http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/886 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.freepress.net/node/42284 Future of the Internet courts fcc phone Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:40:01 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 42284 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/40001 <p>A group of small, rural wireless-phone companies plans to escalate an attack on big rivals, trying to persuade federal regulators to outlaw the kind of exclusive deals that have limited availability of Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other popular mobile devices.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/40001">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Apple fcc iPhone phone Wireless Tue, 20 May 2008 09:15:06 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 40001 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38409 <p>Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other, an FCC official said on Friday.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38409">read more</a></p> cable customer information data management fcc phone Privacy Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:42:30 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 38409 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38207 <p>Last year, Skype asked the Federal Communications to force wireless phone carriers to allow any device and application to operate on their networks. During a keynote at the CTIA Wireless trade show this morning, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin gave Skype some bad news, saying that he didn't think it was necessary to force the cellular carriers to abide by the 1968 Carterfone decision.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38207">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Save The Internet 700 mhz auction Carterfone cellular Derek Turner fcc Internet Kevin Martin mobile broadband mobile Internet phone Save Our Spectrum Skype spectrum Wireless Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:00:19 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 38207 at http://www.freepress.net