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Source: ec.europa.eu --- 22 days ago
In a new round of proceedings against possible infringements of EU Telecoms rules, the Commission today decided to send a reasoned opinion to Spain on universal service requirements and refer Poland and Cyprus to the European Court of Justice on Broadband retail Regulation and rights of way respectively. At the same time, the Commission could close two pending cases, as Latvia and Finland have taken satisfactory measures related to the Article 7 notification mechanism and must carry rules respectively. ... Source: www.law.gmu.edu --- 4 days ago
In a Financial Times op-ed, Professor Thomas Hazlett observed that the times of unlimited internet access are nearing an end following Comcast's announcement that it will levy explicit bandwidth limits on its subscribers. Hazlett blamed Comcast's actions on the Federal Communications Commission's charge that Comcast had acted to "unduly squelch" an "open and accessible internet" and its resulting order that the company abandon its existing practices and better disclose its network management methods to customers. Expecting other Broadband providers to follow Comcast's lead in applying bandwith limits, Hazlett argued that the effect is "Not exactly what the plea for network neutrality Regulation was said to be aiming for." FCC should leave net neutrality to anti-trust courts , Financial Times , September 30, 2008. By Thomas Hazlett. Excerpt: "While many net neutrality advocates praised the FCC's ruling (Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig told the Commission that it had made it 'clear that those who wish to profit from the internet do so without harming the internet'), others are howling over the quick market migration to data caps. While Comcast's 250 GB per month limit is loose – the average Comcast customer uses only 2-3 GBs per month – 'a line has been crossed,' writes industry analyst Craig Moffett. Other cable operators are reported to be following. "When one rationing scheme is excluded, others emerge. Download limits, up ... Source: www.geekzone.co.nz --- 38 days ago
The TVNZ7 Internet Debate (in association with InternetNZ) will be broadcast live, 23rd September 2008 9:10pm on TVNZ7 (Freeview). This will be an organised debate on ICT issues, streamed live to the official website and TVNZ7s site, directly from Avalon Studios. The debate involves four politicians quizzed on major areas of ICT policy with questions coming from you through the online chat, a studio audience, and experienced journalists. The politicians are Labours Minister of Communications Hon David Cunliffe, National ICT Spokesperson Hon Maurice Williamson, ACT Leader Hon Rodney Hide and Greens ICT Spokesperson Metiria Turei. You can participate live through an ICR channel or by posting your questions in our Geekzone forums - we have created a special ICT Policies and Regulation forum specially for this event. There you will find the discussions for each topic (direct links below) and you will be submit questions: * Broadband (includes infrastructure, productivity, sustainability) * Convergence (includes broadcasting and mobile) * Copyright (includes open source) * Cybersafety (includes privacy and security as well) * Digital Divide (includes rural and TSO as well) You need to login to post in the Geekzone forums or complete a quick registration to get started. ... Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 3 days ago
Democratic state Rep. Sarah Peake (4 th Barnstable District) and her Republican challenger, Don Howell, faced off in a robust debate Monday night sponsored by the Cape Cod League of Women Voters, addressing a wide range of topics that affect Cape Codders. But the evening’s discussion, held at Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans, kept coming back to – what else? The economy. Peake, who lives in Provincetown and is completing her first term in the House, said her work in the state Legislature brought funds back to the region to help combat the souring economic situation. “I would absolutely agree that it is the economy,” said Howell, a former Harwich selectman and current Harwich resident. “But this is where we take the fork in the road.” While Peake said that the state should invest in local communities to ensure a robust economy, Howell said that what the commonwealth needs is lower taxes and less Regulation. A former small business owner, Howell said the bureaucracy and overwhelming permits and paperwork facing local businesses drains their ability to succeed. The taxes they face are also a drag on the local and state economy, he said. “When you don’t have a tax it’s like getting a pay increase,” said Howell. Peake said she helped secure almost $1 million in state funds to keep the Flex bus operating, and continues to work to bring Broadband service to the Cape in a bid to lure high tech businesses to the region. Peake said ... Source: www.bloggingstocks.com --- 6 days ago
Filed under: Newsletters , Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA) , Politics , Presidential elections , Stocks to Buy This post is part of a series in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked financial experts to name their top stock pick if McCain or if Obama wins the election. "For his entire career, John McCain has been a friend of big communications companies; one income-oriented play on this industry that would benefit from a McCain vicotry is Comcast Corp 7% Preferred (NYSE: CCW )," says Roger Conrad , in The Utility Forecaster . "John McCain has been an opponent of attempts to regulate how communications companies do business. With McCain as president, companies will enjoy less Regulation over how they manage their networks. "One good play on the industry now is Comcast Corp 7% Preferred, which at recent prices now yields nearly 9%. "Dividends are backed by the company's strong free cash flow -- cash flow less capital spending -- which more than tripled in the second quarter of this year. "Comcast has been battling the current Federal Communications Commission on how it manages Broadband access, and more flexibility will mean greater profitability. "The preferred shares have come off in the current financial crisis and present compelling value. Buy up to 22." Steven Halpern's TheStockAdvisors.com offers a daily look at the latest market commentary and favorite stock picks and investment ideas from the nation's leading financial newsletter advisors ... Source: www.telappliant.com --- 3 days ago
