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AT&T offers a ‘Turbo’ boost for user experience, for $7 per month

AT&T has debuted a new service option that will enable customers to buy better network performance for an extra $7 per month, and indicated that the new capability is a first step that will be expanded upon. The service, AT&T Turbo, is available as...

FCC reinstates net neutrality regulation of broadband

The impacts on monetizing 5G network slicing remain to be seen The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to reinstate Obama-era Title II telecommunications regulation of broadband services, also known as net neutrality rules. "Broadband is now an essential service. Essential services—the ones we...

FCC takes ‘cautious’ approach to network slicing in proposed net neutrality rules

Draft rules decline to broadly classify network slicing technology The draft net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission will vote on later this month, don't take a position on whether network slicing technology would fundamentally and inherently be regulated by those rules. The draft...

FCC to vote on reinstating net neutrality broadband rules

Vote will take place on April 25 The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote—again—on net neutrality regulations. The reinstatement of the Title II regulation of broadband internet access service is expected to pass, with Democrats in control of the fully-seated FCC. The vote will...

Net neutrality rules are back on the table

With a fifth Federal Communications Commissioner newly seated to round out a Democratic majority on the Commission, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is reviving the prospect of Title II-based, or "net neutrality", regulation of mobile and fixed internet services by the Federal Communications Commission. Speaking at...

#TBT: Mobile data use surges; Mobile advertising ramps up; Sprint, Clearwire tensions … this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Mobile data use...

Sohn withdraws from FCC consideration, predicts a ‘sidelined’ FCC

'The FCC deadlock ... will remain so for a long time,' Sohn said in withdrawal letter President Joe Biden's nominee to fill the fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, has withdrawn from consideration for the seat as a result of the bitter...

#TBT: AT&T, Sprint launch IoT networks; T-Mo wins ‘Tappy’ lawsuit; FCC rolls back net neutrality … this week in 2017

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#TBT: Appealing net neutrality; AT&T moves into SDN; Verizon buys AOL … this week in 2015

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#TBT: Gearing up for 5G; Qualcomm fends off Broadcom; States react to net neutrality repeal … this week in 2018

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Ericsson asks what...

DC Circuit court largely upholds net neutrality repeal, but FCC can’t preempt net neutrality state laws

FCC commissioners react to ruling that largely upholds the repeal, but strikes down preemption of net neutrality rules by states and cities A federal appeals court ruling on the Federal Communications Commission controversial repeal of net neutrality regulations for broadband providers was mostly a win...

#TBT: FCC Auction 97 going strong; AT&T and Intel’s $500 wearable; Obama supports net neutrality … this week in 2014

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Analyst Angle: US and China lead while regulation and competition policy impede Europe in 5G

US, China, Japan and Korea are seizing global leadership in 5G with support of coherent and helpful industrial policies in those nations across the entire mobile ecosystem including technology development, spectrum licensing, site acquisition and operator consolidation. All these nations will launch 3GPP standard-compliant...

#TBT: Small cells in the Big Apple; Sprint steals a page (and spokesman) from Verizon; T-Mo binges on … this week in 2016

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! It's up to...

Net neutrality regulations end

Today marks the end of the road for Title II regulations, aka net neutrality, as the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of the rules takes effect. A congressional effort to revive the rules, under which internet service providers were required to provide equal access to...

Rollback of net neutrality rules means innovation, focused investment (Reader Forum)

  It’s a reality. Regulations on internet service providers, known as net neutrality rules, began to roll back April 23, although the controversial action by the Federal Communications Commission faces court challenges and a recently passed Senate bill that would reimpose net neutrality will soon...

Democrats file to force vote on net neutrality rules

Senate Democrats have officially filed for a review of the lifting of so-called "net neutrality" rules under the Congressional Review Act, even as the Federal Communications Commission gave notice that Title II regulation of internet service providers is set to end on June 11. Once...

Governors take up net neutrality fight via executive order

Governors of Montana, New York order states to only contract with telecom providers who uphold net neutrality The governors of Montana and New York this week signed executive orders aimed at preserving so-called "net neutrality" by declaring that telecommunications providers with state contracts must abide...

Competition – not regulation – is the way to a stronger internet for all (Reality Check)

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn issued a memo on the agency’s new Restoring Internet Freedom rule, essentially telling consumers their best interests in the digital age are in the backseat. In reality, consumers are better positioned under the new rules, which ensure...

Wonky wireless wishes for 2018 (Reader Forum)

Demand for uncapped broadband providers reaches a fever pitch 2018 can feel a lot like 1998 when your broadband provider is making you suffer with 200 GB data caps. And while originally designed to block a small group of BitTorrent bandwidth hogs, data caps are...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: Pai bows out of CES after death threats

If you were planning to look for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai at the Consumer Electronics Show, you'd be out of luck. Pai, who has been a regular attendee of the CES show for the past few years, cancelled his scheduled appearance less...

Net neutrality a non-issue for cities with publicly-owned networks

With a 3-2 vote along party lines, last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reversed Obama-era net neutrality rules that treated internet service providers like utilities under Title II rules. The highly unpopular move by the FCC has stakeholders concerned that major corporations like Comcast...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: Net neutrality aftermath

In Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's dissent from the lifting of Title II regulation on internet service providers, she called her statement a "eulogy." Twitter users alternately cheered and mourned the end of net neutrality, which was put in place under the Obama administration and...

Opinion: Surprising no one, net neutrality dies along party lines

A phoned-in bomb threat delayed but didn't derail a 3-2 party-line vote of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to undo Obama-era regulations governing net neutrality. After security officials swept the room with bomb-sniffing dogs, Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former legal rep for...