Facebook, Google, and Apple Ease Privacy Concerns of Senators
Privacy
July 28th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2010 – Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are worried about unclear consumer online privacy policies and the negative effects of targeted advertising.
Representatives from Apple, Facebook, Google, The Cato Institute, AT&T, and the Annenberg School for Communication overviewed their current privacy policies and tools, and outlined the future of their privacy controls.
Genachowski and Leibowitz Testify Before Senate on Privacy Issues
Broadband's Impact, FCC, Privacy
July 28th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2010 – The Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission have formed a task force to deal with online privacy concerns facing American consumers.
FCC FDA Joint Meeting Discusses Challenges, Successes of Broadband in Healthcare
Broadband's Impact, Health, Mobile Broadband, Spectrum
July 26th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2010 – A panel of industry representatives from companies manufacturing new broadband-capable medical tools said they were looking for ways to have these technologies integrated into the current medical systems.
House Hearing for Internet Gambling Bill
Broadband's Impact, Tribal Broadband
July 23rd, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2010- H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, will require online gaming sites to purchase licenses and subscribe to existing gambling laws. In a hearing this week the main stakeholders voiced their concerns.
Smart Grid’s Future Relies on Consumer Acceptance, Environmental Benefits
Broadband's Impact, FCC, Smart Grid
July 22nd, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2010 – At BroadbandBreakfast.com’s breakfast club this week, experts in the smart grid field said issues such as consumer adoption, environmental benefits and privacy concerns would decide the future of grid development.
LightSquared to Launch New LTE Network
Mobile Broadband, Wireless
July 21st, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2010- LightSquared, a new broadband wireless data network, is expected to cover 92 percent of the United States population with LTE by 2015.
Private-equity firm Harbinger Capital Partners announced its LightSquared network on July 20, and is expected to officially launch the network sometime next year. The network will initially start in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver and Baltimore.
Genachowski Calls for Removal of Barriers to Minority Business Owners
Broadband's Impact, Minority, National Broadband Plan, Spectrum
July 21st, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2010- Market barriers to minority and small business owners must be removed so that they can compete in the global marketplace says Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.
FCC Commissioners Discuss Minority Issues at the Eighth Annual Access to Capital and Telecommunications Policy Conference
Broadband's Impact, FCC, Minority, Spectrum, Universal Service
July 19th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2010- Three Federal Communications Commissioners Robert McDowell, Meredith Baker, and Mignon Clyburn encouraged use of the internet and new media applications to assist minorities and women entrepreneurs and connect them to financial resources.
FCC not Helping Minorities Claims Minority Media & Telecom Council
FCC
July 19th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2010. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not making adequate achievements in including minorities and women, according to David Honig, president and executive director of the Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC). As a matter of fact, he says market barriers and lack of opportunity are decreasing minority involvement in the broadband, telecom, and media industries.
Genachowski Announces Creation of Spectrum Data Inventory
FCC, Spectrum, Wireless
July 16th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2010 -The Federal Communications Commission will increase its transparency by overseeing the creation of a spectrum inventory that includes users and license holders, agency Chairman Julius Genachowski told senators in a Thursday letter.
Last May, Senators John D. Rockefeller and John Kerry asked Genachowski and the FCC to create a comprehensive database of spectrum users and licensees. Genachowski’s Thursday reply said that the FCC is now taking an inventory of all spectrum users and licensees.