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...“Anything short of the wireless carriers lighting up their C-band operations on January 5 pursuant to the FCC’s regulatory regime would mark an unacceptable setback for US leadership in 5G”, he added....
...The FCC, which is the main US telecoms regulator, has been examining the deal, but a committee review would add another layer of regulatory involvement....
...spectrum in this auction because the alternative was worse — becoming an also-ran in the race to 5G,” said Sasha Javid, chief operating officer of data network BitPath and a former chief data officer at the FCC...
...Japan’s Sony, ecommerce platform eBay, image search platform Pinterest and craft site Etsy all report earnings....
...A federal judge is set to approve T-Mobile USA’s $59bn takeover of its rival Sprint, paving the way for further consolidation in the American telecommunications market, according to people briefed on the...
...Inc — in other words offering a dire signal on the outlook”....
...Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat-leaning FCC commissioner, on Monday voiced serious doubts about the merger....
...The FCC also defended the deregulation in a statement....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Sprint shares closed almost 6 per cent lower on Tuesday after news of lawsuit was first reported by Reuters; T-Mobile USA shares ended 1.6 per cent lower....
...Campari will be hard hit by COVID-19 due to high On Trade exposure, especially in core markets of Italy and the USA....
...In an argument to the FCC last year, Sinclair and Tribune cited rising competition from tech groups such as Netflix and Google, and wider consolidation in the cable industry, as they made their case for...
...“A baby, gasping on an abortion clinic table, should not be left to die,” Republican Ben Sasse, the Nebraska senator wrote in an op-ed for USA Today....
...TV stations can have their licenses revoked for lying to the FCC. Sinclair has denied misleading the agency....
...Donald Trump had previously criticised the FCC’s decision to refer the deal for review....
...The FCC played a role in derailing AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile USA earlier this decade and is likely to take a deep look at the impact of the merger on competition....
...“The evidence we’ve received suggests that certain station divestitures that have been proposed to the FCC would allow Sinclair to control those stations in practice, even if not in name, in violation of...
...Sinclair said it was “shocked and disappointed” by the FCC statement....
...T-Mobile USA shares were up 1.6 per cent on the day and are down 0.9 per cent year-to-date....
...The 1984 case, formally known as “Chevron USA Inc v Natural Resources Defense Council Inc” formalised the legal doctrine that requires judges to defer to administrative agencies’ interpretation of federal...
...Etsy, the website for craft goods that has been one of the strongest opponents of the FCC’s position, summed up the opposition this week: “Strong net neutrality rules are necessary to preserve an even playing...
...The FCC head has now turned his attention to reforming regulations around wireless infrastructure investment to boost spending on 5G networks....
...Regulators only sent a first shot across the bow of broadband companies in 2005, when the FCC laid out general principles about how they handle traffic....
...The FCC recognises this risk, and argues that customers offered a two-speed internet will defect to other ISPs, and that beefed-up antitrust enforcement will prevent the worst offences....
...The FCC said its decision to modernise the ownership rules “will provide broadcasters and local newspapers with a greater opportunity to compete in the digital age and will help ensure a diversity of viewpoints...
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