The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice announcing that it received a petition under section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), regarding the risks to human health and the environment from exposure to formaldehyde in composite wood products, including hardwood plywood, particle board, and medium density fiberboard (MDF).
RadioShack closed 33 company and franchised stores in Q1 amid continuing weak Sprint Nextel wireless sales, the chain said Monday in an SEC filing. RadioShack also carries AT&T Wireless but has no access to Apple’s iPhone. Sprint marks the larger share of a wireless business that accounted for a third of the retailer’s $4.25 billion in total 2007 revenue.
GENEVA -- Cyberattacks and countermeasures by companies and governments are making it harder to tell friend from foe in cyberspace, officials said. Additional international attacks and countermeasures are expected, they told a U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research meeting on communications technology and international security.
GENEVA -- Cyberattacks and countermeasures by companies and governments are making it harder to tell friend from foe in cyberspace, officials said. Additional international attacks and countermeasures are expected, they told a U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research meeting on communications technology and international security.
Nursing-home residents could qualify for a DTV coupon apiece “under certain circumstances” to assure NTIA coupons “are distributed to verifiable residents of these facilities” without waste, fraud or abuse, the agency said in a notice published Thursday in the Federal Register. Offering nursing home residents coupons raises “particular administrative challenges,” and the rulemaking seeks comments on how best to overcome them, the new notice said. Comments are due June 9.
Sprint Nextel’s argument that TerreStar Networks’ license applications should be tied to whether the company pays Sprint for clearing the broadcast auxiliary services band isn’t relevant, TerreStar told the FCC Wednesday. The International Bureau told Sprint -- when it raised similar issues regarding ICO Global Communications’ milestone extension -- that BAS relocation wasn’t “relevant in collateral proceedings,” said Douglas Brandon, TerreStar vice president of regulatory affairs. The BAS spectrum was swept up in the 800 MHz band reconfiguration, so Sprint is paying to move BAS off the spectrum that TerreStar and ICO want to use. TerreStar and ICO will owe Sprint a pro-rata amount if they begin operations before relocation in the top 30 markets is complete, Sprint argues. Sprint also claimed that TerreStar was violating commission rules by having more than 25 percent foreign ownership. Not true, TerreStar said. Since TerreStar has yet to receive any licenses subject to the ownership limits, it “cannot be in violation of the mandate,” it said. TerreStar filed a petition for declaratory ruling regarding its ownership structure because it has applied for licenses and “the commission must make a public interest determination before it can act on TerreStar’s applications,” Brandon said.
The FCC has authority to enforce its Internet principles, Chairman Kevin Martin told Senate Commerce Committee members at a hearing Tuesday. He told Democrats who support anti-discrimination legislation that he’s confident “Congress has given us the authority.” Martin said the Supreme Court’s Brand X decision clarified the commission’s authority to regulate broadband Internet access.
The FCC has authority to enforce its Internet principles, Chairman Kevin Martin told Senate Commerce Committee members at a Tuesday hearing. He’s confident “Congress has given us the authority,” he told Democrats backing anti-discrimination legislation. Martin said the Supreme Court’s Brand X decision clarified agency authority over broadband Internet access.
STANFORD, Calif. -- The only network operator to show up for the second FCC network-management hearing (CD April 18 p1) said the PCs on P2P networks function as servers and it can’t afford to support them below commercial subscription rates, the CEO testified. The company, little wireless ISP Lariat.net of Laramie, Wyo., can’t live with neutrality rules that would stop it from barring P2P traffic on consumer accounts, CEO Brett Glass said late Thursday at the Stanford University session.
STANFORD, Calif. -- The only network operator to show up for the second FCC network-management hearing (WID April 18 p1) said the PCs on P2P networks function as servers and it can’t afford to support them below commercial subscription rates, the CEO testified. The company, little wireless ISP Lariat.net of Laramie, Wyo., can’t live with neutrality rules that would stop it from barring P2P traffic on consumer accounts, CEO Brett Glass said late Thursday at the Stanford University session.