| 2025-09-08 | SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service
2 src SpaceX · Elon Musk | | reported |
| 2025-07-31 | Trump Mobile Launches Comprehensive Wireless Service with Telehealth and Insurance
3 src Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-24 | FCC Approves Skydance's Acquisition of Paramount/CBS
4 src Federal Communications Commission · Skydance Media · Paramount Global | | confirmed |
| 2025-05-12 | FCC Launches Inquiry into EchoStar's Satellite Spectrum Utilization
3 src Brendan Carr · SpaceX · Elon Musk | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-11 | FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition
4 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · SpaceX · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-07 | FCC Grants Starlink Controversial Direct-to-Cell Service Approval at Higher Power Levels
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · T-Mobile |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-15 | AT&T partners with Carbyne as authorized reseller, integrating Israeli surveillance tech into national telecom infrastructure
3 src AT&T · Carbyne · Ehud Barak |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-11 | Net Neutrality Repeal Officially Takes Effect, Permitting ISPs to Throttle, Block, and Prioritize Content for Payment
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-12-14 | FCC Under Ajit Pai Repeals Net Neutrality in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Ajit Pai · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · AT&T |
| confirmed |
| 2017-05-15 | FCC Begins Investigation into Massive Fake Comments Campaign on Net Neutrality Repeal
4 src Ajit Pai · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2017-01-23 | Trump Appoints Ajit Pai as FCC Chairman, Installing Former Verizon Lawyer to Regulate His Former Employer
3 src Donald Trump · Ajit Pai · Verizon Communications · Federal Communications Commission · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-02-26 | FCC Votes 3-2 for Strong Net Neutrality Protections Through Title II Reclassification After Record Public Engagement
3 src Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2014-05-15 | FCC Approves Paid Prioritization "Fast Lanes" Proposal Despite Massive Public Backlash
3 src Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Google · Microsoft · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-14 | Verizon Lawsuit Successfully Overturns FCC Net Neutrality Rules, Court Demands Title II Reclassification
3 src Verizon Communications · D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2013-05-02 | Obama Nominates Telecom Industry Lobbyist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman
4 src Tom Wheeler · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2011-05-11 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger
3 src Comcast Corporation · Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2010-12-21 | FCC Passes First Net Neutrality Rules with Major Wireless Exemption in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · AT&T |
| confirmed |
| 2008-08-01 | FCC Orders Comcast to Stop Throttling BitTorrent Traffic in Historic 3-2 Vote on Net Neutrality
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Comcast Corporation · Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2007-10-19 | Associated Press Investigation Exposes Comcast's Secret BitTorrent Throttling and Blocking
3 src Comcast Corporation · Associated Press · Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2006-12-29 | AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup
3 src Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2001-11-01 | NSA Launches MAINWAY Database for Mass Metadata Collection
3 src National Security Agency · AT&T · Verizon · T-Mobile · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2001-09-21 | AT&T Establishes Mass Internet Surveillance Infrastructure for NSA
3 src National Security Agency · Bush Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2000-05-03 | FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
4 src Viacom · FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2000-01-11 | AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History
4 src FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-12-31 | Telecommunications Act Triggers Mass Layoffs and Destruction of Local Journalism
4 src FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-06-30 | Clear Channel Begins Unprecedented Radio Consolidation Under Telecommunications Act
4 src Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays · FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1910-06-18 | Mann-Elkins Act Strengthens Railroad Regulation, Expands ICC Authority to Telecommunications
3 src William Howard Taft · Interstate Commerce Commission |
| confirmed |