Resistance by wireless carriers to allowing customers access to VoIP services across their mobile networks has attracted the attention of the regulators, with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the European Union all looking into the practice. xG Technology® has developed xMax–an alternative path that allows consumers to benefit [...]

As the Justice Department Steps Up Its Antitrust Enforcement Efforts, Florida-based STS Telecom Alleges Fraud, Discrimination and Unfair Competitive Practices Against AT&T
In a classic “David and Goliath” confrontation, a complaint filed earlier this week with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Florida-based STS Telecom against AT&T follows four years of broken promises, lies, and [...]

Sorenson Communications®, the nation’s leading provider of Video Relay Services (VRS) for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who use sign language to communicate, applauded the Senate confirmation today of Julius Genachowski as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Robert McDowell to another term as an FCC Commissioner. Genachowski will chair an agency that plays [...]

— Company Expands Live Mobile TV Service for 10 Million Consumers —
SAN DIEGO — April 02, 2009 — FLO TV Incorporated, provider of the award-winning FLO TV™ live mobile TV service and a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), today announced the expansion of its service in 19 markets around [...]

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s One Equity Partners Invests $100 million
This Private Investment Activates $267 Million Broadband Access Loan from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Utilities Program (RDUP) that Will Enable Q4 Launch
Open Range Communications, a wireless broadband services provider to rural America, today announced an investment of $100 million from One [...]

Today, a sharply divided Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of a Memorandum Opinion and Order concluding that Comcast’s limited management of its broadband network to avoid congestion that harms consumers was not acceptable to the Commission.
Sena Fitzmaurice, Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Government Affairs issued the following statement:
“We are gratified that the Commission [...]

Integra Telecom Inc., a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier for business, released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to deny Qwest Corporation’s petition for forbearance:
“Integra Telecom applauds the FCC’s decision to deny Qwest Corporation’s petition for forbearance,” said Dudley Slater, CEO of Integra Telecom Inc. “The commission rightly concluded that the [...]

BACKGROUND: With strong support from the U.S. Congress, the Federal Communications Commission today unanimously denied Verizon’s petition for regulatory forbearance from Section 251(c)(3) of the Telecommunications Act, which requires the former Bell monopolies to provide economically-priced access to unbundled network elements (UNEs).
The following comments are attributable to Heather Burnett Gold, senior vice president – [...]