Senators Leahy, Hatch and Grassley are reintroducing legislation, which will impose a mandate on additional industries to enforce copyright laws. Instead of COICA, the new acronym appears to sound less controversial – PROTECT IP. Like COICA, the new legislation would have the Attorney General serve court orders demanding credit card companies, ad networks and domain…
After putting AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Cellular South CEOs under oath, Senators on the Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust asked tough questions about what the deal would really mean for the prices and service available to all mobile phone and Internet customers. Chairman Kohl admonished AT&T’s CEO as a fellow businessman not to pretend the merger…
After putting AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Cellular South CEOs under oath, Senators on the Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust asked tough questions about what the deal would really mean for the prices and service available to all mobile phone and Internet customers. Chairman Kohl admonished AT&T’s CEO as a fellow businessman not to pretend the merger…
AT&T has filed official paperwork to gobble another competitor with the agency charged with protecting the public interest and competition in a vital industry. That agency, the FCC, had already found a lack of competition among wireless carriers in its latest report. The FCC indicated in a public notice last week it had already begun…
AT&T has filed official paperwork to gobble another competitor with the agency charged with protecting the public interest and competition in a vital industry. That agency, the FCC, had already found a lack of competition among wireless carriers in its latest report. The FCC indicated in a public notice last week it had already begun…
Online registration for CCIA’s 2011 Washington Caucus is now available. The Washington Caucus has grown over the years into a unique dialogue between technology executives and the Members of Congress and Administration officials who are grappling with today’s challenging technology issues. This year’s program will cover a wide range of topics related to the future of…
Senators John Kerry, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Ariz., are introducing online privacy legislation this afternoon. They say the goal is to update outdated laws to protect Americans privacy online and offline.The Computer & Communications Industry Association recognizes the need for baseline privacy practices. The following statement can be attributed to Computer & Communications Industry Association…