Regulators move to fine wireless carriers over 911 service
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Regulators said on Thursday they had proposed penalizing three wireless carriers which the government says failed to meet new stricter standards for being able to locate cellular telephone callers in an emergency.
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The US Federal Communications Commissioners freed Internet-based calling from some state rules that govern traditional telephone carriers to encourage providers such as AT&amp;T Corp.
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New rules easing requirements that  the big four U.S. local telephone carriers lease their networks  to competitors at government-set rates, were narrowly approved  by U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday.
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Local carriers must allow Internet telephony service by rivals, contrary to state rulings.
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VoIP has escaped regulation by individual states in the US after a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC decided that Vonage Holdings&#39; DigitalVoice service could not be governed by dual
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Regulators set aside additional bandwidth for third-generation cell phones and other advanced wireless services.
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Airline travelers may be able to use  their mobile telephones and other wireless devices in the air  under a proposal to ease the current ban put forward by U.S.  communications regulators on Wednesday.
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FCC clears the way for more companies to offer the alternative form of Net access.
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An emergency communications service just launched in Dallas will allow police, fire departments, law-enforcement agencies, and airport officials to talk over their existing networks and equipment.
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Internet telephone services on  Tuesday were insulated from many state regulations by U.S.  communications officials, a boon for upstart Vonage Holdings  Corp. and others aggressively pushing the new service.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) changed its rules on Friday in hopes of promoting wider broadband access throughout the nation by offering the service over power lines.
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The government moved Thursday to force the portable telephone industry to do a better job helping police and firefighters locate people who call 911 on cellular and Internet-based phones.
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Company's looking at ways to offer wireless phone service, executives say. The move is targeted at the Baby Bells.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted to bar state regulators from exercising key jurisdiction over VoIP. By W. David Gardner.
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US regulators ruled Tuesday that providers of Internet-based telephone call services fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government and cannot be regulated by states.
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Public-safety officials reacted happily to yesterdayâs announcement that Nextel and Verizon Wireless have settled their legal differences, which included Verizon dropping its objections to the FCCâs 800 MHz rebanding order, believing that the
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MANHASSET, NY The Federal Communication Commission&#39;s decision Tuesday (Nov. 9) to classify voice-over-IP (VoIP) as an interstate, federally regulated service could go