Verizon, CenturyLink Gush Over Trump’s FCC Chair Pick
Supporters of net neutrality, however, aren’t so happy.
Tom Wheeler
FCC Chair Stepping Down, Threatening Net Neutrality
President-elect Donald Trump will designate a new FCC chairman and will pick a Republican for the post.
AT&T, Verizon Among Telcos on Task Force to Fight Robocalls
A robocall, for example, can be a call from someone claiming to be with the Internal Revenue Service, and saying you owe the government money and will be arrested unless you pay immediately.
The Biggest M&A of March-April 2016
Verizon. Frontier. CenturyLink. XO Communications. Mitel. IBM. Those telecom and IT giants were only a handful of the companies making M&A waves in the past two months.
FCC Special Access Proposal Draws Rebuke from CenturyLink, Praise From Sprint, Level 3
The agency’s actions, which include a proposal to apply a “technology-neutral framework” to the regulation of business data services, drew condemnation from the cable industry and large incumbent phone carriers.
DOJ, FCC Chairman Clear Path for Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
Approval of the mega-merger comes with conditions, since the government filed an antitrust lawsuit over concerns that the new company would have a greater incentive and ability to impose restrictions on programmers.
FCC Chairman Confirms Proposal to Approve AT&T, DirecTV Merger
Tom Wheeler also noted that two additional merger conditions would bolster Internet regulations that took effect earlier this year.
FCC Chairman Cites AT&T, TWC Broadband Plans to Counter Net Neutrality Investment Predictions
Speaking at The Brookings Institution just two weeks after a federal court refused to put on hold Title II regulation, Tom Wheeler cited “a disconnect between what is said in Washington advocacy and what happens in the market.”
AT&T, Verizon Celebrate as FCCs Wheeler Snubs T-Mobile’s Spectrum Request
Responding to the chairman’s proposal, T-Mobile said consumers would benefit if others beside AT&T and Verizon obtained the spectrum.
Critics Bash Lifeline Phone Program as Government Waste
Last month, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a solution to make the Internet affordable for low-income Americans: Include broadband in the multibillion-dollar Lifeline program.
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