Wednesday, October 30, 2019

FCC Proposes Undoing More of its Unbundling Regulation

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At its November 19 public meeting, the FCC is scheduled to vote on a  proposed rulemaking  that would update and pare back some of its lega...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Report Highlights Mobile Wireless Advancements and the Future of 5G

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For info-rich insight into the current state of the mobile wireless market as well as a glimpse at the 5G future, check out GMSA's repo...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Wireless Carriers Launch Next-Generation Text Messaging Initiative

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On October 24, the four major national wireless carriers announced a new  joint venture  to develop a next-generation wireless text messagi...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Roundup of Recent FCC Reform Actions

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At its October 25 public meeting, the FCC took a number of actions, including a vote to approve its Effective Competition Order. This order...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Transcript Released! FSF Seminar - "Privacy Regulation: Why, What, and When?"

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The Free State Foundation has  released  the edited transcript the expert panel discussion held at FSF's June 2019 seminar - "Priv...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

House of Representatives Passes Small Copyright Claims Bill

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October 22, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2426 , the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019. Also known as the "CAS...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

FCC's Defining Case for Repealing Internet Regulations Upheld in Court

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In my December 2017  Perspectives from FSF Scholars  paper  "The FCC's Defining Case for Repealing Internet Regulations," I e...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Pre-72 Sound Recording Owners Now Receive Royalties They Deserve

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October 11 marked the one-year anniversary of the  signing  of the Music Modernization Act of 2018. Free State Foundation President Randolp...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

FCC Proposal for Would Provide Parity and Prohibit Discriminatory Fees on VoIP Services

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At its October 25 public meeting, the FCC is set to vote on a  proposed  declaratory ruling to clarify federal law regarding state, local, ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Online Video Offerings from INCOMPAS/DISH TV Bolster the Case Against Local Cable Rate Controls

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On October 15, it was  reported   that INCOMPAS and DISH NETWORK have entered into a Retail Partner Program agreement to provide nationwide...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

FCC Should Follow District Court's Common-Sense Ruling on Autodialers

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Free State Foundation President Randolph May and I have previously written about the federal ban on "autodialers" contained in th...
Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Cable Wireless Service Entrants Poised to Increase Market's Competitiveness

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Yesterday, Free State Foundation President Randolph May and I filed  public comments  with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding its pro...
Saturday, October 05, 2019

Prof. Lyons Returns: Preemption of State Net Neutrality Regulation After Mozilla

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Fast on the heels of D.C. Circuit's October 1 decision upholding most of the  Restoring Internet Freedom Order  (2018), Professor Danie...
Friday, October 04, 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY: FCC Proposal Recognizes Video Streaming Service As Effective Competition

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Regarding the FCC’s release of its “white copy” agenda item proposing to grant Charter’s request for relief from rate regulation for its ca...
Wednesday, October 02, 2019

Flashback: Prof. Daniel Lyons on Mozilla v. FCC and Preemption of State Net Neutrality Regulation

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On October 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in Mozilla v. FCC , upholding most of the FCC's  Resto...
Tuesday, October 01, 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY: The FCC (Mostly) Wins the Battle to Restore Internet Freedom

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The following statement may be attributed to Free State Foundation President Randolph May regarding today's D.C. Circuit opinion review...
Friday, September 27, 2019

The Case for IP Captioned Telephone Service Reform

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Free State Foundation President Randolph May makes the case for refashioning the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) in ...
Thursday, September 26, 2019

The FCC Should Encourage Further Progress in 5G Infrastructure Siting

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On September 25,  TRDaily  reported on FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr's remarks at the 8th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conferenc...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Opensignal Report Shows Mobile Broadband is Ramping Up in Rural America

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My  Perspectives from FSF Scholars  paper , "Resurgence in Broadband Deployment Vindicates FCC's Pro-Investment Policies," fo...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Advanced 4G LTE Services Still Growing in America

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A press release by 5G Americas summarizes recent deployment data for 4G LTE and 5G networks worldwide, including in North America. Althoug...