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  Federal effort under way to deter smartphone thieves

  The Federal Communications Commission and the CTIA Wireless Association are joining hands in an attempt to take a bite out of smartphone crime.

  By Brad Reed | 11 April, 2012 03:24

  Tags: at&t, consumer electronics, ctia, CTIA Wireless Association, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, IMEI, International Mobile Equipment Identity, iPhone theft, networking, security, smartphones, smartphone theft, wireless

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  US carriers join forces on stolen phones database, play catch up to rest of world

  Verizon Wireless, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are joining forces with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to work on curbing phone thefts using a central database that will store information about stolen phones, according to reports.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 April, 2012 22:36

  Tags: at&t, consumer electronics, Federal Communications Commission, government, GSM Association, smartphones, sprint nextel, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless

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  Broadband infrastructure: Time for real policy

  I'm late filing this column. Why? It's my AT&T U-Verse DSL connection again. Make that "yet again." I've been struggling with it all day.

  By Mark Gibbs | 26 March, 2012 15:31

  Tags: ADSL, ADSL+, at&t, broadband, cable, DSL, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, isp, Motorola, National Broadband Plan, NBP, networking, NV, Randall L. Stephenson, satellite, technet, Telecommunication, U-Verse, verizon, wireless

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  AT&T exec blames FCC for T-Mobile layoffs

  James Cicconi knows whom T-Mobile workers should blame for their company's recently announced layoffs: the FCC.

  By Brad Reed | 24 March, 2012 06:25

  Tags: at&t, business issues, corporate issues, fcc, FCC Cicconi, Federal Communications Commission, government, industry verticals, James Cicconi, layoffs, networking, personnel, t-mobile, T-Mobile layoffs, wireless

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  FCC asks Verizon for more data on plans to use acquired spectrum

  The Federal Communications Commission today asked Verizon to deliver a wide range of information on its spectrum holdings and its attempts to buy spectrum licenses from major cable companies.

  By Brad Reed | 09 March, 2012 10:29

  Tags: fcc, Federal Communications Commission, lte, networking, spectrum, verizon, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

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  AT&T reluctant to support FCC call to adopt new PC security measures

  The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants the ISP broadband providers to help battle botnets by being more active in helping their subscribers eradicate malware infections on their PCs. But AT&T's chief security officer said AT&T is reluctant to go beyond its current anti-malware efforts.

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 March, 2012 05:42

  Tags: anti-malware, at&t, botnets, Ed Amoroso, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, security

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  Sprint, T-Mobile tell FCC to put brakes on Verizon spectrum deal

  Verizon's proposed spectrum deal with major cable companies came under more criticism today as a broad range of companies and public interest groups asked the Federal Communications Commission to halt proceedings on the deal.

  By Brad Reed | 07 March, 2012 06:30

  Tags: 3G & 4G, 4g, DirecTV, Federal Communications Commission, free press, lte, networking, Public Knowledge, sprint, Telecommunication, t-mobile, verizon, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

• AT&T to customers: 'Please, please upgrade from 2G'

  AT&T has a message for its 2G customers: Really, you can do better.

  By Brad Reed | 07 March, 2012 04:43

  Tags: 3G & 4G, 4g, at&t, Federal Communications Commission, lte, networking, spectrum, Telecommunication, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

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  Congress won't kill off new unlicensed spectrum after all

  Rest easy, America: Congress has decided against killing the next generation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

  By Brad Reed | 17 February, 2012 08:27

  Tags: bluetooth, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, networking, unlicensed spectrum wireless, WiFi, WiMAX & LTE, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi

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  FCC axes LightSquared LTE dreams

  Anyone expecting LightSquared to bring LTE services to their neighborhood got a rude awakening today when the Federal Communications Commission said it would not permit the company to run an LTE network on satellite spectrum.

  By Brad Reed | 16 February, 2012 04:44

  Tags: 4G wireless, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, LightSquared, LightSquared LTE, LTE network, LTE wireless, networking, NTI, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

• Much of Western U.S. is a 3G wasteland, says FCC

  Anyone making a road trip across America should expect their mobile data service to basically not exist throughout much of the Western United States.

  By Brad Reed | 11 February, 2012 08:25

  Tags: 3g, 3G & 4G, 3G coverage, 3G dead zones, 4g, 4G coverage, 4G dead zones, at&t, dead zones, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, lte, mobile spectrum, mobility fund, networking, Telecommunication, wireless, wireless coverage

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  Why the House spectrum bill should be ditched: Q&A with Reed Hundt

  Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt made waves this week when he called the House spectrum auction legislation "the single worst telecom bill" he's seen.

  By Brad Reed | 03 February, 2012 22:32

  Tags: congress, Federal Communications Commission, House, networking, reed hundt, senate, WiMAX & LTE, wireless, wireless spectrum

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  First 'Super Wi-Fi' network goes live in North Carolina

  Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a "Super Wi-Fi" network.

  By Brad Reed | 27 January, 2012 10:34

  Tags: fcc, Federal Communications Commission, networking, New Hanover County NC, Super Wi-Fi, white spaces, white spaces spectrum, wi-fi, Wilmington NC, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi

• Verizon could soon fall under Uncle Sam's antitrust microscope

  It looks as though Verizon's cable spectrum deals won't fly under the radar after all.

  By Brad Reed | 22 December, 2011 06:30

  Tags: 3G & 4G, 4G wireless, at&t, Bloomberg, Cable spectrum, Federal Communications Commission, lte, networking, U.S. Department of Justice, verizon, Verizon antitrust, wireless

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  Verizon to Pay $3.6B for Mobile Spectrum

  Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $3.6 billion to buy licenses for mobile spectrum covering 259 million U.S. residents from SpectrumCo, a joint venture of three cable providers.

  By Grant Gross | 19 December, 2011 22:09

  Tags: Broadcaster, comcast, Federal Communications Commission, Mobile and Wireless, networking, SpectrumCo, time warner, Verizon Wireless, wireless, wireless internet, wireless networking