WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Schools receiving subsidies for Internet service will have to teach students about the perils of cyberbullying and the responsible use of social networking sites, the U.S. telecommunications regulator said on Friday.

Cyberbullying “happens when teens use the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person,” and it’s a problem for nearly half of all U.S. teens, according to the National Crime Prevention Council.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Schools receiving subsidies for Internet service will have to teach students about the perils of cyberbullying and the responsible use of social networking sites, the U.S. telecommunications regulator said on Friday.

Cyberbullying “happens when teens use the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person,” and it’s a problem for nearly half of all U.S. teens, according to the National Crime Prevention Council.

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless, the top
U.S. mobile service, has agreed to pay $25 million to the
government on top of at least $52.8 million in refunds it has
promised to consumers for charging them “mystery fees.”

The $25 million settlement was the largest in the Federal
Communications Commission’s history, the U.S.
telecommunications regulator said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new fund could help bring high speed Internet to unserved and remote areas of the United States, U.S. telecommunications regulators said on Thursday.

The Federal Communications Commission proposed allocating universal service funds — fees consumers pay telephone companies to subsidize landline phone services for low-income and rural families — to create a “mobility fund” to expand broadband Internet to areas without service.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mobile phone companies would have to warn customers before they rack up eye-popping extra fees on their bills under rules that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will propose on Thursday.

The FCC wants to curb so-called bill shock by making mobile phone companies send text or voice alerts to customers before charging them for services not covered by their plans.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A temporary legislative fix to regulate broadband traffic failed to garner Republican support, killing the chance of a remedy from the Congress before the mid-term elections, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman said on Wednesday.

For weeks, Waxman floated legislation contingent on bipartisan support that he said would serve as “an interim measure to protect net neutrality while Congress considers a permanent solution.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States could run out of unique Internet addresses to assign to new devices by the end of next year, a telecommunications official said on Tuesday.

Internet Protocol version 4, known as IPv4, provides the dominant architecture for the Internet. It requires devices to have unique identifiers, known as an IP address, but it only has space for 4.3 billion of those addresses.

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Iran, dependent on imported
gasoline but squeezed by international sanctions, is working to
eliminate subsidies on oil and natural gas, International
Monetary Fund economists said on Tuesday.

Iran’s energy price reform is expected to lower demand as
prices rise in the country. The higher prices will prompt more
efficient energy use within Iran while increasing the supply of
oil and gas available for export, the economists said in an
interview published on the IMF website.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators paved the
way on Thursday for new, faster wireless devices by opening
unused television airwaves for mobile broadband use.

Device makers such as Dell Inc (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
and Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) stand to profit from the Federal
Communications Commission’s unanimous vote to allow unlicensed
wireless devices to operate on this idle spectrum.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators paved the way on Thursday for new, faster wireless devices by opening unused television airwaves for mobile broadband use.

Device makers such as Dell Inc, Nokia and Motorola Inc stand to profit from the Federal Communications Commission’s unanimous vote to allow unlicensed wireless devices to operate on this unused spectrum.