Rep. Edward Markey (D-Markey), a major force on wireless legislation the past two decades as chairman of the House telecom subcommittee, is giving up his post to head the Commerce subcommittee on energy and environment.

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) will step down as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet...

C/Net reports the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio may have sailed through a U.S. Department of Justice review without conditions, but key congressional Democrats are urging the Federal Communications Commission to impose limits designed to protect consumers. In a letter on Thursday (PDF), Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Edward Markey

Rep. Edward Markey (D.-Mass.) finally introduced his long-awaited Net neutrality bill late yesterday. Called the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, the bill would encourage Internet service providers ...

The FCC's 700 MHz spectrum auction finished Round 15 this morning, breaking the pre-auction forecasts of between $10 billion and $15 billion in total winning bids. The lone $472 million bid for the D block spectrum is far below the $1.3 billion minimum price set by the FCC. Rep. Edward Markey, chairman of the House Subcommittee on