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Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.Such divestments are common for nominees to avoid conflicts of interest. Wheeler's plan was disclosed in an agreement posted online by the Office of Government Ethics.Wheeler is now a venture capital investor at Core Capital Partners and chairs the FCC's Technology Advisory Council. In the past, he ran the National Cable Television Association and then the wireless industry group CTIA.Within 90 days of being confirmed by the Senate as FCC chairman, Wheeler plans to leave his investment company and divest holdings in 78 companies. The investments include Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, China Mobile Ltd, tactical radio maker Harris Corp, Windstream Corp, and media companies Liberty Media Corp, News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Time Warner Cable Inc.Wheeler will also drop i...
Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that he supports SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, rather tha...
AT&T Inc on Thursday slammed the Justice Department for what it called "blatant favoritism" toward smaller wireless rivals in recommending that regulators help them ...
Investment firm Crest Financial Ltd. urged Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) to consider financing and spectrum-purchase offers from companies other than Sprint Nextel Corp. (S...
Sprint Nextel Corp and SoftBank Corp <9984.T> asked regulators on Friday to go ahead with a review of their proposed $20.1 billion deal after Sprint's rival suitor, ...
U.S. satellite TV company Dish Network Corp. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to suspend a review of its rival suitor Softbank Corp.'s bid for U.S. ce...
The days of opening your cell phone bill and getting slapped with unexpected charges should be over.Starting Wednesday, cell phone companies must send customers four...
Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, has offered to buy Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock, a move that could thwart ...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) shareholder Crest Financial Ltd. has proposed to provide the company with $240 million in financing, in a continued effort to oppose its acqui...
Otelco Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, court documents showed, three months after the telecom services provider lost a key revenue-generating contract...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will announce on Friday that he will step down, according to an FCC official, leaving the agency after ...
Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE.XE) said Thursday it now has the last necessary approval from U.S. authorities for the planned merger of its T-Mobile USA operations with Me...
A fundamental overhaul of the European Union's privacy rules is entering a bumpy phase as the European Parliament discusses more than 3,000 possible amendments to pr...
Dish Network Corp asked U.S. regulators on Thursday to stop reviewing SoftBank Corp's <9984.T> proposed acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp's , citing the Japanese com...
In-flight Internet speeds could rival those on the ground under a proposal expected to move forward on Thursday.U.S. airlines have been rolling out Internet service ...
Liberty Interactive Corp.'s (LINTA, LINTB) first-quarter operating profit was flat as higher revenue was neutralized by higher expenses, while Liberty Media Corp. (L...
Liberty Interactive Corp.'s (LINTA, LINTB) first-quarter operating profit was flat as higher revenue was neutralized by higher expenses, while Liberty Media Corp. (L...
AT&T Inc. (T) has agreed to pay $18.25 million to settle a probe into whether it improperly billed a fund intended to support customers with speech and hearing disab...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: May 7, 2013 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253Email: mark.wigfield@fcc.govAT&T TO PAY $18.25 MILLION TO SETTLE FCC INVESTIGATION ...
The Federal Communications Commission said LightSquared could temporarily share a band of wireless spectrum to test whether its mobile network can coexist with feder...
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