States Come Out In Support of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
On July 27, 2011, the Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 4-to-1 to approve the AT...
FCC Takes America's Broadband Pulse
Speed Matters has long urged the FCC to report on actual, as opposed to advertised, broadband speeds. On August 1, 2011, the FCC released, Measuring Broadband America, a first-ever comprehensive report on U.S. residential wireline broadband service.
How Broadband Will Benefit a Green Economy
The Blue Green Alliance (BGA) in coordination with its members, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released an updated version of its landmark 2010 report ?Networking the Green Economy,? urgi...
CWA?s Debbie Goldman on AT&T/T-Mobile USA Merger
Speed Matters' Debbie Goldman was interviewed on C-SPAN about the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile USA merger?s impact on broadband in the US. Watch the video.
The Real Competition For Wireless
According to Nathan Newman, telecommunications policy analyst and blogger at nathannewman.org, the real fight for wireless business isn't between carriers, but between carriers and providers of free apps and services.
Opinion: Blocking the AT&T and T-Mobile merger cripples job growth
Blocking the AT&T/T-Mobile merger is contrary to getting Americans back to work, writes Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation.
Striking Verizon Workers Are an Example to Us All
"The Verizon Corporation is asking its workforce to accept wage and benefit reductions--despite being a very profitable company," writes Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute.
CWA, IBEW Reach Bargaining Agreement with Verizon, Return To Work
Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in force for an indefinite period.
Sprint's Gambit
Why exactly is Sprint seeking to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger? The benefits to Sprint are obscure and possibly self-defeating, writes Washington telecom attorney Jonathan Lee in this blog post on Telecomsense.
Verizon Won't Show Up For Good-Faith Bargaining
The strike by CWA and IBEW is at a standstill today because Verizon has been canceling bargaining sessions.
Stubborn Facts of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger
Opponents of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger are ignoring three stubborn facts, writes antitrust attorney David Balto: the cellular market includes few competitors; T-Mobile is a failing firm; and, AT&T and T-Mobile are compatible.
Why Millions of Americans Support the AT&T/T?Mobile Merger
From the entirety of the United States Labor Movement to a broad range of individuals and constituent organizations representing tens of millions of Americans, the proposed AT...
Meyerson: T-Mobile Merger with AT&T is the Better Choice
In an article in The American Prospect, Harold Meyerson, the editor-at-large, argues that the AT...
Competition Policy Expert: Blocking AT&T/T-Mobile Merger hurts job creation
David Balto, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a leading expert on competition policy, penned an op-ed for The Hill's Congress Blog arguing that the Department of Justice's lawsuit against the AT&T/T-Mobile merger impedes job creation.
Government static disrupts a phone connection
A Chicago Tribune editorial on September 12 asked the Department of Justice why it had blocked the AT...
State Attorneys General Back AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Eleven state attorneys general today issued a letter to the federal government, endorsing the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, saying, "AT&T has committed to investing more than $8 billion to integrate the two companies' networks and deploy 4G LTE to 97% of the population.
Hispanic Arts Leader Supports AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
In his August 8, 2011 opinion piece in Roll Call, Felix Sanchez refutes an earlier article that questions support for the AT&T/T-Mobile merger in the Latino community.
Electronic Health Record Grants for Low-Income Rural Communities
The federal government's Rural Health Information Technology Network announced a $12 million grant program to help physicians and hospitals in rural areas implement electronic health records (EHRs). Eligible applicants include Native American tribal governments and 501(...
40 Countries Call Broadband a Universal Service Obligation
Broadband is considered to be a universal service in more than 40 countries, according to an International Telecommunication Union report. The study also found that 82 nations have or plan to adopt a universal broadband strategy.
Minnesota Still Has Work to Do on Rural Broadband Access
In order for Minnesota to meet its goal of providing every home and business with access to high-speed Internet, it needs to address the issue of the state's urban-rural divide, according to a new report.
Verizon Strike Causing Service Backups, Customer Complaints
According to The New York Times, "customers of its landline telephone, Internet and cable television service are reporting significant delays getting current lines repaired and new ones installed." In addition, Verizon officials "decided not to take any new orders for t...
Only Five Percent Of Rural Hospitals Use Health IT Significantly
According to the Benton Foundation, the journal ModernHealthcare.com reports that most rural hospitals have not significantly progressed in their use of IT.
More Than 100 Mayors Come Out In Support of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
The number of city mayors supporting AT&T's $39 billion bid for T-Mobile climbed to 102 from 24 states. That number is in addition to 26 governors and 11 state attorneys general.
The National Grange Joins Support of AT&T/T-Mobile
In a filing to the FCC, the National Grange, the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, added its name to a growing list of organization supporting the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile.
D.C. Court of Appeals Dismisses Net Neutrality Challenge, For Now
A challenge to the FCC's net neutrality regulations by two telecommunications companies has been thrown out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia as premature.