The Computer & Communications Industry Association is issuing the following statement in response to President Obama’s appointment of Howard Schmidt to serve as the nation’s cybersecurity chief. The following statement can be attributed to CCIA spokeswoman Heather Greenfield: “With momentum building on Capitol Hill to move cybersecurity legislation, this appointment comes at a critical time…
After investigating allegations of anti-competitive conduct for more than a year, the Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against Intel, accusing the company of using its dominant position in the chip making market to block competitors’ products. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has been a long-standing advocate for competition in the technology marketplace for…
Executives of content-producing companies and government officials, including Vice President Joseph Biden, met today in Washington, D.C., to discuss ongoing efforts to combat commercial content piracy. The following statements can be attributed to Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) ® and Ed Black, President and CEO of the Computer & Communications Industry…
Brussels — On the occasion of the 19th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds the parties’ commitment to developing international intellectual property norms in an open and transparent manner. CCIA specifically commends the U.S. Government’s statement…
Washington – Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra announced the launch of administration’s Open Government Plan in a live webcast today. The Internet provides unprecedented tools for openness and transparency in a democracy and the Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds President Obama’s commitment to provide citizens with more information…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association will kick off a series of dialogues on competition, innovation and consumer choice with a panel discussion over lunch at the Newseum on Tuesday, October 27. CCIA President & CEO Ed Black will moderate this broad discussion, “Competition Policy as Innovation Policy,” which will take an in depth look…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is offering the following statement in response to new details released by the Financial Times and other news outlets on the latest details of the European Commission’s Intel antitrust investigation. It can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Ed Black: “We are disappointed that Intel has apparently chosen…
President Obama and his deputy technology officer took on Internet censorship in all forms in Washington and Shanghai last week as they spoke about the importance of Internet freedom and openness and the dangers of censorship online – in any form. During his visit to China last Monday Obama told Chinese students in Shanghai that…
The FCC this morning voted to begin a proceeding designed to determine sometime late next year the basic rules necessary to preserve open access to the robust public Internet in the face of exploding bandwidth demand and severe market concentration in the broadband last mile. The largest network operators, which have been the only consistent…
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