Super-fast Broadband must allow competition and let investing companies make a "reasonable return", according to the chief executive of BT.Ian Livingstone, writing in the Daily Telegraph, claims that his company is different from most incumbents in the telecoms business because "[it] is of the view that the market, rather than government, is best placed to build the fibre infrastructure" which will be needed for super-fast connections.He claims that many countries in the EU and beyond "are hostage to their national incumbents' argument that you can't have both investment and competition", before adding that Britain currently has the most competitive Broadband market in the world.Mr Livingstone believes that competition is the best way to replace the country's copper networks with fibre-based technologies.He said: "The role of Regulation must be to ensure that the companies which invest in this critical infrastructure have the prospect of making a reasonable return and that a genuinely competitive market is preserved."In August, the director of technology at the GSM Association (GSMA), Dan Warren, claimed that mobile Broadband will reach speeds of 100Mbps before BT's fixed-line infrastructure is complete. ... Source: www.circleid.com --- 1 day ago
According to U.S. presidential candidates' position statements on the issues, John McCain is against Net neutrality and Barack Obama supports it. Glenn Derene, senior tech editor of Popular Mechanics who has put some thought into this issue in light of the current presidential race, says Net Neutrality is "one of the few technology issues on which the candidates clearly disagree." Derek explains: "I invited both campaigns to elaborate on their positions, but in the waning weeks of the race, neither side was willing to take a few moments from their busy schedules and talk technology with me. Nevertheless, the general philosophies of each side seem clear: McCain believes in a lightly regulated Internet, while Obama believes in more government involvement. But it gets a bit more complicated. When it comes to net neutrality, both sides can make a credible case that they're the ones defending freedom of innovation and open communication." Follow CircleID on Twitter More under: Access Providers , Broadband , Net Neutrality , Policy & Regulation We Value Your Opinion: Please participate in this quick survey ... Source: www.europeanvoice.com --- 15 days ago
Inquiry will determine whether more Regulation is required to ensure Broadband access becomes universal. ... Source: www.mobileeurope.co.uk --- 37 days ago
RADWIN, a provider of wireless Broadband solutions, has announced the release of its WinLink 1000 5.8 GHz High-Power solution which complies with the latest ETSI Regulation [EN 302 502 V1.1.1] allowing 4 watt maximum radiated power (EIRP). WinLink ... Source: www.mobileeurope.co.uk --- 21 days ago
Long Term Evolution is the means by which the mobile industry hopes to dominate the Broadband industry in the future. There has been rapid progress, yet LTE and 4G will raise questions for the industry beyond the technology. Investment cases, Regulation and the business model have all yet to be fully addressed ...
Source: www.circleid.com --- 20 days ago
Comcast has provided U.S. regulators details of how it plans to change the way it manages Web traffic over its high speed Internet network without blocking any applications or content. The move comes after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted last month to uphold a complaint that Comcast had violated the regulator's open-Internet principles by hindering peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent. Comcast said on Friday that under the plan designed to give all users their "fair share" of bandwidth it would focus on managing the traffic of customers who are using most bandwidth when the network is congested. Follow CircleID on Twitter More under: Access Providers , Broadband , Law , P2P , Policy & Regulation We Value Your Opinion: Please participate in this quick survey ... Source: www.telappliant.com --- 39 days ago
The UK regulatory framework needs adjustments due to the growing adoption of mobile Broadband services, according to a study.Commissioned by Ofcom, the research by Analysys Mason is part of the body's Mobile Sector Assessment consultation.It looked at the increasing use of mobile for data services and the potential for that usage to increase in the next five years, and found that this may require changes to mobile Regulation, to offer better value to both businesses and consumers.This would include more access to internet-based services from mobiles and laptops, as well as the creation of new applications which are based around mobile IP connectivity."The current UK regulatory framework governing the delivery of mobile services was established to promote competition in infrastructure-based services that were delivered solely through mobile communications networks," said Analysys Mason partner Mike Grant."With users increasingly focused on consumption of content across multiple networks, adjustments to the UK regulatory framework are likely to be required if the benefits of the emerging trends are to be fully realised."The report was compiled by developing four potential scenarios for both the evolution and development of the mobile industry in the next decade. ...
