Sandy showed weakness in LTE public safety system
In light of Superstorm Sandy's destruction, can the federal FirstNet board create the hardened public safety network we need?
Shutting Down The Phone System Gets Real
AT&T's plan to replace rural copper lines with wireless is the most important telecom development since the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Low-income Areas Skipped By Google Fiber System
Google's much-publicized high-speed fiber project in Kansas City seems to be bypassing many low-income residents.
One quarter of communications down in Sandy-hit areas
Superstorm Sandy knocked out landline, cable or wireless to as many as 8 million subscribers.
Supreme Court to Rule on FCC?s Power
Does the FCC or a local community have the last word about siting cell phone towers? The Supreme Court is thinking about it.
FCC wades into Sandy phone outages
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the FCC will be holding hearings to investigate the nation's telecommunications deficiencies.
Funding the USF isn?t an ?Internet tax?
An FCC plan for restructuring funding of the Universal Service Fund has come under attack, but the plan is sound.
80% of hospitals are unprepared for second phase of the electronic health record implementation
CIOs and health-care providers ask for more time to prepare for second stage of electronic health record program.
USDA to fund distance learning and telemedicine projects
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $14 million in grants for telemedicine and education in low-income rural counties.
Possible T-Mobile, PCS Metro Link-up Means More Jobs Loss
CWA is concerned about a potential T-Mobile USA/Metro PCS link-up, which may presage Deutsche Telekom selling off T-Mobile assets over time.
Teachers, parents support school and home broadband
A digital education group found that both parents and teachers overwhelmingly want more education technology for schools and in the home.
FCC task force to examine move from landline to VoIP
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski announced a new task force to speed the transition from copper wire to wireless and VoIP.
Overcharging the most vulnerable
The FCC is at last beginning to tackle the unconscionably high telephone rates imposed on the nation's prisoners.
Chinese students forced to work at Foxconn
Rushing to produce the iPhone5, Apple supplier Foxconn is using coerced students on the assembly lines.
Broadband still slow in rural America
A new report says that most rural Americans struggle along with slow broadband -- much slower.
Verizon Cable deal expanding nationwide
Verizon cable partners Comcast, Time Warner and Cox continue to expand their cross marketing deals across the country.
Platform Internet policy: Dems vs. GOP
In their party platforms, the Dems want open Internet and universal broadband. The GOP doesn't.
The other side of Apple's shiny surface
Apple's fabulously successful products are made by workers under conditions that are often inhuman, not fabulous.
FCC files to preserve open Internet
The FCC has responded to Verizon's legal attempt to block net neutrality rules with a powerful defense of the open Internet.
Apple?s China report missed the worst abuses
Although public outcry pushed Apple into improving conditions at its Foxconn plants, other Apple plants still use highly exploited temporary labor.
Obama?s science advisors urge better use of spectrum
The president's science advisory committee revealed some of the wide-reaching spectrum technology detailed in an upcoming report.
ISPs closer to advertised speeds, but still slow
U.S. broadband speeds are closer to those advertised, but still lag behind the rest of the world.
Labor issues of SOPA and PIPA remain
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been blocked for now, but creators are still losing out to pirates.
Wireless advances again
The International Telecommunication Union has announced that LTE-Advanced is the new standard for wireless, but will can it be readily adopted?
Der Spiegel: Employees at T-Mobile USA Face ?Brutal Psych Terror?
German union and ver.di and Communications Workers of America develop T-Mobile campaign on both sides of the Atlantic