It seems that both the telecom companies, AT&T and T-Mobile have got an idea that the Federal Communications Commission would not give green signal to them for their merger. Therefore, they have mutually decided not to move ahead with their merger plans.

Similar kind of effort that was being taken out in India, where internet services were made less expensive to increase the online presence of Indians, same efforts has been levied by the Federal Communications Commission in the US.

In his Friday speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski talked about the need for additional spectrum, as well as incentive auctions to accomplish the goal.

In an attempt to accommodate new emergency alerts – which come in the form of texts, photos and videos from mobile phones -, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski Tuesday called for a “Next-Generation 9-1-1” service.

In their recent letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Chairman Julius Genachowski, nineteen House Republicans – led by Representative Joe Barton of Texas, the foremost Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee – have said that the “net neutrality” debate should not be reignited.

During his Wednesday speech at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski said that his agency will Thursday consider new regulations that prevent what it terms as “bill shocks” to mobile phone subscribers.

With the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s planned release of “white spaces” – or unused television channels – later this month, high-tech firms and engineers are predicting that the regulatory move will likely bring about another boom of mobile innovation.

Pushed to respond on the issue of more payments for slower broadband in U. S., FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said that in order to deal with the issue, the Government has devised a plan.

He added that, "I think we are going to have spectrum congestion for a long time".

Pressure is mounting in Washington for the Federal Communications Commission to cancel its plans to execute old-style ruling to the Internet.

Now 282 members of Congress on both sides of the political walkways have asked the FCC to step away whilst the policymakers redraft the country's telecommunications rules.

FCC had made it clear before the release of its National Broadband Plan that it wants to broker a huge transfer of licensed spectrum away from the television broadcasting sector toward the broadband industry.