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Lawmaker Markey unveils Mobile Device Privacy Act

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) released a discussion draft of the proposed Mobile Device Privacy Act, which would require wireless operators and their partners to notify subscribers if they employ

Cablevision-Fox fight stirs up net neutrality issues

Blacked-out Cablevision (NYSE: CVC ) subscribers seeking to go over-the-top or around the bend to get Fox Networks programming via the Internet have reportedly been thwarted by Fox parent News Corp.

Copps: Broadband regulation will preserve openness

Since the marriage of high-speed broadband and the Internet produces a "technology ... with more power to bring about good than any communications advancement in all our history," FCC Commissioner

Big Government concerned about Big Brother website tracking

House Privacy Caucus co-chairs Congressmen Edward Markey and Joe Barton want to know how companies collect and use information they glean about website visitors. To at least to try to find out,

Boucher to head House Telecom Subcommittee

U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, (D-Va.), will assume the chair of the House Telecom Subcommittee after previous chair Rep. Edward Markey, (D-Mass.), stepped down to take control of the new Energy and

Speculation on Waxman's telecom influence

In the game of musical chairs coming out of the 2008 elections, speculation is turning to what role Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) will play on telecommunications policy. Waxman was elected chairman

Pressure mounting in white space debate

Lobbyists are getting Capitol Hill involved in the white space debate. Earlier this week eight members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin asking the FCC to