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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The Justice Department has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to “defer action” on its review of the pending $20 billion merger of Softbank and Sprint while the department and other agencies investigate the deal for any “national security, law enforcement and public safety issues.” In a filing submitted on Monday to the FCC, Jennifer Rockoff, an attorney adviser with the Justice Department’s national...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crest Financial Limited formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed mergers between Softbank and Sprint and between Sprint and Clearwire. Crest, a substantial minority shareholder of Clearwire, argues in a petition filed late yesterday that that the proposed transactions grossly undervalue the primary asset sought in both mergers - Clearwire's trove of wireless spectrum. The filing notes that Sprint's offer for...
CHICAGO, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Company today announced the appointment of Edward Lazarus as the company's Executive Vice President/General Counsel, effective immediately. Lazarus most recently served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julius Genachowski, overseeing policy development and implementation, strategic planning, and agency management. "Eddie has an incredibly sharp mind, broad legal experience, and he...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last week, Google submitted an application to the FCC for a license to begin testing a new “experimental radio service” for the next 24 months. Now that this application has been found, many have begun asking what Google is testing and why. One such ponderer, consulting engineer Steven J. Crowley, suggests that Google’s experiment could be what’s called a “HetNet,” or heterogeneous network. These networks, thought to...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last week FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, friend to the Internet and connected lifestyle, issued a call to have gigabit Internet connections in all 50 states by 2015. At the US Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting on Friday, Genachowski asked the city leaders in attendance to have at least one community with access to this new, ultra-fast Internet connection. Called the “Gigabit City Challenge,” Genachowski hopes quickening the...
Infiniti Mobile is proud to be approved by the FCC to offer the Oklahoma Lifeline Government Phone service with 750 Free Minutes and 1,000 Texts for only $1 per month. Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 Infiniti Mobile was recently approved by the FCC to offer a program that is designed to help low income households with basic mobile phone service. The Oklahoma Lifeline program sponsored by the USAC has been created to help qualified applicants receive up to 750 minutes and 1000 text...
Event will unite hundreds of industry innovators leading the delivery of advanced communications services in rural America ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel will address hundreds of community-based telecommunications providers and innovators in the delivery of advanced communications services during the first ever Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO next month at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake...
LONDON, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus today announced the acquisition of Fertilizer and Chemical Consultancy (FCC), a provider of long-term outlooks and strategic consulting for fertilizer markets. FCC was founded in 2004 by Bernard Brentnall and Frances Wollmer, who between them have 50 years of experience in the fertilizer industry. Argus previously had a 49pc stake in FCC, which it acquired when it purchased leading...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Telecom companies such as Verizon did not abide by their own rules concerning backup power and system design, which resulted in a failure of 911 communications that affected some 2 million people in the aftermath of powerful storms that hit several states last summer, said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday. “These failures are unacceptable and the FCC will do whatever is necessary to ensure the reliability of 911,”...
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The announcement this week from FCC Chairman Genachowski regarding plans to make available up to 195 MHz of additional spectrum for license-exempt use in the United States is terrific news for end users and industry alike. Wi-Fi(®) has been an engine of social and economic benefit since 1999, and the proposed spectrum will provide an opportunity for technologies like Wi-Fi to continue to innovate, bringing further social and consumer...
