Washington, DC – The Computer & Communications Industry Association today asked President Bush to devote a large swath of the nation’s underused airwaves to high-speed, wireless voice and data services. CCIA, together with seven other trade associations, urged the White House to make good on a proposal that would give consumers the bandwidth they need…
DetailsWashington, DC – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) today announced its opposition to legislation proposed yesterday by Senator Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina). The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) of 2002, will force poorly designed and unworkable standards upon industry resulting in a freeze in innovation, a decrease in consumer choice…
DetailsWashington, DC – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) President & CEO, Ed Black, testifying today before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DoJ), called on the two agencies need to increase their involvement in intellectual property policy processes. The testimony came as FTC and the DoJ Antitrust Division co-hosted…
DetailsWashington, DC – Ed Black, President & CEO of The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), released the following statement today in response to Sun Microsystems filing a private antitrust lawsuit that seeks remedy for Microsoft’s illegal conduct in maintaining and expanding its illegal monopoly: “This suit comes after 9 federal judges have ruled that…
DetailsWashington, DC – Microsoft and the Department of Justice late last night proposed a new settlement in the historic antitrust proceedings against the PC operating-system monopoly. The proposal’s backers say the new language makes only “clarifying modifications” to the original. Computer & Communications Industry Association President and CEO Ed Black responded with the following comments:…
DetailsJustice Department, Microsoft want rubber stamp, not public participation Washington, DC – The court overseeing the proposed Microsoft antitrust settlement must hear directly from outside parties before it approves the deal, the Computer & Communications Industry Association said in a filing to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly today. “More than 15,000 people told the Justice Department they…
DetailsWashington, DC – A proposed addition to an international computer crime treaty endangers free speech and could impose broad liability on Internet service providers and websites if ratified, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) said today. CCIA President Ed Black joined a broad coalition of, businesses, industry associations, and civil liberties groups in sending…
DetailsWashington, DC – The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service today announced an initiative to expand electronic filing opportunities for taxpayers. The announcement was made as part of the Administration’s “e-Government Quicksilver Program,” which is intended to modernize government and improve the Federal government’s service to the citizen. Ed Black, President and CEO of the…
DetailsWashington, DC – Economist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Yale University Lecturer Jason Furman today told a federal court it must reject the proposed antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice. The proposed agreement, the economists wrote, will not only fail to constrain Microsoft, but strengthen its monopoly. The authors told…
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