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AT&T, T-Mobile Deal: Hard Sell to FCC? [VIDEO]

Deal to Combine AT&T, T-Mobile USA Raises Antitrust Questions

WASHINGTON -- AT&T's surprise announcement that it plans to acquire T-Mobile USA will force federal regulators to confront a difficult antitrust question: Can American consumers get good wireless service at a fair price if they must choose between just two national companies? That debate will be at the center of the...

Safety Guide for Cell Phone Users

What's a consumer to do? If you're trying to figure out how to diminish whatever radiation might be generated by your cell, consider some basic facts. The radio frequency (RF) waves from cell phones come from the antenna, which is built into hand-held phones. Potentially harmful waves are strongest at the antenna, losing...

Opinion: When Comcast Rules the World

When the Federal Communications Commission approved the Comcast/NBC merger earlier this week, it set off all the usual complaints from all the usual suspects. You should be afraid! You should be mad!! Too much content control under one roof!!! Poppycock. So what if one company owns ... 10 TV and movie production studios...

Verizon Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

WASHINGTON -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks. In a filing in federal appeals court in the District of Columbia, Verizon argues that the Federal Communications...

Background on FCC

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute (see and ), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President.

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