Press Releases

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on proposed plans to revamp the Universal Service Fund.

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his proposal to revamp the Universal Service Fund. The Chairman’s announcement follows the Commission’s requests for comments on the “ABC plan,” a purported compromise put forward by incumbent phone providers.

BOSTON -- Free Press filed today in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston a petition for review of the Federal Communications Commission's December 2010 Open Internet order. The Federal Register published the new rules last week, opening the window for such lawsuits.

PITTSBURGH -- In a townhall-style dialogue sponsored by Free Press at Carnegie Mellon University yesterday, Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps responded to a question from a self-described “downsized journalist”.

PITTSBURGH -- On Monday, Sept. 26, Free Press is hosting a community dialogue on the state of the media in Pittsburgh, Pa. featuring Rep. Mike Doyle and Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps.

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, Free Press responded to reports that Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, would begin capping its “tethering” plans which allow subscribers to use their phones as mobile hotspots. The plans come with a 5 gigabyte data limit, and a new $0.05 charge per megabyte over the cap — which adds up to $50 per extra gigabyte.

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality rules were published in the Federal Register. The rules will take effect Nov. 20.

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday Republican lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama touting the now-disproven claims that the AT&T/T-Mobile merger would create jobs.

WASHINGTON -- On Friday seven state attorneys general joined the Department of Justice lawsuit to block the AT&T-Mobile merger.

WASHINGTON -- Today Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging the president to seek a settlement to the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit to block the $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile.