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WASHINGTON – Responding to reports that the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission are taking a closer look into allegations that Carrier IQ software is tracking cellphone activity and sharing it without the users’ knowledge.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Free Press filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission, urging it to nvestigate Verizon Wireless for reportedly blocking the “Google Wallet” application on the Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, AT&T and the Department of Justice jointly requested to stay further court proceedings on the AT&T-T-Mobile merger, which was granted by the court.

WASHINGTON – On Friday at a status hearing, the Department of Justice discussed the possibility of postponing its legal challenge against the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. The Department of Justice may seek to delay the trial until AT&T refiles its request for approval of the merger with the Federal Communications Commission.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Free Press delivered a petition with more than 30,000 signatures to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski urging him to make the public, jobs and journalism the top priorities in the agency’s imminent review of media-ownership rules.

WASHINGTON — According to reports, Verizon Wireless is restricting consumers’ ability to download and use Google Wallet. New mobile payment systems such as Google’s offer consumers opportunities for flexible, fast and convenient transactions using their mobile devices.

WASHINGTON — According to several press reports, mobile software company Carrier IQ is working with phone manufacturers and cellphone carriers to install spying software on Androids and iPhones.

On Thursday, AT&T responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s staff report on the proposed T-Mobile takeover, calling the report unfair and one-sided.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission released a staff report regarding AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Although the FCC acknowledged AT&T’s last-minute withdrawal of its formal application seeking approval of the deal, it rightly decided to release the staff’s findings on the tremendous harms of the transaction.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, Free Press sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski in response to reports that the FCC may be reconsidering harmful and unjustified changes to the longstanding ban on one company owning broadcast stations and a daily newspaper in the same market.