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Lobbyists are getting Capitol Hill involved in the white space debate. Earlier this week eight members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin asking the FCC to Read more...

The FCC has asked a federal appeals court to dump the enhanced 911 location accuracy rules, which were approved last November but have not yet been put into effect. The commission said that the Read more...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on Friday that the commission won't make a decision on whether to re-auction the 700 MHz D-Block spectrum or to auction the AWS-3 spectrum until at least September. Read more...

T-Mobile USA sent one of its top executives to Washington, D.C. to plead with the FCC to reconsider its controversial plan to auction a nationwide block of spectrum that would require a licensee to Read more...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that neither the D-block re-auction nor the Advanced Wireless Services-3 auction will likely happen this year. "I think it's very difficult to [start either auction in Read more...

Not everyone is happy with last year's FCC rules regarding roaming. The rules require carriers to allow roaming at reasonable rates for the requesting carrier so their customers can roam outside the Read more...

At an FCC meeting yesterday, Chairman Kevin Martin provided some insight into how he would regulate carrier early termination fees. Martin said that he believes there needs to be some federal Read more...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has decided to remove the planned discussion of a potential auction of 25 megaherz of unused wireless spectrum from the June 12 meeting agenda. This auction would include 25 Read more...

The FCC has scheduled a hearing on June 12 to discuss early termination fees--the penalities cell phone carriers charge customers that end their contracts early. And much of this hearing could Read more...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has scheduled a vote on rules for another spectrum auction. This auction would include 25 megahertz in the 2155 MHz to 2180 MHz band and would require the winning bidder Read more...