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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...

Is Your Cell Phone's Radiation Level Safe? Don't Call the FCC

More than 200 million people in the U.S. talk on cell phones a total of at least 12 hours a month -- some double or triple that amount. Almost everyone admits that cell phones emit radiation when they link to the closest tower. What almost no one can agree on is whether that radiation is harmful to those holding their...

Opinion: Why Decriminalize Child Prostitution?

Believe it or not, the average age for a girl entering prostitution is 13 years old, and the average age is declining as buyers want younger and younger children. Nobody knows exactly how many kids end up being sold for sexual services, but the number is in the multiple thousands and the problem grows bigger and expands to...

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05/31/12 Pai Praises Passage of FCC Reform Act Source: Broadcasting and Cable Count new FCC Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai among those applauding the House for passing HR 3310, the FCC reform bill that will combine a number of congressionally-mandated reports into one.
05/16/12 Columbia University Radio Station Is Fined $10,000 Source: Media Decoder - The New York Times WKCR, the radio station of Columbia University, has been fined $10,000 by the Federal Communications Commission over a lapse in its record-keeping from 1998 to 2005.
05/16/12 Genachowski to Senate: No Network Neutrality... Source: Broadcasting and Cable FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing audience Wednesday that the FCC had not received a single complaint in the six months since its Open Internet order went into effect, but also said that if a court overturns it, he would urge Congress to codify it.

Background on federal communications commission

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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