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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Wireless Tax Moratorium

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Just saw that in a voice vote the House has passed the Wireless Tax Fairness Act. This is good news. Senate should act soon.
Monday, October 31, 2011

LifeLine Service

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While I don't necessarily agree on all aspects of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council's positions on the FCC's U...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

ICC Reform: Another Subsidy System that Needs a Sunset

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Anticipation is building for the FCC's upcoming public meeting on Thursday, October 26. The Commission is expected to finally vote on an...

NYT's Rash Call for Wireless Over-Regulation

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If you want an upside-down view of wireless competition, look no further than the New York Times' October 25 editorial . In the space o...

House Judiciary Committee Passes REINS Act

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Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act ("REINS Act").   Specif...
Monday, October 24, 2011

USF Reform: Peering into the Sunset

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When the ABC plan to reform the Universal Service regime was submitted to the FCC in late July by six telephone companies I wrote here and ...

TWC Research Program - Deadline Approaches

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Last January I put in a plug here for Time Warner Cable's research program on digital communications, and now it is timely for another ...
Friday, October 21, 2011

4G Wireless Future Requires Rapid Action to Make More Spectrum Available

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On October 17, NTIA issued its Second Interim Progress Report on the Ten-Year Plan and Timetable . NTIA is coordinating an interagency effo...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

New Wireless Industry Alert Standards Stave Off FCC "Bill Shock" Regulation

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On October 17 the wireless industry and the FCC jointly announced that most wireless carriers will begin sending free alerts to consumers ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Another Bill to Bog Down 4G Wireless With Regulatory Burdens

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On October 12, TR Daily 's Paul Kirby reported on the introduction of a new wireless regulation bill in the U.S. Senate. S.1695 , the...

Voluntary "Bill Shock" Agreement

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The FCC, CTIA, and Consumers Union yesterday jointly announced a plan whereby the wireless providers will provide their customers with notif...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

In Case You Missed It: The Quiet Demise of Cable A La Carte

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With the flurry of FCC activities taking place since May—including ongoing USF reform efforts, the AT&T/T-Mobile merger review, the 70...
Sunday, October 09, 2011

Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age: The Next Five Years

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While I certainly didn't agree with all that he did, readers of this space know that I have great respect for former FCC Chairman Willia...
Friday, October 07, 2011

Super-Committee Sets Sights on Underutilized Government Spectrum

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It's pretty rare these days for any bipartisan agreement on budget issues, but this letter from Senators Kerry and Toomey and Represent...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

Super Speedy DC Circuit

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The DC Circuit's decision late this afternoon announcing it would take jurisdiction over the appeal of the FCC's net neutrality orde...

D.C. Circuit to Decide Fate of FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations, Again

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News outlets are now reporting that lawsuits challenging the legality of the FCC's order imposing network neutrality regulations will g...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Issue Analysis Urges Reforms to Roll Back Regulation's Heavy, Hidden Tax

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CEI has just released the latest in its Issue Analysis series that draws important parallels between runaway growth in federal spending an...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Supreme Court Sends Spurious Cell Phone Suits Packing

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On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Third Circuit's decision in Farina v. Nokia (2011) . By denying to hear ...
Monday, October 03, 2011

U.S. House to Take Action Against Discriminatory Wireless Taxes

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CommDaily reports that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to soon pass the Wireless Tax Fairness Act (HR-1002). This is encoura...

A Regulatory Time-Out

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I love Sen. Susan Collins new bill that would that would impose a "regulatory time-out."  The “time out” would be a year-long mor...
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