An effort to create a nationwide wireless network for firefighters, police and other emergency responders has hit a stumbling block as the Federal Communications Commission's auction for airwaves dedicated for public-safety use has attracted paltry interest from bidders.
The Federal Communications Commission took second-round bids totaling $2.78 billion in an auction of airwaves that would let carriers offer faster Internet access on cellphones.
An undisclosed bidder yesterday met the government's minimum asking price at an auction for one of technology's most coveted assets: airwaves that will be used to build a new wireless network.
WASHINGTON----Chief executives from top American manufacturing companies are taking to the airwaves in an unprecedented national advertising campaign that calls on Congress to drive economic growth with a cap on global warming pollution.
A few pieces of the upcoming cellphone spectrum auction puzzle fell into place Monday as additional participants, including entreprenuers John Bitove and the Ghermezian brothers, were uncovered.
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would take up the issue of foul language on the airwaves for the first time in 30 years, agreeing to review a ruling that undercut the way regulators define indecency on television.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from the Federal Communications Commission, which last June suffered a defeat at the appeals-court level on the use of vulgar words on the airwaves.
As Google and other major companies line up to participate in an auction of coveted airwaves for high-speed wireless, smaller firms are waiting in the wings for their piece of the action.
The Supreme Court said on Monday it would take up the issue of foul language on the airwaves for the first time in 30 years, agreeing to review a ruling that undercut the way regulators define indecency on television.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the F.C.C., which suffered a defeat at the appeals-court level on the use of vulgar words on the airwaves.
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