FCC chairman Ajit Pai endorses T-Mobile / Sprint merger
He already said he'd ask commissioners to greenlight the deal.
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FCC announces 5G airwave auction and $20 billion rural broadband fund
The measures are part of the agency's 5G Fast plan.
House of Representatives passes bill to restore net neutrality
But it's still unlikely the Save the Internet Act will become law.
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FCC loses bid to cut tribal broadband subsidies
It couldn't prove that it needed to drop Lifeline to spur carriers.
Senators demand investigation into carrier location-selling scandal
They also want the FCC and FTC to force carriers to tell customers if and how their data was shared.
Ajit Pai refused to discuss carrier tracking scandal with lawmakers
The FCC chairman used government shutdown as an excuse, even though he wasn't furloughed.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cancels CES appearance
The FCC suspended most of its operations due to the government shutdown.
FCC believes mobile carriers may have lied about coverage
The commission is investigating before awarding subsidies for rural expansion.
FCC chairman admits Russia meddled in net neutrality debate
Around 500,000 comments were linked to Russian email addresses.
FCC proposal would limit robocalls to reassigned phone numbers
Another effort would explicitly allow carriers to block likely spam texts.
FCC pushes carriers to implement caller ID authentication by 2019
The agency expects the technology to put an end to caller ID spoofing.
California delays net neutrality law while federal lawsuit plays out
The state will wait until a challenge to the FCC’s rules is wrapped up.
CA governor signs net neutrality bill into law, Justice Department sues
The current FCC chairman has claimed this bill is 'illegal.'
FCC gives cities 90 days to process 5G carrier applications
The order also restricts how much they can charge for deployment.
FCC’s Ajit Pai labels California net neutrality law 'illegal'
The guy who killed net neutrality didn’t expect California to practice democracy.
The US government comes for Google, Facebook, and Twitter
To the absolute delight of telco lobbyists.
Lawmakers demand answers after Verizon throttled firefighter data
The incident hampered a fire department's response to California wildfires.
FCC investigator says Pai didn't give Sinclair preferential treatment
It's reportedly consistent with his past behavior.