Former FCC Chair Robert McDowell, a Commerce Department official, and the staff director for the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space took part in a Hudson Institute for…
409 viewsGigi Sohn and Robert McDowell talked about the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint and what it means for the two companies, consumers, and the wider cellular and communications world.
508 viewsHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) joined former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell in a discussion on the latest in telecommunications policy and open internet laws.…
93 viewsTelecommunications advocates Gigi Sohn and Robert McDowell talked about internet regulation. The Federal Communications Commission was scheduled to vote on December 14, 2017, on reversing ru…
2,517 viewsRobert McDowell and Michael Copps, former commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, discussed technology issues facing the FCC, the increasingly political culture around it, an…
728 viewsRepublican FCC Commissioners Ajit Pai and Mike O’Rielly spoke about their opposition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules on net neutrality. The FCC voted 3-2 the previous da…
230 viewsPanelists talked about the history, implementation, and multiple legislative revisions of the Communications Act of 1934. Topics included the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) relati…
573 viewsMichael Copps and Robert McDowell talked about media merger proposals, including the proposed AT&T-DirecTV merger and the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. They discussed the pros a…
375 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on the ability of antitrust laws versus Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations to ensure “net neutrality.” "Net neutrality," also known as open …
1,753 viewsSome of the key players involved in the process of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) ceding of authority over the domain name system talked about their …
316 viewsFormer Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Robert McDowell and Free Press President Craig Aaron gave two perspectives on Time Warner Cable’s announcement to accept Comcast’s $45 b…
601 viewsMichael Copps and Robert McDowell talked about the decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have authority to regulate how Inte…
810 viewsGigi Sohn and Randolph May talked about the case Verizon vs. Federal Communications Commission for which oral arguments were heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia C…
280 viewsJulius Genachowski and Robert McDowell, respective former Democratic Federal Communications Commission chair and senior Republican commissioner, talked about some of the big decisions and is…
180 viewsFederal Communications Commission Commissioner Robert McDowell (R) discussed telecommunications issues, which included spectrum auctions due in 2014, Internet freedom, cell phone unlocking, …
7,554 viewsFederal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioners testified at an oversight hearing of their agency. Chair Genachowski announced the approval of the T-Mobile and MetroPCS agreement. In a…
344 viewsThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held an open meeting on ways to improve wireless coverage and wi-fi technology through use of signal boosters. Commissioners acted on expanding av…
261 viewsPanelists talked about international efforts to regulate the Internet, their opposition to government regulation of the Internet, and ways the U.S. can further engage in this issue. They als…
258 viewsMembers of the Federal Communication Commission talked about their policy agenda for 2013. Commissioners spoke about the lessons learned during Hurricane Sandy, the commission’s role in cons…
130 viewsFederal Communications Commission (FCC) members testified on the FCC’s broadband spectrum auction plan.
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