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He urged the FCC to allow public comment on the proposed merger, which won antitrust approval from the Justice Department in July after the companies agreed to divest Sprint's prepaid businesses, including Boost Mobile, to DISH Network Corp. An FCC spokesman said in a statement that "the time has come for Commissioners to vote and for this proceeding to be...

WASHINGTON, Aug 14- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday circulated a draft order that would grant approval to the $26 billion tie-up of T-Mobile Us Inc and Sprint Corp.. The order must still be approved by two of the other four FCC commissioners. The U.S. Justice Department approved the merger last month but the deal still faces a...

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the commission was taking "a major step toward freeing up critical mid-band spectrum for 5 G. At long last, we remove the burdensome restrictions on this band, allowing incumbents greater flexibility in their use of the spectrum and introduce a spectrum auction that will ensure that this public resource is finally devoted to its...

WASHINGTON, June 12- China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker, argued on Wednesday that Washington should scrap plans to prohibit wireless companies from using U.S. government funds to buy Huawei gear for their networks. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said in March 2018 that he was proposing...

FCC commissioners conceded that the vote will not end all unwanted calls and urged carriers to take further steps to block them. FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, a Democrat, said the FCC had to take action. Verizon said Thursday with the new FCC rules "well be able to provide our customers the benefits of spam alerts and blocking more broadly and conveniently.

WASHINGTON, May 22- The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division staff has recommended the agency file a lawsuit to block T-Mobile US Inc's $26 billion acquisition of smaller rival Sprint Corp, according to two sources familiar with the matter. But while Justice Department staff balked at the merger, the Federal Communications Commission indicated on...

The FCC did not immediately comment after the sentencing by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Led by Pai, the FCC in December 2017 repealed landmark net neutrality protections, which required internet service providers to provide users equal access to all data, regardless of their kind, source or destination. In November 2018, Tyler...

Pai said many service providers have held off developing and deploying default call-blocking tools because of uncertainty about whether the tools are legal under the FCC rules. "By making it clear that such call blocking is allowed, the FCC will give voice service providers the legal certainty they need to block unwanted calls from the outset so that...