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BEDMINSTER, N.J., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced its preferred way to eliminate interference caused by Nextel to public safety communications: a spectrum give-away worth billions of dollars in lost revenue to the U.S. Treasury. Bypassing both Congress and the FCC's own spectrum auction process, and conferring a multi- billion dollar windfall on Nextel at taxpayer expense, Commissioners took the bizarre step of rewarding Nextel, which acknowledges that its operations cause interference to police, fire department and other public safety communications. Verizon Wireless issued the following statement:
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[C]ritics of the Federal Communications Commission argue that it has been too friendly and eager to serve the needs of large broadcast interests. Early FCC proceedings, for example, illustrate a pattern of favoring business over educational or community interests in license proceedings. But other scholars point to FCC actions against big broadcast interests by promulgating Duopoly, Prime-Time Access Rules (PTARs), and Syndication and Financial Interest Rules, all aimed at reducing the influence of large multiple license owners.
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In 1940 the Federal Communications Commission issued the "Report on Chain Broadcasting." The major point in the report was the breakup of NBC (National Broadcasting Company), but there were two other important points. One was network option time, the culprit here being CBS. The report limited the amount of time during the day, and what times the networks may broadcast. Previously a network could demand any time it wanted from an affiliate. The second concerned artist bureaus.
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Washington, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- US Digital Communications Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: USDI - news) announced today that its subsidiary, Project 77 Corp., has been granted an application for international Section 214 certification with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The grant of authority was effective Sept. 23, 1998, and assigned file number ITC-214-19980811-00558. The grant for authority is an International Telecommunications Certificate, enabling Project 77 to operate global facilities and offer worldwide resale services. Project 77 is a service provider for Iridium North America.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Wireless Innovation Alliance (WIA) today congratulated the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on its commencement of TV 'white space' device testing, beginning on January 24, 2008. The testing process will allow for the FCC to gather additional data on prototype devices that will enable the development of clear and effective rules of the road to help guide future technological development within the vacant spaces of the broadcast television spectrum.
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In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today, the American Cable Association (ACA) urged the FCC to adopt new rules that would allow small and medium-sized cable operators the flexibility to provide consumers with more choices and better value. Representing 1,100 cable operators serving more than 8 million consumers, ACA's comments came as part of the current FCC review of retransmission consent and programming tying arrangements.
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