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Additional Reforms Proposed by TracFone Also Urged to Improve Wireless Lifeline MIAMI, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TracFone Wireless, Inc., issued the following statement today: "As the leader of the federal Lifeline program, we welcome the call by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill for an independent federal audit of any inefficiencies that may remain in the program. In our view, all responsible Lifeline wireless service providers will embrace such additional scrutiny. In...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hudson Institute is pleased to announce that Commissioner Robert M. McDowell will become a Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute when he leaves the Federal Communications Commission later this week. McDowell has served with distinction at the Federal Communications Commission since 2006. He will be affiliated with the Center for the Economics of the Internet at the Hudson Institute, directed by Senior Fellow Harold...

Department of Justice Provides No Legitimate Analysis to Support Position that FCC Should Rig Upcoming Voluntary Incentive Auction for Broadcast Spectrum WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last year, Congress passed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 which directed the Federal Communications Commission to design and hold a voluntary incentive auction to transfer the "beachfront" spectrum held by television broadcasters to the mobile wireless...

President Obama nominates Tom Wheeler to become the Country’s next FCC Chairman. (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), a membership organization that promotes the development, advancement and unity of the wireless Internet service provider industry, extends its congratulations as President Obama nominates Tom Wheeler to become the Country’s next FCC Chairman. In addition, WISPA applauds and welcomes Mignon Clyburn, the acting Chair who is...

Encourages a focus on investment, modernization, and network infrastructure SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CALinnovates today issued the following statement regarding President Obama's nomination of Tom Wheeler to replace Julius Genachowski as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC): "The next leader of the Federal Communications Commission will inherit an agency dealing with critical issues that directly impact the advancement and widespread...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After President Obama named Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn as acting Chairwoman, CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100629/DC28223LOGO-a) "On behalf of the wireless industry, we are pleased that Commissioner Clyburn has been named Acting Chairwoman of the FCC. We have worked for several years...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- President Obama today (May 1) nominated Tom Wheeler to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and announced that Commissioner Mignon Clyburn would serve as acting chair until Wheeler's confirmation. The following statement should be attributed to Craig Silliman, Verizon senior vice president, public policy: "Verizon congratulates Commissioner Clyburn on her historic appointment as acting chair of the Federal Communications...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- After President Obama nominated Tom Wheeler as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100629/DC28223LOGO-a) "On behalf of the wireless industry, we congratulate Tom on today's announcement. Tom has a deep understanding of communications issues, a passion for hard work and creative...

New Study Quantifies Potential Impact of Auction Restrictions on Revenues, a National Public Safety Network, Wireless Prices, Adoption, and Employment WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business released a new study today on the potential impact of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) spectrum incentive auction rules if the Commission bans or limits participation of...

FORT MYERS, Fla., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Millicorp today released the following statements in direct response to the decision of the Federal Communication Commission ("FCC") on April 18, 2013 to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Order, and Notice of Inquiry ("Order") regarding direct access to telephone numbers for VoIP providers. Millicorp is one of fifteen companies that have applied to the FCC for a waiver of existing and outdated rules that limit the ability of VoIP...