Michael Copps

The Federal Communications Commission sent letters to Apple, AT&T and Google on Friday requesting further information concerning recent news reports that Apple has banned the sale of a Google Voice app and has removed related -- and previously approved -- third-party offerings from its iPhone App Store.

Incoming FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Apple's decision raises questions about certain practices in the mobile marketplace.

On Friday, the United States brought a formal end to more than 60 years of analog broadcast of television signals, when television stations across the nation complied with a Federal Communications Commission order to switch to digital transmission.

The Free Press has asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that all U.S. wireless networks must adhere to the same open Internet policy as landline networks. The policy gives consumers the right to access all online content.

Interim Federal Communications Chairman Michael Copps warned the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet that the scheduled transition from analog to all-digital television on June 12 "will not be seamless."

A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated U.S. government policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network.

In a precedent-setting move, the FCC by a 3-2 vote on Friday enforced a policy that guarantees customers open access to the Internet.

The commission did not assess a fine, but ordered the company to stop cutting off transfers of large data files among customers who use a special type of "file-sharing" software.

The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly ready to take enforcement action against cable-TV giant Comcast for blocking Internet traffic. An investigation began after complaints from the public-interest group Free Press.

Philadelphia-based Comcast is the country's second-largest Internet service provider, with 14.1 million subscribers.

The Federal Communications Commission has introduced an interim cap on payments to competitive eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) organizations under the Universal Service Fund (USF) established by Congress in 1996. The fund currently provides subsidizes for the development and operation of telecom services for rural Americans, schools, libraries and hospitals.