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...driving context of the user. In recent testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski stated that at any given moment on U.S. roads there are over 812,000 distracted...

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...towers or to put a new antenna up on an existing tower, more than 700 have been pending for more than a year, FCC officials said. The FCC said local communities should have 90 days to consider applications from carriers who want to put an...

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...should address in its national broadband plan, due Feb. 17, said Eric Carr, general manager of the FCC's Omnibus Broadband Initiative. FCC members generally praised the task force's report, but Commissioner Michael Copps said he wanted to...

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...time, the applicant can file a claim for relief in court within 30 days of the failure to act, the FCC said. Also on Wednesday, the FCC ruled it is illegal for a state or local government to turn down an application for a wireless site...

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...part of Congress's economic stimulus package. In an effort to ensure that new programs and policies work toward achieving the same goal, the FCC has been tasked with developing a national broadband plan to help direct policy makers in getting...

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And those companies aren't innovating enough on those devices nor are they adequately dealing with access to online video, the FCC's national broadband planning task force said in an agency meeting Wednesday. "The marketplace is...

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...deals underway, the Federal Communications Commission has not been a great favorite of the wireless industry of late. But today the FCC threw carriers a badly wanted sop with new rules that require state and local governments to speed...

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...Commission as obstacles in its effort to blanket the country with high-speed Internet service. Blair Levin is head of the FCC's task force charged to come up with solutions before before a February deadline. He will discuss those...

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They also said the main author of the Harvard Berkman Center study is a biased long-time advocate of net neutrality policies. The FCC commissioned the study from Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The agency will use the study...

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...but it would also attract interest from Congressional committees in the middle of an election year, Moffett said. "It is very likely that FCC regulators will take a close review of this deal," Christopher Vollmer, a partner at Booz & Co,...

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