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AT&T to manage chaos on the horizon – if conditions are right

AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson was selling managed chaos theory in Dallas Wednesday in his keynote speech at the TIA’s “Inside the Network” conference. His kind of chaos theory has nothing to do with applied mathematics, unless it’s...

Broadcaster joint venture to deliver mobile device content is no accident

Sometimes telecom’ers forget that the broadcast industry is also subject to FCC whims, um, I mean regulations, and that it spends as much time trying to pacify the agency beast and positioning with the media as telecom carriers do. My case in point is the new

Court ruling is a major set-back for FCC’s net neutrality position

“Net neutrality” advocates took a body blow today when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gave the FCC a big thumbs’ down on having the authority to prevent Comcast...

CTIA keynote roundup: Data traffic is growing — shocking!

This one comes from the in-case-you've-been-hiding-under-a-rock file. Keynotes are supposed to grip the audience, set the agenda for a conference and offer fresh insight into how industry leaders see the market landscape. So much for the fresh part. If you missed the first day of keynotes...

FCC brings down curtain on wireless mics, evicts Broadway from 700 Mhz block

Did you try doing a Google News search on net neutrality today? Like me, you probably ran into thousands of stories hemming and hawing...

Verizon CEO comes out swinging against net neutrality

I gotta say, any trade show that opens the ceremonies with some trash talkin' has my attention.

After giving up a little hip-hip-hooray for Verizon's long-awaited 4G network (ready for 60 devices thus far and expected to be in 25-30 markets next year) at the opening keynote of SuperCOMM...

Proposed FCC head is an FOB

The rumored new head of the FCC is an FOB. That’s “Friend of...