Government

Chinese City Seizes Apple iPads in Name Dispute

February 13, 2012 7:04 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | Comments

Authorities have seized Apple iPads from retailers in a city in northern China due to a dispute with a domestic company that says it owns the iPad name...

Dead Zones? The FCC Has a Map For That

February 10, 2012 10:58 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Forget the colorful maps wireless operators use to advertise their coverage. The FCC has come out with a map of its own in black, white and grey.

LightSquared Customers Plead with FCC

February 10, 2012 6:41 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

LightSquared has been signing up customers for its planned wholesale LTE network from the beginning despite the fact that it didn't have FCC clearance...

Delay Sought in Verizon, Cable AWS Deal

February 9, 2012 7:38 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

DirectTV, T-Mobile USA and Sprint want the FCC to stop the clock on its review of Verizon Wireless' $4 billion deal to buy a nationwide chunk of AWS spectrum from four cable companies.

AT & T, Competitors Spar Over FCC Legislation

February 9, 2012 7:04 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

AT&T and a number of its competitors have come out on opposite sides of the fence about provisions in a House bill which would strip the FCC...

DOT Counters LightSquared GPS Standards Plan

February 8, 2012 11:15 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

The Transportation Department mulls regulations that would ban services that interfere with GPS - services like LightSquared's.

Report: Apple Called on ETSI to Define Patent Standards

February 8, 2012 7:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Apple back in November asked the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to clarify its rules regarding standards-essential patents under Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms...

Apple Granted Temporary Suspension of German Injunction

February 6, 2012 7:18 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

A German court has granted Apple a suspension of an injunction of some of its products in that country, according to a report filed by the BBC.

LightSquared Deserves a Hearing

February 2, 2012 12:32 pm | Blogs | Comments

The government should figure out how the LightSquared saga came to be.

Senate Antitrust Panel to Probe Verizon, Cable Deals

February 2, 2012 7:13 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Verizon Wireless' $4 billion deal to buy a nationwide swath of AWS spectrum from four cable companies is headed for a hearing before a Senate antitrust committee.

FCC OKs Lifeline Reforms

February 1, 2012 6:59 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

The FCC passed broad reforms of its Lifeline program at its open meeting Tuesday, paving the way to overhaul a program that provides subsidized...

EU Opens Probe of Samsung Patent Practices

January 31, 2012 6:55 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

The European Commission today announced that it has opened an investigation into Samsung's use of certain patents to distort competition...

LightSquared GPS Argument Up for Public Comment

January 30, 2012 6:57 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

The FCC has opened part of LightSquared's embattled wireless plans for public comment

Samsung Dealt New Blow in Apple Patent Fight

January 27, 2012 7:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Fresh on the heels of Samsung's defeat in a German court last week, a Mannheim judge has reportedly tossed out the electronics giant's second complaint against Apple.

AT & T Seeks Approval for Spectrum Transfer

January 24, 2012 7:10 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

AT&T has officially submitted to the FCC a request for approval to transfer $1 billion worth of spectrum to T-Mobile USA.

High Court: Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking

January 24, 2012 7:06 am | by Jesse J. Holland and Pete Yost, Associated Press | News | Comments

In a rare defeat for law enforcement, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Monday to bar police from installing GPS technology to track suspects without first...

Cable Companies Divulge VZW Marketing Deals to FCC

January 20, 2012 6:58 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Four cable companies selling a massive swath of AWS spectrum to Verizon Wireless for nearly $4 billion have decided to tell the FCC...

GPS Interference Tests 'Rigged,' says LightSquared

January 18, 2012 7:17 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

LightSquared said today that GPS industry insiders "rigged" tests which found its planned LTE network interfered with GPS receivers...

Officials: 'No Practical Solutions' for LightSquared GPS Problem

January 16, 2012 7:01 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Top government officials said Friday that there are "no practical solutions" to GPS interference problems caused by LightSquared's planned mobile broadband network...

ITC Says Motorola Not Violating Apple Patents

January 16, 2012 6:59 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Motorola Mobility's smartphones are not in violation of any Apple patents included in a recent suit, according to an initial decision issued today...

California Imposes Battery Charger Energy Standards

January 16, 2012 6:54 am | by Noaki Schwartz, Associated Press | News | Comments

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has declared war on vampires, but this time it's no Hollywood monster flick.

FCC Opens Docket on Verizon AWS Buys

January 12, 2012 7:09 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

The FCC has started formal proceedings for its review of Verizon Wireless' multi-billion dollar purchases of AWS spectrum from a group of cable companies...