones that were were not authorized by Samsung. Read more »
{"source":"http:\/\/search.gigaom.com\/company\/federal-communications-commission-fcc\/wijax\/383af13036138b805db0da550b1f5914","varname":"wijax_0bd74b15bb16cedd672ab6d5a7ef194c","title_element":"h2","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Ch2%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fh2%3E"}
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security.
MoreA California website has been selling fake phones that came with seemingly legitimate “FCC Identifiers,” but ones that were were not authorized by Samsung. Read more »
Alas for net neutrality supporters there are no readily available regulatory tools for restoring or protecting the internet commons because we haven’t really had to tackle that problem before Read more »
Verizon and AT&T aren’t getting the auction they wanted, but they’re not the only one’s upset with the FCC’s auction framework. The rules, however, were a big win for smaller carriers… Read more »
The argument we’re having today over fast lanes and slow lanes on the internet has echoes of the centuries-long debate over the English Enclosure Movement. Read more »
The FCC is sticking to its guns on net neutrality, voting to approve a framework for rules that could create an internet fast lane, while trying to patch up the loopholes… Read more »
Regardless of what happens with next week’s FCC vote, the whole net neutrality debate that’s gone off the rails. Read more »
The backlash against the FCC’s proposed plan to implement “net neutrality” by bifurcating internet traffic is growing, with venture firms and two commissioners calling for the agency to fall back, or… Read more »
Big names in the tech scene have gathered together to sign a letter protesting the proposed net neutrality rules the FCC is considering ahead of its May 15 meeting. Read more »
The House Energy and Commerce bill grants cable operators’ wish by sunsetting the integration ban. However, it also gives the FCC authority to impose new set-top security rules in the future. Read more »
In this part of our special report on reinventing the internet, a look at how the wireless networks of the future should evolve to handle a world in which mobile computers… Read more »