Julius Genachowski articles

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  LightSquared supporters ask for spectrum swap, lenders propose 90-day lifeline

  By Evan Rodgers on June 7, 2012 10:14 pm + 28 comments

  A group of lawmakers have sent FCC chairman Julius Genachowski a letter this week asking him to look Continue reading…

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  AT&T to start testing small, short-range cell sites this year to boost network coverage

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 9, 2012 07:04 am + 5 comments

  AT&T is going to start testing small cells "later this year and into next year" to improve its Continue reading…

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  Verizon to launch 911 emergency texting service next year

  By Amar Toor on May 5, 2012 04:13 pm + 11 comments

  Verizon announced yesterday that it has selected a vendor to help launch the nation's first Continue reading…

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  FCC revises Lifeline subsidy program, savings to fund low-income broadband pilot test

  By Bryan Bishop on February 1, 2012 02:01 am + 5 comments

  Under Chairman Julius Genachowski, the FCC has been driving hard for the expansion of broadband into Continue reading…

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  FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on SOPA, Reddit, and the future of the internet

  By Nilay Patel on January 12, 2012 08:53 pm + 86 comments

  I caught up with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski here at CES for a quick chat — he gave a speech Continue reading…

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  FCC says AT&T / T-Mobile merger not in the public interest, requests formal administrative hearing

  By Nilay Patel on November 22, 2011 03:23 pm + 63 comments

  The FCC said it had "serious concerns" about the AT&T / T-Mobile merger after the Department of Continue reading…

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  FCC's Connect to Compete initiative offers low-income homes $9.95 broadband

  By Paul Miller on November 9, 2011 12:25 pm + 42 comments

  The FCC is teaming up with "most" of the big cable companies to offer $9.95 broadband to low-income Continue reading…

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  FCC chairman lays out plan for universal broadband by 2020

  By Chris Ziegler on October 6, 2011 03:48 pm

  Under Julius Genachowski's leadership, the FCC has been keen on incentivizing companies to build out Continue reading…

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  Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, the President of the United States, and others react to Steve Jobs' death

  By Chris Ziegler on October 5, 2011 07:45 pm + 165 comments

  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — long regarded as Steve Jobs' foil in the early years of personal Continue reading…

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  FCC Technology Experience Center lets staffers play with the latest gadgets -- and we hang with Chairman JuliusGenachowski

  By Nilay Patel on July 13, 2011 05:12 pm + 31 comments

  The FCC held a little event to open its new Technology Experience Center today, and we swung by to Continue reading…