Telecommunications

Trial begins for Md. man in Iran satellite case

By JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - The case against an Iranian-American man accused of helping Iran launch its first satellite may sound like a James Bond movie but it's a real life drama, a prosecutor said Tuesday as trial opened. Nader Modanlo, 52, is accused of brokering

CBS buys small stake in mobile TV startup Syncbak

NEW YORK (AP) - CBS Corp. says it has made a minority investment in Syncbak, a technology company that allows mobile device users to pick up signals from their local TV stations over the Internet. Founded in Marion, Iowa, in 2009, Syncbak allows people who download the app to watch local

TV stations feel 'squeezed' by airwave auction

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) - As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT&T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling like the farmers of yesteryear who were asked to sell their land to make way for the nation

Obama budget plan revisits small-bore budget cuts

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as it adds fuel to battles over taxes and Social Security, President Barack Obama's budget will reprise lots of smaller bore proposals that have gone nowhere in a gridlocked Washington. Ideas like higher Transportation Security