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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 — CNBC

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will step down from his post on January 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, writes Lauren...

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...