In an era of information overload, search engines help Internet users find the information they want. Access to this information is a human rights issue as well as an economic one. But search engines are often criticized by businesses frustrated with search engine rankings and by restrictive governments around the world demanding that search results…
In an era of information overload, search engines help Internet users find the information they want. Access to this information is a human rights issue as well as an economic one. But search engines are often criticized by businesses frustrated with search engine rankings and by restrictive governments around the world demanding that search results…
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…
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 filed Reply Comments with the FCC in support of LightSquared’s proposal to begin deployment of its nationwide wholesale 4G LTE network. LightSquared’s wholesale wireless network, once deployed, would expand high-speed broadband access to millions of unserved Americans, make an additional 40 MHz of wireless spectrum available for mobile broadband, spur economic growth and job creation, and…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) believes that the approach taken by the Main Street Fairness Act is unwise in general and untimely given the current economic situation. The technology industry is prepared to be a constructive player in meaningful efforts at tax reform, but requiring Internet retailers, especially small ones, to collect taxes…
Ultra-high speed computer networks are in the works for 28 university communities, according to a plan called GigU, to be announced Wednesday. Many of the communities are in the Midwest outside major cities and the hope is that the super fast broadband connections would not only attract high tech start ups to the areas but…
The Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Consumers’ Rights has sent a 7-page letter to the Justice Department and FCC asking them to block AT&T’s plans to take over the fourth largest wireless competitor. In the letter, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who recently held a hearing on the acquisition, said it would dramatically…
The Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Consumers’ Rights has sent a 7-page letter to the Justice Department and FCC asking them to block AT&T’s plans to take over the fourth largest wireless competitor. In the letter, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who recently held a hearing on the acquisition, said it would dramatically…
