Part 1 of this series discussed the history of communications and media regulation that led Congress to pass the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which turns 30 years old on February 8th. Part 2 ...

Part 1 in this series discussed the troubling history of information and communications technology (ICT) regulation in America, which created monopolies, limited innovation, and diminished consumer ...

February 8 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which updated the Communications Act of 1934 ...

Regulatory uncertainty is inefficient, wasting resources and harming consumers. Businesses are deterred from investing in new technology when an action that seems legal today may be deemed illegal ...

A recent analysis by Booz Allen Hamilton has determined that effective regulatory management is key to creating telecom markets that thrive. The success or failure of telecom sectors often hinges on ...

The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecommunications infrastructure dramatically shaken up. At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest ...

Recent developments from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signal a renewed focus on leveraging the blunt instrument of regulation to spur telecommunications competition in apartment ...

What happened to telecom deregulation? That was the question last week after the House Commerce Committee staff released proposed legislation to reform the nation's telecommunications laws. The ...

Much has been written over the past few months about the revolutionary potential of Internet telephony, or voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service. VoIP would let consumers make phone calls ...

The first objective of collaboration between regulators and businesses is to enhance existing standards and procedures. Regulators also devote a substantial portion of their efforts to problem-solving ...

It is good to be here because this bill is a perfect fit with your philosophy of getting government out of the way where possible and allowing market forces and consumer choice to drive competition, ...

There is a school of thought, prevalent in certain parts of Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, that says the only good regulation is no regulation. That may be true for some highly developed nations in ...