FCC Chief Backs Plan to Aid Cable Competition
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By John Dunbar  Cable television rates keep going up while prices for other communications services are going down, says the nation's chief communications regulator, and he blames local governments for blocking competition.
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U.S. Federal Communications  Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has asked for a legal ruling  on whether a recused commissioner could cast a tie-breaking  vote on AT&T Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of BellSouth  Corp. , an FCC official told Reuters on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday adopted new rules about what parts of incumbent telephone carrier networks must be shared with competitors, backtracking on an earlier decision forcing incumbents to share local switching facilities in the residential market.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Cable companies are planning to charge more for set-top boxes to help pay for new, more expensive versions mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
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NEW YORK  - Comcast CEO Brian Roberts will try to show the cable industry has embraced innovation by unveiling initiatives today to promote new technology, speed Internet connections, help customers manage video options and expand HDTV selection.
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Cable television rates keep going up while prices for other communications services are going down, says the nation's chief communications regulator, and he blames local governments for blocking competition.
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By Arshad Mohammed, Washington Post Staff Writer  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin yesterday dropped plans to vote this week on whether to require cable companies to carry extra digital channels produced by TV broadcasters, suggesting he could not muster the votes.
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Yesterday, Michael Powell, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman said that technology and telecommunications companies are working on ways to develop pipe television shows to consumers&#39; homes via high-speed Internet lines.
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By BRUCE MEYERSON Associated Press  NEW YORK -- FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell expressed confidence Tuesday that he could get up to speed quickly if he is called upon to join the agency's deadlocked review of AT&T Inc.'s proposed purchase of BellSouth Corp.
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Michael K. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has been at the forefront of efforts to get consumers to buy high-definition TVÂs.
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A Google Inc.  executive said on Tuesday that the company had heard the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will propose the winner of a coming auction of valuable wireless airwaves be required to provide an "open platform" to consumers and rivals.
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The head of the Federal  Communications Commission wants to require the winning bidder  in an upcoming auction of valuable wireless airwaves to make  them accessible to consumers using any device or software  application, an FCC source said on Tuesday.
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A Google Inc.  executive  said on Tuesday that the company had heard the chairman of the  U.S. Federal Communications Commission will propose the winner  of a coming auction of valuable wireless airwaves be required  to provide an &quot;open platform&quot; to consumers and rivals.
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LAS VEGAS - Cable met telecommunications Monday at the Telecom '04 trade show in Las Vegas as the top executives of Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. both urged decreased regulation of communications in a joint keynote appearance.
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FCC Chairman said the commission would investigate complaints that Comcast was blocking some peer-to-peer traffic.
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LAS VEGAS - The major U.S. regional carriers want to leapfrog cable operators with advanced video services over IP (Internet Protocol), and expected upcoming U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rulings may help pave the way for those roll-outs.
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Citing a need to nurture the emerging, "revolutionary" voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) industry, FCC chairman Michael Powell is calling for regulations that would grant the federal government greater control.