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Groups protest Verizon's proposed special access rate hikes

(Grant Gross) — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:54:00 GMT

Members of the NoChokepoints Coalition will ask the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to stop Verizon Communications from raising the rates for middle-mile broadband connections that many businesses rely on.

Sen. Franken asks if Comcast is following NBC merger conditions

(Grant Gross) — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:55:00 GMT

A U.S. senator has urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Comcast is violating conditions imposed in its early 2011 merger with NBCUniversal.

Net neutrality provision gets 5.9% of AT&T shareholder votes

(Grant Gross) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:42:00 GMT

About 5.9 percent of AT&T shareholders have voted for a proposal calling on the company to commit to net neutrality principles on its wireless networks, but supporters of the measure called the vote a success.

Rights group seeks broadband data

(Grant Gross) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:50:00 GMT

Mobile and wired broadband providers should disclose detailed information about data caps, and the U.S. regulators should "vigilantly monitor" so-called usage-based pricing for abuses, digital rights group Public Knowledge said Monday.

Google introduces new TV-like metrics for measuring ads

(John Ribeiro) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:55:00 GMT

Google is introducing tools that measure the percentage of an online advertisement that is viewed and for what duration, to help advertisers measure the effectiveness of their campaigns beyond impressions and clicks.

Honeywell, Inmarsat aim to improve in-flight connectivity

(Mikael RicknA$?s) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:35:00 GMT

Honeywell and Inmarsat have signed a deal to cooperate on next-generation in-flight connectivity systems that will increase the maximum bandwidth to 50M bps (bits per second), they said on Wednesday.

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