Monday, January 28, 2019

New Study: 5G Will Help Close Digital Divide

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A new study titled " Improving Rural Broadband Access: The Impact of Broadband Access and Proposed Investment in 5G Networks in South D...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

The 28 GHz Auction Closes Successfully

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The FCC's 24 GHz auction closed today with bids that exceeded more than $700 million. There were winning bids on at least 96% of the ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Randolph May Calls for the FCC to Adopt Rebuttable Presumptions

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On January 21, 2018,  The Regulatory Review published  Free State Foundation President Randolph May's  opinion piece titled " Adop...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Senator Rubio Introduced New Privacy Bill

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On January 16, 2019, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)  introduced the " American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act ." This legislation would...

T-Mobile Executives Repeatedly Stay at Trump International Hotel in DC

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On January 16, 2019, the Washington Post published a story reporting that T-Mobile CEO John Legere and other eight company executives have...

FCC Report Spotlights States' Wrongful Use of 911 Taxes

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Some $285 million in 911 taxes charged to voice service consumers were improperly diverted to non-911 purposes by states in 2017. That'...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Representative Eshoo's New Bill Would Slow 5G Deployment

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On January 15, 2019, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced the " Accelerating Wireless Broadband Development by Empowering Loc...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Maryland Should Reduce Regulations and Fees That Inhibit Broadband Deployment

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On January 2, 2018, I published a blog suggesting that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan should reestablish the Regulatory Reform Commission an...
Thursday, January 03, 2019

Copyright Industries Contributed Significantly to the U.S. Economy in 2017

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U.S. Copyright Industries Infogram
Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Governor Hogan Should Reestablish the Regulatory Reform Commission

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At the beginning of each year, for the past three years, Free State Foundation President Randolph May and I have published a Perspectives fr...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Would Benefit Resellers and Hybrid Services

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In the Free State Foundation’s comments submitted to the FCC regarding the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, FSF rebutted clai...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Robert Crandall: Legislators and Regulators Must Exercise Humility

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In August, Dr. Robert Crandall, a member of the Free State Foundation’s Board of Academic Advisors, authored a report titled “ The Effects...
Monday, December 10, 2018

FCC Proposal Keeps Text Messaging Free From Unnecessary Regulation and Spam

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At its December 12 meeting, the FCC will vote on a sensible proposal to keep popular wireless messaging services free from public utility r...
Thursday, December 06, 2018

VoIP Services in Minnesota Surmount Another Hurdle

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Back in October 2017, my Free State Foundation colleague Seth Cooper published the blog, "The Case for Keeping VoIP Free from Legacy Re...

Video Data Is the Leading Contributor to Rapid Traffic Growth

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On November 26, 2018, Cisco released its Visual Network Index (VNI): Forecast and Trends, 2017-2022 . This annual report is useful to poli...
Monday, December 03, 2018

Signing of USMCA Spotlights International Copyright Protections

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On November 30, President Trump and leaders from Canada and Mexico officially signed the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (US...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

EU Commission Approves T-Mobile-Tele2 Merger in the Netherlands

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No doubt that in analyzing market impacts and competitive concerns, every proposed merger is different. The analysis is necessarily fact-in...
Monday, November 26, 2018

Amazon Should Not Receive Government Handouts

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Last week, Amazon announced that it will build its highly sought-after second "headquarters" (HQ2) in two separate locations, ag...