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Broadband Providers and a Smart FCC: Keep Us Connected While We Stay Distant
"Particularly over the last decade, much has been said about “innovation.” Many have commented on how to create an environment to inspire it, to manage it or benefit from it. In fact, so much has been said that unfortunately many people tune it out. This has happened...
Will 5G get 6GHz?
Will 5G Get 6GHz? Last year was a great year for consumers, business and the FCC as much needed licensed spectrum was auctioned or put in the spectrum pipeline, and critical decisions were made by the FCC related to opening up C-band and 5.9 GHz slices of spectrum for...
Congress Must Move Now to Reauthorize Spectrum Auctions
Tomorrow the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) auction authority will expire. Despite its obvious importance, for US global competitiveness and consumers, Congress extended the authority only a couple months when it was about to expireearly this fall. Instead...
Institute for Policy Innovation: Should the Center-Right Embrace Enhanced Antitrust State Power?
On December 6, 2022 the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) hosted an important discussion regarding the whether the center-right should embrace enhanced antitrust state power. IPI says of the panel, "Increasingly, voices on the center-right, including elected...
IEI Signs Coalition Letter that Urges Commonsense Changes to Kids Online Safety Act
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IEI Signs Coalition Letter on Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment
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Comments to FCC on Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment
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IEI Signs Coalition Letter in Opposition to App Store Regulation
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Ukraine Invasion Brings Hypothetical Security Issues With Tech Bills Close to Reality
By Patrick Hedger Vladimir Putin thought he was taking advantage of a world too divided to do anything about his heinous vision to rebuild the evil empire the was the Soviet Union. So far, it seems like he grossly miscalculated. Much of the world has banded...
The Year Of 5G
This year 5G has become more “real” than it has been before. Devices enabled for 5G are on the market as service providers cover the country with their footprints. An exciting tomorrow seems closer than ever! While “5G” sounds very tech-opaque, it is a broadband...
TPI: Let’s Interpret Broadband Data Together!
By Scott Wallsten, Tech Policy Institute In June 2021, Consumer Reports (CR) released the results of a nationally representative survey related to broadband use. Figure 1 below shows some interesting results from that survey. On the heels of that survey, CR launched...
IPI: Antitrust and the Modern Economy
On September 22, 2021 the Institute for Policy Innovation hosted an important discussion regarding the role of antitrust legislation in the modern economy. The panel addressed the questions of whether antitrust is appropriate for innovative industries and whether...
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