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Privacy Circus This Week On Capitol Hill
May 11, 2011
Two new pieces of privacy legislation and a hearing are keeping Congress busy this week, while the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office just released a new set of rules for the use of co...
Senate Antitrust Committee Begins Probing AT&T Merger Deal
May 11, 2011
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 pri...
Senate Antitrust Committee Begins Probing AT&T Merger Deal
May 11, 2011
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 pri...
Consumer, Business Associations Oppose AT&T Merger
May 10, 2011
Consumer and business groups voiced their opposition to the AT&T merger proposal a day ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, “The AT&T/T-Mobile Mer...
Consumer, Business Associations Oppose AT&T Merger
May 10, 2011
Consumer and business groups voiced their opposition to the AT&T merger proposal a day ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, “The AT&T/T-Mobile Mer...
Congested Wireless Network
May 3, 2011
The more we dig into AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile, the worse the deal looks for all parties. As we’ve written before (here, here, here, and here) if the merger is consummat...
Keep the Innovation And What Really Creates It In Mind On World Intellectual Property Day
April 26, 2011
In 2000, the World Intellectual Property Organization designated today, April 26, as World Intellectual Property Day, as it is the date on which the 1970 WIPO Convention entering into force. This d...
AT&T Lobbies Over The Heads of FCC, Cabinet Officials
April 25, 2011
AT&T has filed FCC applications to acquire another competitor. The FCC must decide whether the proposed license transfers are in the public interest . The FCC has already found deficiencies in...
AT&T Lobbies Over The Heads of FCC, Cabinet Officials
April 25, 2011
AT&T has filed FCC applications to acquire another competitor. The FCC must decide whether the proposed license transfers are in the public interest . The FCC has already found deficiencies in...
AT&T Files FCC Paperwork To Gobble Up Another Competitor, CCIA Asks FCC For Public Hearings
April 21, 2011
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 ...