Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is pushing for his boss President Donald Trump and Congress to include broadband in an upcoming infrastructure spending bill. In a speech Wednesday at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pai made the case to lawmakers that broadband should be a priority in the bill, because it’s a driving force …

Just two years after adopting its net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission could be on the cusp of tearing them down. In 2015, the FCC, led by Democratic Chairman Tom Wheeler, put in place rules to ensure that broadband providers couldn’t abuse their powers by charging companies for quicker access to their customers or unfairly prioritizing traffic. The FCC …

The wireless wars are heating up, which means great deals for consumers. And the best deals by far go to the folks on big family plans. Verizon made headlines last month when it announced a new unlimited data plan. Then T-Mobile revised its unlimited plan to match Verizon. Sprint followed with its own promotion. Finally, AT&T announced updates to its …

Republicans are doing all they can to make sure the Federal Communications Commission can’t tell broadband companies how to handle your personal data online. In the latest move, Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona on Tuesday evening introduced a resolution that would kill rules the FCC passed in October to regulate consumer privacy for internet service providers. The measure, which …

Unlimited data is back, and customers who held onto their old grandfathered unlimited plans finally have more choices. It couldn’t be a better time to be in the market for an unlimited data plan for your mobile phone. Thanks to T-Mobile, which has been siphoning off customers from AT&T and Verizon, the big carriers have finally succumbed to the pressure. …

The Federal Communications Commission has waived privacy rules to help Jewish community centers identify and track down callers making bomb threats. The agency issued the temporary waiver Friday to allow phone companies to identify callers who are using blocked private numbers, which should help law enforcement trace the calls. “This agency must and will do whatever it can to combat …

As expected the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted 2-1 along party lines to stop a new data security rule from taking effect. The rule would have required internet service providers to take “reasonable” measures to protect consumers’ personal data. It was part of a bigger set of privacy regulation, approved by the FCC in October, that’s supposed to protect …

Now playing: Watch this: Google’s RCS wants to mimic iMessage’s magic with Android… 2:02 Google‘s plan to bring SMS text messaging into the modern internet age and compete against Apple iMessage is finally taking shape. Google’s newly named Android Messages will be embedded on Android phones sold by more than 27 mobile operators and device makers giving users an enhanced …

New Federal Communications Commission’s Chairman Ajit Pai is hitting the pause button on internet privacy regulations put in place during the Obama administration, which wireless and broadband companies have complained are unfair. The rules, approved by the FCC in October, were supposed to protect consumers’ sensitive personal information online. They have been controversial because they establish stricter requirements for broadband …

The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission still hasn’t said if it will dismantle the controversial net neutrality regulations, but it’s already picking apart the rules to make them less potent. On Thursday, the agency voted 2-1 along party lines to suspend the net neutrality transparency requirement for broadband providers with fewer than 250,000 customers. Under the previous administration’s policy such exemptions …