In hopes of getting free wireless broadband passed before he's replaced, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said the winner of the AWS-3 spectrum wouldn't have to filter adult content.

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...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin recently said that he is willing to drop the idea of filtering out adult content if it will make his free wireless broadband proposal move forward. He told Ars Technica, "I'm saying if this is ...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin does not see much chance of getting his free broadband proposal out the door before he exits in mid-January, says Broadcast and Cable Magazine. Martin talked about that and more with B&C Washington Bureau Chief John Eggerton in the January 5, 2009, issue of Broadcasting & Cable. What is the status of your

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The proposal would have helped established a nationwide license in the 2,155-MHz to 2,180-MHz band, of which 25% would have been set aside for free Internet access.

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...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin canceled the commission's Dec. 18 meeting where the FCC was set to vote on a free wireless Internet plan using AWS-3 spectrum, after receiving a letter from key lawmakers urging him to delay the vote. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-West Va., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D.-Calif., who will chair the committees overseeing the FCC in the next Congress, sent a letter urging Martin t...

Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Henry Waxman, who will chair the committees with FCC oversight in the new Congress, urge FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to focus on the digital television transition in his remaining days in office. The lawmakers said that focus should preclude any vote on a controversial plan to impose a free wireless broadband mandate on the FCC's next spectrum auction until the new...

The White House opposes the FCC's plan to create a free, nationwide broadband network using AWS-3 spectrum, which the FCC is set to vote on Dec. 18. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin expressing the White House's disapproval of the plan. "The administration believes that the (airwaves) should be auctioned without price or product mandate,"...