FCC chairman Ajit Pai endorses T-Mobile / Sprint mergerHe already said he'd ask commissioners to greenlight the deal.By K. Holt, 08.14.2019
FCC announces 5G airwave auction and $20 billion rural broadband fundThe measures are part of the agency's 5G Fast plan.By K. Holt, 04.12.2019
House of Representatives passes bill to restore net neutralityBut it's still unlikely the Save the Internet Act will become law.By K. Holt, 04.10.2019
FCC loses bid to cut tribal broadband subsidiesIt couldn't prove that it needed to drop Lifeline to spur carriers.By J. Fingas, 02.04.2019
Senators demand investigation into carrier location-selling scandalThey also want the FCC and FTC to force carriers to tell customers if and how their data was shared.By K. Holt, 01.24.2019
Ajit Pai refused to discuss carrier tracking scandal with lawmakersThe FCC chairman used government shutdown as an excuse, even though he wasn't furloughed.By M. Moon, 01.15.2019
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cancels CES appearanceThe FCC suspended most of its operations due to the government shutdown.By M. Locklear, 01.03.2019
FCC believes mobile carriers may have lied about coverageThe commission is investigating before awarding subsidies for rural expansion.By A. Dellinger, 12.07.2018
FCC chairman admits Russia meddled in net neutrality debateAround 500,000 comments were linked to Russian email addresses.By K. Holt, 12.05.2018
FCC proposal would limit robocalls to reassigned phone numbersAnother effort would explicitly allow carriers to block likely spam texts.By J. Fingas, 11.20.2018
FCC pushes carriers to implement caller ID authentication by 2019The agency expects the technology to put an end to caller ID spoofing. By M. Moon, 11.06.2018
California delays net neutrality law while federal lawsuit plays outThe state will wait until a challenge to the FCC’s rules is wrapped up.By M. Locklear, 10.26.2018
CA governor signs net neutrality bill into law, Justice Department suesThe current FCC chairman has claimed this bill is 'illegal.'By R. Lawler, 09.30.2018
FCC gives cities 90 days to process 5G carrier applicationsThe order also restricts how much they can charge for deployment.By K. Holt, 09.26.2018
FCC’s Ajit Pai labels California net neutrality law 'illegal'The guy who killed net neutrality didn’t expect California to practice democracy. By V. Blue, 09.21.2018
The US government comes for Google, Facebook, and TwitterTo the absolute delight of telco lobbyists. By V. Blue, 09.07.2018
FCC chairman pushes for internet content transparency lawsNot that he can do anything about it.By J. Fingas, 09.04.2018
Lawmakers demand answers after Verizon throttled firefighter dataThe incident hampered a fire department's response to California wildfires.By K. Holt, 08.31.2018
FCC investigator says Pai didn't give Sinclair preferential treatmentIt's reportedly consistent with his past behavior.By J. Fingas, 08.27.2018
Lawmakers ask Ajit Pai about false DDoS claimsThey want to know when the FCC became aware a DDoS attack was unlikely.By M. Locklear, 08.14.2018