Economic growth requires innovation. Trouble is, Washington is practically designed to resist it. Built into the DNA of the most important agencies created to protect innovation is an almost irresistible urge to protect the most powerful instead. The FCC is a perfect example.
Is YouTube making Google a political player? The video-sharing site, with its stratospheric bandwidth bills and questionable new ad formats, may never pay Larry and Sergey back in cash for the $1.65 billion they shelled out to buy it in 2006. But it doesn’t have to. YouTube, having conquered online video, is taking over political broadcasting.
A plan to combine Sprint’s Xohm network with Clearwire’s WiMax network was approved today by the FCC. The Justice Department will allow the deal to proceed, though it will continue to monitor the situation. A sigh of relief was heard from within both legacy companies and from investors in the newly combined company–which include Google, Intel, and a group of cable companies.
A showdown over the billions of dollars traded in the dark underside of the telephone system was postponed on Monday. Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, had proposed a complex plan to restructure how long distance carriers pay local phone companies to complete calls. Facing opposition from the other four commissioners, Mr. Martin abandoned a vote on the plan scheduled for Tuesday.
Comcast came clean with the Federal Communications Commission late Friday, detailing how it throttled and targeted peer-to-peer traffic–maneuvers it has repeatedly denied.
The cable concern said it indeed hit “particular protocols that were generating disproportionate amounts of traffic.”
Comcast Corp. rightfully received a smackdown from the Federal Communications Commission last week for not telling customers that it was blocking some of them from using peer-to-peer services to download videos and other content off the Internet.
As you know by now, the FCC on Friday at long last approved the pending merger of XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI). That should clear the way for the completion of the merger.
Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein has voted to oppose the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), leaving the current tally tied at 2-2, with only Deborah Taylor Tate yet to decide. If she votes yes, the deal goes through. If she votes no, the deal dies.
The future of any technology can be defined by the economic opportunities it creates. Take just one look around Pittsburgh to see the explosion in the number of businesses built around advances in medical technology and the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on new technology. The impact has been enormous. Which brings us to today. What [...]
The great satellite radio merger inches ever closer.
This morning, XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) announced a $400 million offering of senior notes, which it said is “part of a series of transaction to refinance certain debt” in connection with its pending merger with Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI).
Kevin Maney smacks his head: While you’re lusting over a new iPhone, think about this: Why can’t you watch free, regular, over-the-air TV on your phone? Isn’t that what you really want — not these bastardized TV offerings that you have to pay for, like AT&T’s Mobile TV and Sprint’s MobiTV?
What should the government do about migrating birds that fatally collide into wireless communications towers at night? The actual number of deaths is disputed, but it may run into the millions each year. A recent mini-conference on the problem held at the Federal Communications Commission went largely unnoticed by most agency watchers, present company included.
Merrill Lynch’s Glen Campbell this morning raised his rating on Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) to Buy from Hold, while slightly trimming his price target to $2.70 from $2.80. Campbell says he expects “imminent approval” from the FCC for its pending merger with XM Satellite Radio (XMSR).
The MPAA has offered a deal to the Federal Communications Commission that could bring movies to cable and satellite viewers more quickly after their original release. The trade-off, though, is that the movies couldn’t be viewed by some high-definition TVs, nor could they be recorded by stand-alone TiVos.
Intel has developed a pair of technical issues, American Technology Research analyst Doug Freedman asserts today.
One, Freedman says the company had a “misstep in the completion of FCC certification” for the next-generation Centrino processor with support for the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard.
Meanwhile, he also says that issues have cropped up with the integrated graphics in the Montevina platform. He says failures are occurring at notebook OEMs.
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