Archive: Announcements
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Scott Wallsten: “Lightsquared, LTE-U and the revenge of the ‘anti-commons'” (The Hill)
Many have feared that unlicensed spectrum would suffer from a "tragedy of the commons," in which the spectrum becomes congested as more users dive in without regard to their effects on other user
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Teleconference on affordability of Title II examines issues with FCC analysis, suggests order faces legal uncertainty
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy’s Project on the Evolution of Regulation and Innovation hosted a teleconference September 18th at 9:00 am ET to discuss the Center’s Economic
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Join the teleconference tomorrow: Can the U.S. Afford Title II? Debating Costs versus Benefits
On 9/18 the Center will host a teleconference, “Can the U.S. Afford Title II? Debating Costs versus Benefits.” Please join us from 9:00 – 10:00 AM, dial in number: 866-952-1906. On September 1
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Mayo pens new EPV: “Results Based Regulation: 20th Century Lessons and 21st Century Opportunities”
The Center issued a new Economic Policy Vignette, Results-Based Regulation: 20th-Century Lessons and 21st-Century Opportunities. This EPV provides a new lens and fresh perspective for regulators
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Downes in Forbes: “Judgment Day for the FCC’s Latest Net Neutrality Folly”
Larry Downes’ latest Forbes piece examines the legal actions now being taken against the so-called net neutrality rules put forth by the FCC last spring. Downes focuses on the arguments being ma
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Center scholars offer suggestions to reform the Lifeline Program
John Mayo, Olga Ukhaneva, and Scott Wallsten authored a CBPP Economic Policy Vignette, “Toward a More Efficient and Effective Lifeline Program.” In June 2015, the Federal Communications Commissi
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Downes in WaPo: “Five legal threats for fintech’s hottest start-ups”
In his latest Washington Post Innovations piece, Larry Downes examines “a new generation of financial technology or ‘fintech’ companies [who are] once again breaking down the oversized doors of t
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Center hosting “The Innovation and Engineering Dynamics of the Digital Economy: Economic Transformation and Expansion Enabled by 5G” October 14
Please join the Wireless Technology Association and the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy for “The Innovation and Engineering Dynamics of the Digital Economy: Economic Transformati
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Downes on Tech Crunch: “Silicon Valley Is A Political Issue In The 2016 Election”
August 20 – Larry Downes was interviewed by Andrew Keen of Tech Crunch about the 2016 presidential election. In “INNOVATE2016: Silicon Valley Is A Political Issue In The 2016 Election,” Downes en
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Center scholars quoted in WSJ opinion on Internet regulation
August 17- In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on 8/16 “Obamanet Heads to Court,” L. Gordon Crovitz recognizes the analysis and explanation of how utility regulation suppresses innovation put
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