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Proposal to let Dish Network add mobile-phone service has enough votes to win FCC OK, sources tell @BloombergNews

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Dish Network says subsidiary will sell $2.5 billion in debt to help finance Dish's proposed $25 billion acquisition of Sprint - @Reuters

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  • Submitted May 14, 2013, 12:48 p.m. GMT by editor

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More than 4 in 10 teens admit to texting while driving, and those that do are more likely to engage in other risks while driving - @USATODAY

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  • Submitted May 13, 2013, 11:28 a.m. GMT from www.usatoday.com by editor

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ESPN in talks with carriers over possibly subsidizing users' wireless-data plans - @WSJ http://t.co/dK33RmXUAr

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  • Submitted May 9, 2013, 11:34 p.m. GMT from twitter.com/WSJbreakingnews by editor

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Report: Americans are texting less: 2.19 trillion texts were sent and received in 2012, down 5% from 2011 - @WSJ

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  • Submitted May 3, 2013, 5:26 p.m. GMT from twitter.com/WSJ by editor

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Florida Senate passes ban on texting while driving; bill now goes to governor - @nbc6

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  • Submitted May 2, 2013, 9:07 p.m. GMT from twitter.com/nbc6 by partner

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President Obama announces nomination of Thomas Wheeler to head FCC, nomination of Rep. Mel Watt as director of Federal Housing Finance Agency - @whitehouse

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  • Submitted May 1, 2013, 6:30 p.m. GMT by editor

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President Obama to nominate Tom Wheeler as head of the FCC - @NBCNews

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  • Submitted May 1, 2013, 12:50 p.m. GMT by editor

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Report: President Obama will nominate venture capitalist Tom Wheeler to be chairman of the FCC on Wednesday, a White House official tells @politico44

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  • Submitted April 30, 2013, 8:05 p.m. GMT from www.politico.com by editor

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UPDATE: Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic - @AP

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  • Submitted April 15, 2013, 10:09 p.m. GMT from bigstory.ap.org by editor

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Verizon Wireless to @CNBC: Not been asked by any government agency to turn down wireless service. Any reports to that effect are inaccurate.

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  • Submitted April 15, 2013, 10:06 p.m. GMT from twitter.com by editor

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