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InternetNews August 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	FCC iPhone Inquiry: Prelude to Wider Probe? Industry observers see some broader issues in play when the agency asked Apple and AT&T to explain the rejection of Google's voice app.
InternetNews August 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Bells Challenge FCC's Latest Line-Sharing Rules Verizon and Qwest rushed to court Monday to challenge the Federal Communications Commission's latest ruling on line sharing and access fees between incumbent telcos and their competitors.
InternetNews November 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress, VoIPs Move to Delay E911 VoIP industry goes to court, while lawmakers move to delay a Nov. 28 deadline for E911 compliance.
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Slaps Record Fine on Fax.com The online marketer is hit with $5.4 million penalty for violating federal junk fax ban.
InternetNews May 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Skype Gets a Tongue Lashing Verizon Wireless, AT&T file opposition to Skype proposal to open cell broadband networks to all devices, applications and content.
InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Phone Carriers Could Have Your Back The FCC approves rules that, among other things, require telephone carriers to obtain customers' consent to share data.
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InternetNews May 3, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Stands Firm on VoIP Wiretap Order With a court date looming over its authority to do so, the FCC again orders VoIP providers to comply with CALEA.
PC World February 23, 2007 Tom Spring, PC World	Mystery Cell Phone Charges Cell phone customers increasingly complain -- and sue -- over mysterious, hard-to-cancel charges on their monthly bills.
InternetNews November 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Wi-Fi a Winner in Logan Airport Dispute FCC rules airlines free to offer wireless services in competition with airport Wi-Fi facilities.
InternetNews October 20, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Mulls November VoIP Vote In the absence of congressional action, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has taken over the direction of Voice over IP policy in the Capitol, at least for the time being.
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InternetNews March 21, 2007 Roy Mark	VoIP Still on FCC's Open Road A federal appeals court upheld a 2004 FCC ruling that Voice over IP services are interstate in nature and not subject to state public utility regulation. The ruling gives the FCC the responsibility and obligation to decide which regulations apply to Internet telephony.
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InternetNews September 11, 2008 Judy Mottl	Open Wireless Networks Could Come With a Price Despite the buzz around open mobile networks, a new study claims that phone and service costs would soar if the FCC resurrects an earlier ruling.
InternetNews August 30, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Sends Cable Dispute to Supreme Court Agency wants high court to overturn decision forcing cable companies to share high-speed lines with other ISPs.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Case Challenges Open Access Rules Supreme Court to hear case questioning 2002 FCC decision declaring cable modems an information service.
InternetNews March 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon's Broadband Regulatory Relief Verizon Communications scored a major victory Monday when a sharply divided Federal Communications Commission approved the telecom giant's petition to deregulate its commercial broadband lines.
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InternetNews December 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Supreme Court to Hear Broadband Access Case Justices will review the 9th Circuit decision that overturned the FCC on cable modem providers sharing their fiber optic lines with ISPs.
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InternetNews September 18, 2009	Google: Apple Nixed Voice App In a letter to the FCC, Google says Apple rejected its Internet phone application, contradicting the iPhone maker's earlier statement that it was still reviewing Google Voice for sale at the App Store.
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Salon.com June 7, 2002 Jeffrey Benner	Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access.
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InternetNews May 20, 2005 Roy Mark	Mandatory VoIP 911 Bills Introduced Lawmakers want to trump the Federal Communications Commission's call for mandatory 911 Voice over IP service with legislation of their own.
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