The Federal Communications Commission began to lay the groundwork for a bigger federal role in the broadband business Wednesday, outlining the hurdles...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology
The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology
My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media
In the latest salvo over net neutrality, some of the nations' leading tech minds have sent a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski, urging him to tak...
Art Brodsky | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media
Big Telecom is used to winning, and winning big. And yesterday, they lost as the FCC approved a Net neutrality proposed rule.
Reuters | Posted 10.23.2009 | Technology
U.S. communications regulators voted unanimously Thursday to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring o...
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology
Few people in Washington are busier these days than FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who will deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress and unveil a proposal to safeguard an "open Internet."
WSJ | Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is proposing that the agency apply tougher open-Internet rules broadly, raising concerns...
WSJ | Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology
We're not sure just where Bruce Springsteen stands on open Internet policies, said Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski Monday at a mu...
Art Brodsky | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media
If the Knight Commission thinks there's a problem with news and information getting through to the public now, just wait until the Internet and news sources become even more consolidated.
BBC NEWS | Posted 09.22.2009 | Technology
Mobile providers have argued that US proposals to ensure that all traffic on the internet is treated equally should not be applied to wireless traffic...
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
Net Neutrality is a complicated-sounding term for something very simple. Companies that carry your Internet traffic shouldn't be allowed to play favorites.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
The term 'net neutrality' has no agreed-upon definition in policy circles. But in popular culture, it has become synonymous with free speech. So here are three things policymakers should keep in mind going forward.
Dan Frommer | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
Keeping an open Internet is important to consumers and businesses, and monopoly (or duopoly) Internet providers must never be given the role of taste-maker.
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday proposed the most wide-ranging and specific rules so far for regulati...
Timothy Karr | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
The fight for Net Neutrality just took a big step forward on Monday with the chair of the Federal Communications Commission announcing plans to expand the rules to protect a free and open Internet.
Vinton G. Cerf | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
We can anticipate the need for a kind of International Law of the Net in the future. Such concepts can also provide better support for international and domestic electronic commerce.
Julius Genachowski | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
The key to the Internet's success has been its openness...Notwithstanding its unparalleled record of success, today the free and open Internet faces emerging and substantial challenges.
Andy Plesser | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
In this interview, Jose Antonio Vargas says that "technology is anthropology" and the site will address how technology is used and how it affects society.
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
Net Neutrality will be the largest telecom fight in since the giveaway Telecom Act was fought out in 1995. In the House, Republicans are already showing they're ready to rumble.
Timothy Karr | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media
Allowing Internet service providers to become gatekeepers would undermine the democratic nature of the Web, which has made it such a great engine for free speech and economic growth.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.26.2009 | Technology
Choices in calling and data plans are nearly certain to continue their expansion, probably in ways we can't project. That's a sign of vibrant competition, which is the foundation for greater innovation.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
Consumers have scarcely paid a dime more for the extraordinary step into virtually limitless mobile communications. The average price of a U.S. wireless plan remains about $50 a month.
Craig Newmark | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media
Julius Genachowski is now chair of the FCC, which means that it'll be easier to protect free use of the Net, and to catch up with the rest of the world.
Art Brodsky | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
There is no legal requirement for Internet Service Providers to give us an open Internet. Luckily, the future of the Web is now in play in the Washington policy arena.
wsj.com | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology