Competitors Lobby FCC to Deny AT&T-BellSouth Merger
A group of competitive telecommunications companies have filed comments urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the merger of ...
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McDowell Confirmed as FCC Commissioner
The U.S. Senate confirmed Robert M. McDowell to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for ...
U.S. Treasury Ends Long-Distance Telephone Excise Tax
After 108 years, the U.S. Treasury will end collection of the long distance telephone excise tax and the Internal Revenue ...
FCC Declines to Investigate Consumer Privacy and NSA Program
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has declined a request to open an investigation into reports of the disclosure by the nation's ...
Senate Hearing on Communications Reform Set for May 18
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold an open hearing on the Communications Reform Bill (S.2686) ...
FCC Commissioner Copps Calls for Investigation into Disclosure of Phone Records
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps issued a call to open an investigation into the recent reports that the nation's largest ...
BellSouth Denies Bulk Transfer of Calling Records to NSA
In response to media reports that BellSouth provided massive amounts of customer calling information under a contract with the NSA, ...
Verizon Issues Statement on NSA and Privacy Protection
Verizon Communications issued a statement saying it could not neither confirm nor deny press reports that it supplied extensive calling ...
Verizon Executive Comments on Net Neutrality
Speaking at an industry event, Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications, warned that Net ...
Kevin Martin Renominated for FCC Post
President Bush nominated Kevin J. Martin for reappointment to the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from ...
Former FCC Commissioner Joins Citizen Comm. Board
Former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Quinn Abernathy will serve on the Board of Directors for Citizen Communications. Abernathy, who resigned her ...
AT&T Lobbies for California's "Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act"
AT&T announced its support for proposed legislation in the California Assembly authored by Speaker of the Assembly, Fabian Nunez, (D ...
Mobile Surpasses Fixed Lines in U.S. Market, UNEs Drop
As of June 2005, there were approximately 144.1 million ILEC switched access lines, 34.1 million CLEC switched access lines, and ...
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