FCC News

Julius Genachowski has served as FCC Chairman since his appointment in June 2009. Over the years, he has spearheaded a number of projects, including the ambitious National Broadban...

FCC To Hold First Gigabit Workshop This Month

In late January, the FCC announced the Gigabit City Ch...

White House: “It’s Time to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking”

Less than two weeks after a petition on the We The People site...

FCC Will ‘Look at’ the Illegal Phone Unlocking Issue

After gaining a lot of traction on the internet, the current illegality of unlocking cellphones will receive a federal investigation. Back in January, the Library of Congress d...

FCC Votes To Free Up Spectrum For Wi-Fi Devices

The spectrum freed up for Wi-Fi is a finite resource. Too many devices can congest the networks and slow down service for everybody. The FCC wants to prevent that from happening, a...

FCC Report Shows ISPs Are Mostly Delivering What You Pay For

Once a year, with no specific schedule in mind, the FCC offers up a report on broadband quality...

The Case For Faster, Cheaper Internet

The United States has a problem - our Internet costs far too much for spee...

FCC Challenges All 50 States To Each Get At Least One Gigabit Network By 2015

For millions of Americans, having access to speedy Internet is still an...

Advocacy Groups Urge FCC To Investigate Data Caps

At CES, Sen. Ron Wyden laid out his tec...

It’s Been a Good Year for Unnecessary Censorship [VIDEO]

Every week, Jimmy Kimmel pays tribute gives a giant f**k you to the FCC with his segment "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship." A w...

AT&T Fined $700,000 by the FCC Over Plan-Switching

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission this week issued an Enforcement Bureau consent decree stating that AT&T has agreed to...

FCC Needs Your Help In Testing Mobile Broadband Speeds

The FCC, love 'em or hate 'em, has been instrumental in increasing broadband speeds across America. The National Broadband Plan has encouraged ISPs to increase their speeds and spr...

FCC Report Shows Rural Communities Still Don’t Have Broadband

There was a sign of hope earlier this month. A sign that maybe, just maybe, a...

US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Butts, Cuss Words

The Supreme Court of the United States has unanimously dismissed some fines divvied out to television broadcasters by the Federal Communications Commission due to cussing and the o...

Google “Surprised” that UK Privacy Agency Cares About Privacy

The Information Commissioner's Office in the United Kingdom announced last week that it would be...

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