The Federal Communications Commission has granted permission for nine companies, including Google, to turn unused broadcast frequencies — also known as “white spaces” — into wireless broadband.
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Earlier this week, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., warned that if the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal went through, the company may pull NBC’s programming from Netflix. Federal regulators approved the deal Tuesday.
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In an historic 3-2 vote Tuesday, the FCC passed its long-awaited network neutrality order, the most sweeping attempt yet to address the way phone, cable and Internet companies interact when it comes to Internet traffic. But Con…
Federal Communications Commission regulators are investigating Google’s Street View cars and their capture of users’ personal information, from complete email addresses to passwords, an FCC official said Wednesday.
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Verizon was today fined a record $25 million by the Federal Communications Commission and agreed to refund an additional $52.8 million to customers to settle allegations that the largest U.S. mobile-phone company overcharged cu…