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    Talking on the Web

    Dec 11, 2003 05:00 AM EST

    ... old days it used to be that if you switched phone companies you couldn't keep your phone number. Most recently on Nov. 24 the FCC said if you switch wireless carriers you can switch it. Not only that you can but you can take your wireless number and switch ...

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    Cutting the Cord

    Nov 11, 2003 05:00 AM EST

    RUDY BACA: There's always the possibility of a legal challenge. I think it's minimal here. The FCC has a decision from the D.C. Circuit that said it has very broad authority to implement this. It's got the '96 Telecommunications Act that Congress mandated, told the FCC ...

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    FTC Chairman Timothy Muris on Do Not Call List

    Oct 13, 2003 04:00 AM EST

    ... to decide to decide whether it was an accident that we started at the dinner hour. Telemarketers who had the list were subject to the FCC's rule on October 1. We expect them to be in compliance. A lot of telemarketers didn't have the list and we're ...

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    Hold that Call: FTC and the Do-Not-Call List

    Sep 24, 2003 04:00 AM EST

    ... different judge blocking the list yet again. So, yes, we're in limbo for at least a week. RAY SUAREZ: This argument over whether the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission or the Federal Trade Commission should be doing this. This is pretty arcane if you're just a person sitting ...

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    Senate Votes to Reverse New Media Rules

    Sep 16, 2003 04:00 PM EST

    ... owned by the public, under licenses that require they serve the cause of localism and diversity," Dorgan said in a Sept. 11 press statement. "The FCC seems to have forgotten that, but the American people have not forgotten." Dorgan called the FCC's action "one of the most complete cave ...

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    Senate Panel Opposes New Federal Media Rules

    Sep 05, 2003 04:42 PM EST

    ... under fire from the courts and public activists. The White House, however, has already warned it will veto any legislation seeking to roll back the FCC's rules. The Senate action comes one day after an appeals court in Philadelphia temporarily blocked the FCC's new federal rules from taking ...

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    Court Temporarily Blocks New Federal Media Rules

    Sep 04, 2003 10:37 PM EST

    ... a full judicial review of the case. At the same time, the court made clear its decision was not based on its evaluation of the FCC's new regulations. Circuit Chief Judge Anthony Scirica, who headed the three-judge panel, said that not granting the stay, and allowing the FCC ...

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    House Approves Roll Back of New Media Ownership Rule

    Jul 23, 2003 04:00 PM EST

    By a 400-to-21 vote, lawmakers approved a spending bill for the FCC and other agencies that included language blocking the FCC from approving any business deals that would allow a single company to own stations reaching more than 35 percent of the national audience. The FCC recently passed ...

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    U.S. Accuses Cuba of Jamming Broadcasts to Iran

    Jul 17, 2003 04:00 PM EST

    ... station operated by Iranian-Americans and Iranian exiles opposed to the current Iranian government. NITV added that Loral Skynet had informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the interference. Similarly, the BBG's nine-member board urged the FCC and the U.S. State Department to "lodge an appropriate formal ...

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    Congress Moves to Overturn New Media Ownership Rules

    Jul 16, 2003 04:00 PM EST

    ... of Congress approve Dorgan's resolution of disapproval, the measure would be taken up by President George W. Bush, who previously expressed strong support for FCC Chairman Michael Powell's deregulatory agenda. Though the FCC voted on these rules more than a month ago, the public and congressional debate appears ...