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Amazon.com Inc. volunteered to help U.S. legislators rewrite communications law to more fully account for Internet services that are disrupting markets for cable, broadcast and telephone providers.
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A union asked regulators to suspend consideration of Verizon Wireless’s proposed airwaves purchase from cable providers, saying the companies aren’t allowing full scrutiny of the $3.6 billion deal.
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Paul Karpowicz runs 12 television stations for Meredith Corp. He has a quick answer about whether he’d offer the company’s airwaves in a U.S. auction to free up frequencies for data-gobbling smartphones and tablet computers.
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Regulators will consider marketing agreements that link the biggest U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless and cable operators led by Comcast Corp. as officials judge the companies’ proposed $3.6 billion airwaves deal.
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A divided Federal Communications Commission advanced a plan backed by Google Inc. , EBay Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to regulate Internet service providers over the opposition of carriers led by AT&T Inc.
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U.S. regulators ended closed-door discussions with companies on Internet regulation after Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. were said to have reached their own deal.
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President Barack Obama, who has been characterized as anti-business by his political opponents, has received more in campaign contributions from business executives this year than any Republican presidential candidate.
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Sprint Nextel Corp. ’s Dan Hesse told Congress last week the third-largest U.S. wireless operator may end up being acquired if AT&T Inc. purchases T-Mobile USA Inc. The most likely buyer is CenturyLink , the biggest company in telecommunications without a wireless unit, analysts said
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This week’s joint statement from Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. means the Internet is finally growing up. Damn it.
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Google Inc. , AT&T Inc. , and Verizon Communications Inc. executives are meeting behind closed doors with U.S. officials in talks that critics say reduce the public’s voice in keeping the Internet open.
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