FCC had made it clear before the release of its National Broadband Plan that it wants to broker a huge transfer of licensed spectrum away from the television broadcasting sector toward the broadband industry.

The nation's largest Internet service providers on Monday cautioned the Federal Communications Commission against any possible step that would land them more clearly under the agency's jurisdiction, posting that doing so could deter their investments in broadband networks.

Acknowledging the fact that the broadband network in the US is not nearly as “robust” as it actually should be, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski recently unleashed an “ambitious” ‘100 Squared’ initiative – which essentially means providing 100 million US households with 100 megabits per second Internet access.

With the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) scheduled to propose new net neutrality regulations Thursday, the much-hyped debates pertaining to the rules further ramped up on Wednesday!

During a keynote at the CTIA wireless industry trade association convention in San Diego on Wednesday, Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the agency would undertake suitable measures to trounce the intimidating wireless shortage, imminent from the ever-increasing number of smartphones and other wireless devices.

In a move that marks increased opposition to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) net neutrality proposals, 20 Republicans wrote a letter to the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday.

Net neutrality, which is a top priority of Internet advocates who backed President Obama during his presidential race, it has found resistance from leading House Republicans who opine that the move dissuade investment in broadband networks, thereby hurting the economy.

According to a Democrat source, President-elect Barack Obama's pick as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is his former Harvard Law School classmate and a technology policy veteran - Julius Genachowski.