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Comcast chief financial officer Michael Angelakis warned regulators at an industry conference Wednesday that any attempt by the government to impose heavy restrictions on the cable broadband business could force companies to turn off the infrastructure investment spigot. read more

It appears that many of the nation's leading Internet service providers aren't actually worried about the Federal Communications Commission's "Third Way" approach to broadband oversight and its impact on broadband build-out and investment - despite what they're telling lawmakers in Washington. read more

A growing number of health care providers say that telemedicine is the key to health reform. read more

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, plans to merge his mobile and fixed-line businesses in Brazil in a bid to slash costs. read more

Raw data isn't always the same as government transparency. read more

Since 2004, Google's revenues have grown 12 times to $24 billion. Video and Google apps are where the next big growth will likely come from. read more

India's government got bids totaling 41.8 billion rupees ($884 million) on the third day of an auction for licenses to offer faster wireless broadband for computers nationwide. read more

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) will implement monitoring software to ensure that district employees abide by federal e-Rate compliance rules, after the district settled a lawsuit with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in which former district employees were accused of accepting gifts and meals from e-Rate vendors. read more

On May 25, the Federal Communications Commission released the findings of an agency survey on the consumer mobile experience. read more

On February 16, 2010, Reps Nathan Deal (R-GA) and Phil Gingrey (R-GA) wrote a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski to share a proposal written by Jim Geiger concerning the National Broadband Plan. read more

On March 3, 2010, Rep Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski recommending that the FCC, in crafting the National Broadband Plan, consider promoting infrastructure expansion, require affordable service through regulatory measures; prescribe data collection, implement requirement tracking of equity impacts and support last mile projects that improve public health and education and stimulate economic development and job creation. read more

Next month, Congress will meet to discuss proposals to revamp current telecommunication laws that were last examined in 1996. The current laws hardly mention the Internet. read more

Responding the a New York Times editorial (Broadband and the FCC), Botein says the Times is quite right in concluding that the Federal Communications Commission's latest iteration of its Internet regulatory powers is "a measured attempt to ensure regulatory oversight." read more

Jobs in medical records and health information technology are expected to grow by 20 percent through 2018, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more

People who chart their emotional ups and downs on Facebook and Twitter are generally considered over-sharers, but what if those status updates could help save your life? read more

Craig McCaw's quest to dominate the emerging era of fourth generation, or 4G, wireless networks began in a Maryland basement office back in 2003. read more

Silicon Valley often views itself through the prism of the world-changing technology it creates. Technology dreamed up in this hotbed of innovation is not only transforming how we communicate and live, but it also holds great promise extending into business and politics to take on some of the world's most intractable and complex problems. read more

No matter where vacationers migrate this summer, chances are slim that they will completely disconnect from digital media and communications. read more

By the end of June, around 20 Nexstar television stations plan to have some form of mobile service such as WAP-enabled mobile sites, SMS texting or apps for iPhone and Droid smart phones. Nexstar is not the only TV station group that thinks mobile is going to be the next big thing. read more

As if the U.S. is not already dangerously behind the rest of the world when it comes to high-speed Internet access, the outlook for a possible remedy has gotten grimmer. This is particularly bitter following a burst of optimism during the first year of the Obama administration. read more