John McCain is trying to pass legislation that would unbundle cable packages, allowing consumers to only pay for the cable channels they want. One of his key reasons for wanting to go to an a-la-carte style is that the price of cable has risen through the years. He cited the data we've charted her... Read more...

According to The Washington Post, the US Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski "wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill eve... Read more...

AT&T Inc. (T), whose $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA is challenged by the U.S. Justice Department, will record one-time costs of $4 billion this quarter to reflect the risks of a collapse of the deal. AT&T and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom AG withdrew their applications to the... Read more...

/11/... Are you f*cking kidding me? The only worse date for this event wouldve been 9/11/11... On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, FEMA, DHS and FCC will conduct the first national test of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. This nationwide test will kick off at 2:00 p.m (EST) and ... Read more...

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), one of the subway systems in San Francisco, asked wireless providers to block their signals to four downtown stations in order to disrupt a looming protest. That move has gotten nationwide attention from everyone ranging from civil liberties groups to that const... Read more...
On the eve of the mobile phone industry's annual CTIA Wireless conference, AT&T dropped the bombshell news that it is acquiring rival T-Mobile for $39 billion. The move has all manner of repercussions for the wireless market, should it pass regulatory review. Assuming it does, here's what ... Read more...

Sen. Al Franken claimed Monday that big corporations are "hoping to destroy" the Internet and issued a call to arms to several hundred tech-savvy South by Southwest attendees to preserve net neutrality. "I came here to warn you, the party may be over," Franken said. "They're coming after the Inte... Read more...
Verizon has filed a lawsuit challenging the authority of the FCC to impose the net neutrality rules approved last month. The question boils down to interpreting the powers granted to the FCC by Congress, and Verizon is hoping to find a sympathetic court that sees things its way In a press relea... Read more...
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks to the media on the importance of net neutrality, Dec. 1, at the headquarters of the FCC in Washington, DC. U.S. communications regulators were poised to adopt Internet traffic rules on Tuesday that would allow providers... Read more...