The FCC has many important things under its jurisdiction, and ensuring a functional 911 service is among the most critical. As such, telephony providers are required to report network outages, so the commission can monitor and maintain a resilient service. Until now, this hasn't included VoIP services, but a new ruling states that interconnected VoIP provide... Read more
FCC tweaks Broadband Acceleration Initiative to expedite net... Waiting for LTE to roll out to your neighborhood? FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski understands, and he's trying to speed up the process. The commission's head honcho recently announced new actions to t... Read more
FCC Blocks LightSquareds Launch Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's hopes to build a state-of-the-art open wireless broadband network are put on hold because his signal jams GPS devices.LightSquared's founder's efforts t... Read more
FCC Wants GPS In Every Phone By 2018 After years of having a GPS-equipped phone, the idea of not having GPS is a little crazy. Even with smartphone adoption rates dramatically increasing, there are still plenty of folks out there with ma... Read more
FCC streamlines rules for aircraft broadband, promotes wides... The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order today that updated regulatory requirements needed to provide broadband services on aircraft. In short, the commission has designated Ea... Read more
FCC proposes boosted in-flight WiFi speed with 14GHz spectru... The FCC released a report yesterday detailing plans to free up 500 megahertz of spectrum, in an effort to supercharge our nation's ground-to-air mobile broadband infrastructure. The proposed spectrum ... Read more
Verizon FiOS, ViaSat Exede lead FCC broadband performance re... How do you pick your broadband internet provider? For many of us, the market dictates our selection, but a few lucky subscribers get to make their own call, rather than opting for the one and only ser... Read more
Following Lifeline reforms, FCC funds pilot programs to impr... Following the FCC's reforms of its Lifeline assistance program, the regulatory agency announced today that it's trimmed subsidy expenditures by a handsome $214 million -- which just so happens to be $... Read more
Thanks For The 15-Minute Break, WordPress As you might have noticed, TechCrunch went down entirely (thanks to WordPress VIP), sporting a fun 502 error. If youre not sure what that means, heres the skinny on why you might see a 502 error: The ... Read more
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