telecoms

Intense Scramble for Mobile Telecom Spectrum

Stevie Converse — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:33:20 -0500

Full article: Financial Times
Paul Taylor
AT&T's failed bid for T-Mobile, coupled with a string of successful deals in recent months, has refocused attention on one of the most pressing issues facing the US mobile telecoms industry -- the scramble for spectrum.

Telcos Come Out Against FCC Broadband Regulation Plans

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:49:55 -0400

Full article: Connected Planet
Joan Engebretson
No big surprise here, but incumbent broadband providers have come out strongly against the FCC's plans to change how it regulates broadband carriers.

U.S. Debates Its Broadband Future

Stevie Converse — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:17:13 -0400

Full article: BBC
Maggie Shiels
Plans for the future of the internet in the United States are "under seige" by powerful interests, warns FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. He's worried that telecoms and other well funded lobbying groups will drown out the voices of the ordinary citizen as they fight for control of the Internet.

Setting the Record Straight on Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:57:15 -0500

Full article: American Civil Liberties Union
Jay Stanley
The telecoms play two different roles: content providers and access providers. It is essential that companies not be permitted to use their role as access providers to advance their own particular interests and viewpoints by favoring their own content over that of others.

Mexico Lawmakers to Vote on Telecom Tax

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:14:28 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Noel Randewich and Tomas Sarmiento
Mexican legislators looking to shore up depleted public finances were expected to approve a tax on telecom services, a blow to billionaire Carlos Slim, who dominates the industry.

Consumers to Telecom Industry: Tell Us the Truth

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:36:49 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Consumers are being bombarded with inconsistent and incomplete information when shopping for service providers or plans, and then they are baffled by misleading and confusing bills once they sign up. Six public interest organizations filed comments with the FCC, encouraging the agency to protect consumers from deceptive billing.

Telecom Industry Should Tell the Truth about Billing

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:30:46 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Megan Tady
Increasingly, phone, cable and wireless providers are fudging the numbers on their products and services, misleading consumers until they get hit with outrageous bills and hidden fees. The practices are so harmful and egregious that six public interest groups filed comments with the FCC asking the agency to protect consumers.

The Big Phone Companies' Hypocrisy

Stevie Converse — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:18:36 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Kate Aishton
Exclusive deals by the largest phone companies are generating controversy in the communications world, and they should have you worried, too. Whether they limit access to TV content or network options for wireless handsets, exclusive deals by dominant companies mean less choice for consumers.

The Telephone Ring

Stevie Converse — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:48:35 -0400

Full article: Valley Advocate
Stephanie Kraft
Ousted president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya had opposed the privatization of the national telecom company, Hondutel. Roberto Micheletti, who replaced Zelaya, was CEO of Hondutel in the late 1990s and supported privatizing it.

Herb Kohl's Message to Telecoms: Break it Up

Stevie Converse — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:03:20 -0400

Full article: Open Secrets
Lindsay Renick Mayer
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice and FCC, asking them to investigate whether big wireless companies are engaged in anti-competitive practices. Unlike many other lawmakers, Kohl, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee, does not rely on telecoms to fill his campaign coffers.