Archive: Announcements
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Mayo presented “Universal Service: Now It’s Getting Personal” at the Center for Research in Regulated Industries 30th Annual Western Conference in Monterrey, California
On June 29, CBPP Executive Director John Mayo participated in a session on Telecommunications and Compliance at the 30th Annual Western Conference of the Center for Research in Regulated Industri
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Downes testifies before Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on broadband infrastructure investment
On Wednesday, May 3, 2017, Larry Downes testified in a hearing titled "Investing in America’s Broadband Infrastructure: Exploring Ways to Reduce Barriers to Deployment" before the Senate Committe
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Anna-Maria Kovacs: “Has Title II Regulation Stifled Wireless Investment? Here’s What the Numbers Say” (Wireless Week)
Wireless Week Anyone who doubts that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) 2015 invocation of the Communications Act’s Title II utility-style regulation reduced broadband investment
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Larry Downes: “Ligado Is Ready To Launch A New Mobile Network. Will The FCC Let Them?” (Forbes)
Forbes When a new mobile service causes interference to another network, who is responsible for correcting the problem? That’s a question that will increasingly make or break emerging industri
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Trains Magazine features the 2017 Rail Research Colloquium
In its weekly newsletter, Trains Magazine announced the speakers and the papers being presented at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy's Third Annual Research Colloquium, Economi
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Larry Downes: “The U.S. Supreme Court Is Reining in Patent Trolls, Which Is a Win for Innovation” (HBR)
Harvard Business Review In the last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two important rulings limiting patent rights. The decisions, which were both unanimous, significantly scaled back the ab
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J. Bradford Jensen: “Trump likes to talk about steel and manufactured goods. America’s better trade hope may lie in exported services” (LA Times)
Los Angeles Times Exports account for just 4% of the sales of U.S. services that are tradeable, compared with about 20% of American manufactured goods, said J. Bradford Jensen, a professor at
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Larry Downes: “Pushing The Net Neutrality Rock Back Up The Hill” (Forbes)
Forbes On Thursday, the FCC will vote on a proposal to review its 2015 decision to transform Internet Service Providers into public utilities. The 2015 Order also included the most recent vers
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CBPP hosts policy forum on the impact of broadband competition
On May 9, in the Rayburn House Office building, the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a Georgetown on the Hillpolicy forum on broadband competition. The discussion was intro
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The Impact of Broadband Competition on Consumer Welfare, Innovation, and Productivity in the United States: A Policy Forum
Share: Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 -12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: Rayburn House Office Building 2045, 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515 On May 9, in the Rayburn House Office buil
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