FCC Chairman Kevin Martin still hopes to gain agency approval of his controversial proposal to impose a free wireless broadband mandate on the FCC's next spectrum auction. After objections from advocacy groups, Martin drops idea of requiring auction winner to filter out pornography and other objectionable material. Congress and the Bush administration, though, still have objections. - Outgoin...

Under pressure from Congress and telecom carriers, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin decides to drop vote on proposal to impose a free wireless broadband mandate on the FCC's next spectrum auction. - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin finally gave in to pressure Dec. 12 from both Congress and the Bush administration to cancel a scheduled Dec. 18 agency vote on a controversial pro...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and the Bush administration are on a collision course over a possible Dec.

As the clock ticks down on the lame duck administration, the White House states opposition to the FCC's plan to condition spectrum auction on winner providing a free tier of broadband service. The White House, wireless carriers and CTIA insist a high bidder, no-strings-attached auction is the most efficient use of the spectrum. - The Bush administration is opposing a Federal Communications Co...

As the clock ticks down on the lame duck administration, White House states opposition to FCC plan to condition spectrum auction on winner providing free tier of broadband service. White House, wireless carriers and CTIA insist a high bidder, no strings attached auction is the most efficient use of spectrum. - The Bush administration is opposing a Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction...

A leading watchdog group accused the Bush administration in a lawsuit of withholding records on traffic deaths associated with cellphone use by operators of motor vehicles, one of several developments that suggest the driver-distraction debate may...

The Federal Communications Commission will avoid a direct confrontation with the Bush administration over the backup-power rule, informing a federal appeals court it will not override the Office of Management and Budget’s rejection of reporting...

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S DELAY in ruling on backup power reporting requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission could suggest it sees merit in mobile phone industry arguments that compliance obligations imposed on carriers and...

The Bush administration rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s backup-power reporting requirements, possibly increasing chances that controversial regulations opposed by the mobile-phone industry will be struck down by a federal appeals...

A major schism in the Bush administration has erupted over a scheduled Dec. 18 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on a national wireless broadband plan that T-Mobile USA Inc.