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Major cellular carriers will soon begin to carry emergency text alerts for the U.S. government in the event of major disasters, turning the mobile devices of 250 million people into emergency alert devices.

The Federal Communications Commission, the five-person panel that regulates the telecommunications industry, is poised to approve a sweeping set of rules that would prohibit internet service providers from favoring their own content and discriminating against rival traffic. "This is a landmark day...

Cable companies like Comcast (CMCSA) have been among the most vigorous opponents of the so-called "net neutrality" plan the Federal Communications Commission unveiled this week. So who will be the big beneficiaries of the new rules, which prevent broadband carriers from favoring certain types of...

Elections have consequences. That's the message new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will deliver Monday morning during a highly anticipated speech at the Brookings Institution on national broadband policy. Genachowski will outline the Obama's administration's position...

Over the last decade, the major cell-phone companies have been accused of overcharging for inferior service, imposing onerous fees and long contracts, and generally treating their customers like ATMs with a pulse. For most of that time, the agency charged with overseeing the industry, the Federal...