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Amazon gains FCC approval for Kuiper internet satellite constellation and commits $10 billion to the project — TC
Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate a planned constellation of 3,236 internet satellites, writes Darrell...
How Google and Facebook’s 8,000-mile undersea data cable got caught in U.S.-China feud — Fortune
Team Telecom, a government working committee with representatives from the U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Defense, recommended that the Federal Communications Commission...
Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US — The Guardian
The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, writes Mark Harris.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-balloons-surveillance-midwest
FCC partially blocks San Francisco law pushing broadband competition for apartments — The Hill
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday voted to override part of a San Francisco city ordinance aimed at promoting access to more broadband...
FCC votes to allow phone carriers to block robocalls by default — The Hill
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to allow phone carriers to block suspicious calls by default, writes Harper Neidig.
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