Spectrum Bills Move Quickly Through House Subcommittee
Wireless
January 21st, 2010
WASHINGTON, January 21, 2010 – The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet approved by voice vote legislation to inventory and help reallocate the nation’s wireless spectrum.
FCC Net Neutrality Efforts Spark Interest Group Mania
Net Neutrality
October 21st, 2009
WASHINGTON, October 21, 2009 – As the Federal Communications Commission nears the monthly meeting slated for Thursday to consider new regulations regarding Net neutrality, e-mail boxes across Washington are being flooded by all manner of interest groups staking their claim over neutrality and freedom on the Internet.
Legislation Regarding Cell Phone Jamming in Prisons Has Industry Concerned
Wireless
July 16th, 2009
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2009 – The legalization of cellular telephone jamming technology in prisons was discussed Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee in response to Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s S. 251 introduced earlier this year.
Senate Commerce Committee Passes Radio Spectrum Inventory Act
Broadband Data, Wireless
July 8th, 2009
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2009 — The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved S. 649, the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, which would give the National Telecommunications and Information Agency and the Federal Communications Commission 180 days to present Congress with a complete inventory of the radio frequencies that they manage from 300 Megahertz to 3.5 Gigahertz.
White House Announces Nomination of Mignon Clyburn to Democratic FCC Spot
FCC, National Broadband Plan
April 30th, 2009
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 – The White House announced late Wednesday its intention to nominate South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to the Federal Communications Commission.