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CCIA was founded in 1972 to promote open markets, open systems, and open networks in the computer and telecommunications industry. Today, the association continues to evangelize these principles across these increasingly diverse and economically important sectors of the global economy.

Independent Jobs Study Disputes AT&T’s Claims

Blog, Competition, Jobs & Innovation, USSeptember 1, 2011

A study performed by University of California at Irvine professor of economics David Neumark and released today confirms that AT&T’s proposed take-over of T-Mobile, if approved, would cost the American economy tens-of-thousands of jobs. The study shows that AT&T would shed jobs to eliminate redundancy and overlap in the merged company and reduce overall network…

Independent Jobs Study Disputes AT&T’s Claims

Blog, Competition, Jobs & Innovation, USSeptember 1, 2011

CCIA Applauds DOJ’s Decision to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger

News & EventsAugust 31, 2011

This morning the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to prevent AT&T from acquiring its competitor T-Mobile. In response, CCIA President and CEO Ed Black issued this statement: “We are pleased, but not surprised. From the outset, it was…

CCIA Applauds DOJ’s Decision to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger

News & EventsAugust 31, 2011

CCIA Asks Swiss Government to Rethink Overbroad User Surveillance Proposals

Blog, EU, Privacy & SecurityAugust 11, 2011

In a reaction to increasing pressures from Governments around the world to extend the scope of online surveillance, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed a comment on the Draft Revision of the Swiss Telecommunications Surveillance Ordinance (in French). The proposal, published by Switzerland’s Minister of Justice and Police, Simonetta Sommaruga, would provide law enforcement agencies with unprecedented authority to…

Fair Use, PROTECT IP, and Common Misconceptions

When CCIA recently released the 2011 iteration of Fair Use in the U.S. Economy, it was the second update of that report – the first having been released four years ago, as is chronicled on CCIA’s fair use page. The purpose of the report is to quantifiably demonstrate the U.S. economic contribution of industries relying on fair…

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Independent Jobs Study Disputes AT&T’s Claims

Independent Jobs Study Disputes AT&T’s Claims

CCIA Applauds DOJ’s Decision to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger

CCIA Applauds DOJ’s Decision to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger

CCIA Asks Swiss Government to Rethink Overbroad User Surveillance Proposals

Fair Use, PROTECT IP, and Common Misconceptions

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