The Serbian government has launched an initiative to privatize state-controlled telecommunications company Telekom Srbija. According to local reports, the government asked the Ministry of Economy and the Privatization Agency to define a plan to privatize the operator.
In February, Telekom Srbija launched a process to...
Name checks Uber: 'The largest taxi company in the country doesn’t own any vehicles …'
WASHINGTON – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler late last week delivered an address to the Brookings Institution, a well known liberal-leaning Washington, D.C., think tank, highlighting the success of the...
CWA says Verizon wants to cut pay to employees while top five execs earned $44M last year
Verizon Communications' opening contract negotiation gamut of offering raises has been blasted by Communication Workers of America reps as a “smokescreen” designed to make a “media splash.”
Negotiations for...
WASHINGTON – When someone actively uses the Internet, it is a consensual relationship of giving data in exchange for services, but what about the passive collection of data on location, health and activities by devices?
Federal Communications Commission's Commissioner Michael O’Rielly discussed so-called human analytics during a...
WASHINGTON – “The Internet is not a human right,” said Michael O’Rielly, Federal Communications Commission commissioner, in an address to the Internet Innovation Alliance panel.
O’Rielly made the remark as part of a presentation titled "The Role for Regulators in an Expanding Broadband Economy." His comment seemed to...
FCC circulates draft of 600 MHz auction rules counter to T-Mobile US push
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler today said he has circulated a draft Order on Reconsideration connected to the upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction that maintains the previously stated 30 megahertz of...
Lobbying groups say, 'feed the beast,' as rules, reserve being set for spectrum auction
WASHINGTON – As the wrangling over rules for the upcoming spectrum auction continues, most stakeholders agree on the acute need for more spectrum, but not on how federal regulators should divvy...
Commercial Network Services asks for FCC intervention in Time Warner Cable interconnect dispute
Beloved service provider Time Warner Cable appears to have earned the dubious distinction of being the first company to garner a complaint for violating recently implemented net neutrality rules.
Commercial Network Services, which...
The French government affirmed the potential acquisition would affect investment in the mobile market and planned spectrum auction
France's second-largest telecommunications operator Numericable-SFR has made an offer to buy smaller rival Bouygues Telecom for approximately $11.4 billion in cash, according to a report by the...
Federal subsidy expansion gets FCC nod to include rural broadband Internet for low-income Americans
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission appears set to go ahead with plans to offer $1.7 billion in subsidies to connect poor Americans to the Internet.
On June 18, the FCC voted...
Goal of wireless legislation is to reallocate federal spectrum for commercial uses
WASHINGTON – On June 18, a group of Republican senators reintroduced the Wireless Innovation Act, which is meant to reallocate federally held wireless spectrum to push innovation.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Kelly Ayotte...
FCC wants to reserve UHF channels for unlicensed use, NAB cries foul
WASHINGTON – The FCC has proposed that, after the next incentive auction, one UHF channel in each market be set aside for unlicensed white space devices like wireless microphones.
The move signals an acknowledgement...
Quarter-billion-dollar investment is coming from FCC’s Connect America Fund
WASHINGTON – Frontier Communications has announced the receipt of $238 million from the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund to expand broadband Internet access to 1.3 million rural Americans across 28 states.
Dan McCarthy, Frontier president and...
Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica also in the mix for 700 MHz spectrum
After 181 rounds of bidding spread over 16 days, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica emerged as the high bidders vying for access to 700 MHz spectrum covering Germany.
According to the numbers, Vodafone was...
Wireless service tax cut to slice 1.73% off cellphone bills
Florida’s wireless customers are set to see a tax break on future bills as the state’s Legislature this week passed a $400 million tax plan that includes a stipulation that will see wireless phone bills...
Report suggests Wheeler against T-Mobile US request for 40 megahertz spectrum reserve
The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly set to dismiss a request from T-Mobile US to increase the amount of reserved spectrum set aside for the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction.
Bloomberg Business cited people...
Potential merger still has to pass muster with foreign regulators
WASHINGTON – Following months of speculation and a long and complex process, a merger between Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent is one very large step closer to being finalized.
The companies have announced that the U.S. Department of...
Discord among FCC commissioners; Pai sites Kafka while O’Rielly defends AT&T’s actions
The Federal Communications Commission today announced plans to fine AT&T Mobility $100 million for misleading customers about its unlimited data plan offering.
Specifically, FCC investigators allege that AT&T “severely slowed down the data speeds...
Appeals court ruling paves way for 600 MHz incentive auction to proceed
The Federal Communications Commission scored a significant victory in its attempt to conduct its controversial 600 MHz incentive auction, with an appeals court striking down a challenge by the National Association of Broadcasters.
In...
FCC has gained ground in text-to-911 and improving location accuracy for vital public safety system
WASHINGTON – The 911 system is responsible for providing emergency dispatch for 300 million people. If it goes down for even a few hours, as happened in April 2014, millions...
WASHINGTON – Decades after they were invented and became a staple of everyday life, mobile phones are finally finding a clear legal footing in U.S. courts.
Mobile technology has spurred a multiyear global debate touching on issues such as privacy, freedom of speech, civil rights...
The Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality rules became law today, after a federal court rejected an industry attempt to avoid Title II regulation. However, Internet service providers have said they will continue to fight, and it looks like they will have some help from...
Proposed funding requires strict regulations related to FCC regulatory power
WASHINGTON – The proposed federal budget recently released by the U.S. House of Representatives cuts Federal Communications Commission funding and effectively puts the brakes on the net neutrality debate, at least until the legal challenges are resolved.
The...
Canadian Parliament is considering so-called right to know legislation
WASHINGTON – Despite a preponderance of scientific evidence, there are still pockets of people holding onto the notion that radio frequency energy could present public health concerns.
In Berkeley, Calif., the city council unanimously passed a measure requiring stores...
