Archive:News – Digital Economy
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John Mayo speaks with Brazilian academics and policymakers
Concurrent with the November release of his Economic Policy Vignette addressing vertical integration in the Brazilian multichannel audiovisual industry, Executive Director John Mayo traveled to Brasi
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Anna Maria-Kovacs Assesses the Impact of Changing FCC Regulation on Internet Providers’ Investments
A key feature of the regulation of broadband Internet access service is whether it is regulated lightly as an “information service” under Title I of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Act) or more h
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Anna-Maria Kovacs: “America’s Consumers Deserve Best-in-Class Privacy Protections” (ECN)
Right now, privacy in the U.S. consists of a patchwork of state and federal laws that make it extremely difficult for an American to know his or her rights. Federal laws cover some specific aspec
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Larry Downes: “5G’s Potential, and Why Businesses Should Start Preparing for It” (Harvard Business Review)
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 A new Accenture survey of nearly 2,000 technology and business executives in 10 countries revealed deep uncertainty about next-generation mobile network technology, know
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Larry Downes: “Is the tech backlash going askew?” (Washington Post)
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 As winter sets in, the dark days for technology companies have been getting longer. We sympathize with the increased anxiety over the poor data hygiene practices
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Anna-Maria Kovacs: “The FCC clears the way for 5G” (ECN)
Thursday, December 13, 2018 Cisco VNI’s latest forecast projects rapid growth for U.S. mobile data traffic over the next five years. Such growth is only possible, of course, if there is enough
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Larry Downes comments on AT&T-Time Warner merger case in Variety feature
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Larry Downes comments on the U.S. Department of Justice's appeal of U.S. District Judge Richard Leon's decision in favor of the AT&T-Time Warner merger in a Variety f
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John Mayo comments on cost to consumers of robocall scams in Gray TV feature story on pending legislation against the calls
Friday, November 30, 2018 In a Gray TV feature, "FCC and Senate teaming up to take down robocall scams," CBPP Executive Director John Mayo comments on the cost to American consumers of the rob
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Larry Downes: “Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure” (Harvard Business Review)
Friday, September 7, 2018 In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second
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Anna-Maria Kovacs releases policy paper: “Competition in the U.S. Wireless Services Market”
Thursday, August 23, 2018 Anna-Maria Kovacs, Visiting Senior Policy Scholar, contributed a policy paper, "Competition in the U.S. Wireless Services Market." She concludes that "[a]s the Federa
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