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By Doug Mohney, on June 3rd, 2009 Tweet
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has been nominated for a second term by President Barak Obama. Now maybe the Republicans can stop stalling and start voting to approve him and FCC Chairman nominee Julius Genachowski already.
According to reports floating around since Genachowski was nominated, the Republican leadership and/or Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) didn’t [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 21st, 2009 Tweet
New York City – VoIP’s purple pundit wasted no time at the HD Communications Summit in declaring his intentions. Jeff Pulver, founder of the original VON franchise in 1997, announced the creation of the “HD Connect” HD voice marketing association and a plan to put a petition before the FCC to convert the country’s [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 19th, 2009 Tweet
Sascha Meinrath, one of New America’s telecommunications wonks, has taken a dim view of FCC commissioner nominee Mignon Clyburn. “A Disaster for the Public Interest?” is the title of his blog post and he says everyone he’s talked to has been deeply concerned that Ms. Clyburn is too much in thrall with the big [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 13th, 2009 Tweet
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved rules to speed up number porting and to require failing VoIP providers to give “reasonable notice” to customers and regulators before they shut down. Verrry interesting.
Under the new number porting rule, most service providers — landline, wireless and “certain VoIP” ones — will require [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 12th, 2009 Tweet
Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee announced it would hold a confirmation hearing for Mr. G, Julius Genachowski, to move forward on his nomination to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Today, the hearing was canceled.
If you are asking “WTF?,” join the club.
Apparently, says a Wall Street Journal blog and various [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 8th, 2009 Tweet
Mr. G’s string of bad luck continues.
Nominated for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Julius Genachowski was scheduled for a Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing on May 12. But the Republicans apparently don’t want a hearing until they can pair up their nominees with the Democratic selections.
The latest date for a hearing — [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 7th, 2009 Tweet
Mr. G, Julius Genachowski, is finally getting a hearing next week on Capitol Hill. The nominee for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman will go before the Senate Commerce Committee on May 12.
Genachowski hasn’t had a smooth ride so far. First, there was a delay in announcing him for the position — most likely [...]
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