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Bandwidth.com has raised $22 million in its first round of capital from new growth equity shop Carmichael Partners, which counts former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin as a managing partner. Martin helped score $22 million from institutions and individuals for Bandwidth.com, but has not raised a fund.
BPL is finally dead. The City of Manassas, Virginia which spent $1.6 million building and running nations’ biggest BPL network has pulled the plug on the service that had about 500 residential and 46 businesses customers. It cost the city $100,000 a month to maintain.
In an appearance this morning at a Seattle breakfast event, former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, now a partner at Patton Boggs, was careful not…
Your wait is officially over if you’ve been pining for a Dell (s DELL) Inspiron Mini 10 netbook. Dell’s order page is…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, said today that he will be stepping down from his post once the new administration takes over next…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, said today that he will be stepping down from his post once the new administration takes over next…
I’m not sure who they all are but a surprising number of people have opted to spend an hour of a pretty nice Las Vegas day in a dark meeting…
FCC chairman Kevin Martin said in a conference call today that he’s dropped the porn-free requirement from his plan to auction off…
Updated: M2Z’s wait will continue, because the FCC canceled its Dec. 18 meeting, leaving the issue of free, filtered wireless broadband a…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin got slapped on the wrist in a new congressional report (PDF) from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that…
A 110-page congressional report issued today takes current Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to task for allegedly suppressing and manipulating public…
As expected, the FCC said today it will take up the issue of creating yet another wireless network, and set rules on…
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to address the issue of creating a nationwide, filtered broadband network at its Dec. 18 meeting…
Last Friday afternoon, the FCC issued a report putting to rest worries about interference from a free wireless broadband service using the…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has recently taken up a populist and politically lucrative crusade against Comcast and its nefarious efforts to block certain kinds of traffic. But this is nothing more than a diversionary tactic, one aimed at taking attention away from the service providers’ implementation of metered broadband.
[qi:014] I love the irony of the FCC and its complete and utter lack of rationality. It continues to show its Dr.…
Comcast has been accused of blocking traffic several times in its history and may have even admitted to more than the straight…
FCC chairman Kevin Martin is delaying the vote on his proposal that would see an unused chunk of 25 megahertz wireless spectrum put up for a…
I wish Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg were harder on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin who was at the D6 conference. Look at…
The chairman of FCC, Kevin Martin, is under the fire right away, speaking at the D conference..he is asked about how U.S. is falling behind…
The great broadband hope, “Broadband over Power Line,” has turned out to be a big broadband nope. Not that I am surprised.…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin got some cheers at CTIA’s opening assembly today when he said the commission should reject a petition by Skype to…
Among the many decisions facing the next president of the United States: the appointment of a new chairman of the Federal Communications Com…
During a hearing today addressing whether cable companies are improperly slowing down certain types of web traffic (P2P, video, etc.), FCC C…
Listening to the FCC hearing today, which was called in response to Comcast throttling BitTorrent traffic on its network, it seemed like…
When a casual session with reporters following his appearance at the NBA Tech Summit turned to a la carte pricing and set-top box limitation…
The NBA Tech Summit in New Orleans Friday wound up with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin being interviewed by Anderson Cooper. Following the sessio…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is doing public service commercials, and some of them are being aired on DISH Networks. He is letting…
The $8.2 billion buyout to take the Chicago Tribune private could get FCC approval as early as Friday under a new plan from FCC Chairman Kev…
Removing a potential obstacle to Sam Zell’s purchase of Tribune, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed granting the company a temporary wai…
Updated: The FCC meeting postponed twice this morning finally wound up tonight with a compromise. Details below.
Rather than wind up on the…
The most predictable aspect of Tuesday’s FCC meeting may be its unpredictability. Chairman Kevin Martin is trying to push through several me…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to make it easier for radio and television broadcasters to own newspapers — but only if involves a top 20 m…
Known for his dogged, if quixotic, battles against what he considers excessive media consolidation, FCC member Michael Copps has formally re…
