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Two former Federal Communications Commission staffers and the head of Google.org will help president-elect's transition team write tech policy.

If you don’t know why this is good news, imagine paying for the internet as if it were cable. Sounds ridiculous right?

Paying for specific websites within the internet?

Well, that’s been pushed by folks inside and outside of the FCC and now it seems like those who want to keep the internet free and open are set to take over.

The transition team for President-elect Barack Obama on Friday announced several more agency review team leaders, including those who will head up the reviewal process of the Federal Communications Commission.

The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces–unused spectrum between broadcast channels–in a move the agency hopes paves the way for ‘Wi-Fi on Steroids’.

In a statement following the FCC’s 5-0 approval (Techmeme), Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow for the creation of a Wi-Fi on steroids.

Event: Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will receive the College of Communication's 2008-09 William Randolph Hearst Fellow Award and will deliver the lecture "Change, Challenge and Opportunity in Today's Telecommunications Marketplace." This event is free and open to the public.

Please RSVP to Wade Lee. When: 4:30 p.m., Nov. 7 Where: The [...]

The Federal Communications Commission votes Tuesday on whether to open up broadcast airwaves to deliver high-speed wireless Internet access.

Tech companies like the idea. But they're facing powerful opposition from broadcasters, religious leaders and entertainers.

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A bill passed in the Senate Wednesday calls for the Federal Communications Commission to examine technologies that allow for parental control over media content.

A new bill passed by the House on Monday would require the Federal Communications Commission to collection more detailed information about broadband access.

Comcast is suing the Federal Communications Commission over the agency’s move to sanction the cable giant over blocking peer-to-peer Internet traffic from BitTorrent.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Comcast filed the lawsuit on Thursday. Comcast said it will comply with the FCC order, but is suing because it believes the agency’s move was inappropriate.

KUT Radio 90.5 FM, listener-supported news and music from Central Texas, begins a year-long 50th anniversary celebration on Aug. 21.

Since receiving the call sign of KUT from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Aug. 21, 1958, KUT Radio has nurtured and shared the most authentic and remarkable voices of the community—and the world—through local and [...]