In touting the benefits of Google Fiber, Google hid the taxpayer-subsidies Google extracted from Kansas City
Obama grants DHS power to takeover commercial, private communications during emergency - TheDC
DHS charged with handling of communications during a national security event or natural disaster
Taxpayer funds wasted on flawed agenda-driven study, expert says - TheDCNF
MIT telecommunications director: OECD’s methodology fundamentally flawed
Iran buys Chinese surveillance system - RT.com
The agreement has now acquired particular importance in view of the recent tightening of global sanctions against the Islamic republic.
Agency advisor has possible conflict of interest in LightSquared controversy - BGR
‘The advisor works both as a vice chairman of Trimble Navigation, an industry board that advises federal agencies on GPS technology, and also as a Stanford University professor’
NJ: "AT&T and the FCC have staged aggressive public-relations plays" - National Journal
‘It’s complicated between AT&T and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’
Obama Administration invokes Cold-War powers to force telecom companies to divulge security secrets in aim to find Chinese spyware - Bloomberg
‘The survey represents “very high-level” concern that China and other countries may be using their growing export sectors to develop built-in spying capabilities in U.S. networks’
FCC's Genachowski calls for extra hearing for AT&T-T-Mobile merger - WSJ
‘The unusual decision by the Federal Communications Commission to call the extra hearing—its first such move in nine years—adds a new roadblock and forces AT&T to consider an unpalatable range of options’
Ten reasons why telecom unions are going extinct
As the recent Verizon strike illustrated, telecom unions are out of place in the modern world.
AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA - AP
AT&T Inc., the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, on Sunday said it will buy T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest for $39 billion
House passes sweeping cuts to domestic programs - AP
House votes to impose $61 billion in cuts aimed at domestic programs and foreign aid
Obama promotes plans for wireless expansion - AP
POTUS formulates plan proposal for all Americans to have access to speedy wireless internet
Iran tech expo sends defiant message to West - AP
Show aims to show ‘friend and foe’ that sanctions have not slowed Iran
Verizon unveils pricing details for iPhone service - AP
Verizon Wireless is revealing details of how much it will charge iPhone users for voice, text and data service
Most innovative products of 2010 [SLIDESHOW] - AP
As Top 10 list season winds down and awards season cranks up, Good Housekeeping named some winners of a different sort
Motorola to officially split into 2 companies - AP
Motorola will divide into two companies and begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday
EU clears News Corp acquisition of Sky network - AP
Complaints from several competitors say the decision will give Rupert Murdoch’s media empire too much sway in British media
FCC Dems close to agreement on net neutrality rules - National Review
FCC Republicans remain staunchly opposed, arguing that the proposed rules amount to unnecessary government regulation of the Internet
FCC net neutrality plan faces battle with GOP - AP
Just hours after the head of the FCC said he would push ahead with net neutrality rules, battle lines are being drawn
Satellite appears to show NKorea nuke building - AP
New satellite images show construction under way at North Korea’s main Yongbyon atomic complex
