The U.S. telecommunications regulator asked Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc , Google Inc and other mobile companies to explain how they tell their customers about early termination fees due when they bow out of service contracts early.
Verizon Communications Inc said it is facing a slower-than-expected economic recovery and plans to cut 6 percent of its workforce, adding that it forecasts only a modest rebound in late 2010.
Verizon Communications Inc reported stronger-than-expected mobile customer growth thanks to wholesale partners like America Movil's Tracfone, but its fixed-line business disappointed investors.
Cablevision, the cable unit of media giant Televisa, will boost its broadband speed, following the lead of rival Telmex, owned by tycoon Carlos Slim, as competition in the telecom market heats up.
Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service, is cutting its fees for voice calls by about 30 percent, in a move that accelerates a price war in the ferociously competitive U.S. wireless market.
U.S. judges questioned the FCC's authority to punish Comcast Corp for blocking online file-sharing services on Friday in a case that could wind up curbing the regulators' campaign for a free and open Internet.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will delay submitting its highly anticipated National Broadband Plan report to Congress by one month to better digest all the data and public input, an FCC official said on Thursday.
The government agency that supervises the communications industry should free up unused airwaves to make the high-speed Internet access market more competitive, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
The heads of Comcast Corp and NBC Universal have been asked to appear at a Senate committee hearing later this month to discuss a deal pending between the two companies, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
AT&T Inc told U.S. telecoms regulators that it should set plans for phasing out older telephone networks if the government wants to make high-speed Internet access available across the country.
The Obama administration released details on Thursday of a $2 billion program in grants and loans to help dramatically expand Americans' broadband Internet access and create tens of thousands of jobs.
The Obama administration is to award $2 billion in grants and loans over the next 75 days as part of a plan to dramatically expand Americans' broadband Internet access and create tens of thousands of jobs.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering ways to enable access to the Internet through set-top boxes for television sets.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering ways to enable access to the Internet through set-top boxes for television sets.
Regulators were poised to open up the U.S. cable market to more competitors by closing a cable loophole blocking access to some sports programs to competitors, a source familiar with the issue said on Tuesday.
Comcast Corp has rolled out an on-demand, Web-based service for subscribers to both its video programing and Internet access in a bid to keep customers from dropping their cable subscriptions in search of free shows online.
Egypt is working on a $1 billion plan that will include increasing broadband penetration fourfold in the next four years to 4 million households, Communications Minister Tarek Kamel said on Tuesday.
Verizon Communications Inc has no need to buy DIRECTV , the company's Chief Executive said on Friday in response to a question about recent speculation the Verizon might buy the satellite TV provider.
Comcast Corp's NBC Universal deal faces a long and intense regulatory review that could end in approval only after the cable giant agrees to give rivals access to NBCU's television shows and movies, experts said on Thursday.
In another sign of its commitment to building content strength, Comcast unveiled an exclusive video-on-demand partnership with country singer Taylor Swift on Wednesday -- a day ahead of a likely announcement of a deal that would give the cable giant a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal.
Maxis Bhd, Malaysia's largest mobile phone service provider, said growth in voice and data subscription drove pretax profit up by 4 percent, in its first quarterly results since listing this month.
The growing influence of the Web to distribute news, video and other content, combined with the lingering economic malaise, have left many media executives and investors uncertain about where to make their next bets.
