Topic - Federal Communications Commission

• Liberty to boost stake in Sirius XM to 45 pct

  Billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. said Tuesday that it will spend $650 million to increase its effective control of satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc. to 45.2 percent.

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  WALKER: Obama derails merger, distorts telecom market

  Proponents of market freedom are often derided for repeating the mantra that government should never be allowed to select winners and losers in the business arena. But if this is something of a cliche, it should come as no surprise that the trope applies to the Obama administration's approach to telecommunications policy.

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  Feds wondered who funded push to probe Google

  The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and a top FTC staffer traded emails in 2010 about whether Facebook and other tech companies were secretly funding a nonprofit group pushing hard for regulators to investigate Google Inc.

• Inside Politics: Romney says Chinese activist should be protected

  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says the U.S. should do everything it can to protect a Chinese activist who escaped house arrest and was reported to be hiding in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

• FCC: TV stations must post rates for campaign ads

  The Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require broadcast TV stations to post online the advertising rates they charge political candidates and advocacy groups.

• Economy Briefs: Google fires back at FCC on investigation

  Google is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after an investigation led to a $25,000 fine against the Internet search leader.

• Google fires back at FCC on Wi-Fi investigation

  After being spanked by the Federal Communications Commission, Google is scolding the agency for its handling of a recently concluded investigation into the company's collection of emails, passwords and other personal information transmitted over wireless networks.

• FCC fines Google $25,000 over Street View probe

  The Federal Communications Commission has fined Google $25,000, saying the online search leader impeded an investigation into how it collected data while taking photos for its "Street View" mapping feature.

• Wireless providers to disable stolen phones

  Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless devices.

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  National initiative would disable stolen smartphones

  D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and police chiefs from the District, Philadelphia and New York City announced a nationwide strategy on Tuesday to make stolen smartphones "as worthless as an empty wallet."

• Carriers agree to disable stolen phones for good

  Cellphone companies and the government are trying to make it as difficult to use a stolen cellphone as it is to sell a stolen car.

• Texting has promise, peril for campaigns

  Text messaging is posing both new opportunities and dangers for America's political campaigns.

• Govt IDs more airwaves for commercial wireless

  The federal government wants to alleviate data congestion on smartphones and other mobile devices by asking the Defense Department, NASA and other agencies to switch to new locations on the airwaves or share their existing frequencies with commercial networks.

• Govt finds airwaves for possible wireless data

  The federal government wants to alleviate data congestion on smartphones and other mobile devices by asking the Defense Department, NASA and other agencies to switch to new locations on the airwaves or share their existing frequencies with commercial networks.

• Gov't sues AT&T over Internet calls

  The Justice Department has sued to recover millions of dollars from AT&T Corp., alleging the company improperly billed the government for services that are designed for use by the deaf and hard-of-hearing who place calls by typing messages over the Internet.

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