WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.Full story
You may be paying more than you should on your cell phone bill and not even know it. Full story
Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today to introduce a bill that would end the welfare subsidy for mobile phone service in the Lifeline Program. Full story
U.S. President Barack Obama announces venture capitalist Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communication Commission at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, May 1, 2013. Obama nominated venture capitalist and former wireless and cable lobbyist Wheeler on Wednesday to head the Feder
U.S. President Barack Obama announces Democratic Representative Mel Watt as his nominee for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and venture capitalist Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communication Commission , at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, May 1, 2013. Obama
Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell is pictured in this undated FCC handout photo obtained by Reuters March 20, 2013. McDowell, the senior member of the agency's Republican minority, said March 20 he will leave in coming weeks after a seven-year tenure that promoted deregulation of t