Source: www.lbszone.com --- 99 days ago
Network spending in decline as Regulation puts further pressure on profitability ... Source: www.cellular-news.com --- 99 days ago
Europeâs mobile industry is cutting back spending on new networks and services as a growing regulatory burden from the European Union puts profitability under pressure - claims the GSM Association. ... Source: www.americablog.com --- 24 days ago
What this article misses, of course, is McCain's personal fight with US regulators who wanted to investigate his friend Charles Keating and and his failing S&L. Yes, he personally intervened to protect a wealthy donor. Why McCain continues to gets a free pass on that expensive financial failure escapes me. Nevertheless, it's obvious to everyone that John McCain has fought against regulating almost everything, until the meltdown on Wall Street kicked in. Regulation goes against his 26 year history in Washington. When McCain said in March of 2008 "I'm always for less Regulation" shouldn't we believe him? Doesn't his own history back up that statement? In 2002, McCain introduced a bill to deregulate the Broadband Internet market, warning that "the potential for government interference with market forces is not limited to federal Regulation." Three years earlier, McCain had joined with other Republicans to push through landmark legislation sponsored by then-Sen. Phil Gramm (Tex.), who is now an economic adviser to his campaign. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act aimed to make the country's financial institutions competitive by removing the Depression-era walls between banking, investment and insurance companies. That bill allowed AIG to participate in the gold rush of a rapidly expanding global banking and investment market. But the legislation also helped pave the way for companies such as AIG and Lehman Brothers to become behemoths laden wi ... Find more results for Broadband Regulation on RSSMicro.com |
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Yesterday, I published an article arguing that John McCain's policies had contributed significantly to the sorry state of Broadband in this country. In it, I mentioned prominently McCain's opposition to the 1996 Telecommunications Act and other efforts to make sure that people can choose from multiple Broadband providers. My argument is that Broadband is a market where you need government intervention to create competition. You want companies to compete with Verizon; but you can't have every competitor tearing up streets and installing new lines into people's homes. So, Verizon should be forced to lease their lines to competitors. That's what the 1996 Act asked, in exchange for allowing Verizon and the other Bells to go into long distance markets. But the provision wasn't enforced and then it was rolled back. That's why there's almost no competition in the market today. In response, a smart commentator pointed out that there were tons of reasons for opposing the 1996 Telecom Act. Most of the debate, in fact, centered around censorship and the Communications Decency Act. Was blocking competition and helping the Bell's really McCain's motive in voting nay? Well, looking at McCain's history it sure seems that way! For starters, he seemed to fundamentally misunderstand that the telecom market is one where Regulation is required to create competition. In the markup of the Act, he wrote: "Congress must create free and open markets" (go ...
British satellite television provider, BSkyB, said on Friday that it was putting its ‘Picnic’ service on hold, pending a slow and dithering response by UK telecom regulator, Ofcom. The Picnic offering, which would have offered some premium programming, including movies and sports content, to Sky Broadband and telephone customers who don’t want to purchase a full Sky TV package, has fallen into a regulatory quagmire with no clear approval date. “The blunt truth is that Ofcom has spent 18 months looking at our proposals, and there is no end in sight,” said a spokesman for BSkyB in a statement. “The Picnic team have done everything they can to prepare for launch and there’s nothing left to be achieved until Ofcom makes its mind up.” “While Regulation works at its own pace, no business can go on like this indefinitely, so we’ve had to take some pragmatic decisions,” the spokesman added, noting that BSkyB would decide whether or not to reactivate the project once Ofcom makes its position clear. ...
Think-tank wonders whether banning in-flight VoIP constitutes a violation of FCC rules about blocking services: The Progress and Freedom Foundation's Barbara Espin uses the ban on in-flight VoIP by American Airlines (facilitated by provider Aircell) to make a broader argument about what she calls the FCC's "ad hoc approach to Broadband network management issues." It's clever. American discloses that calling isn't allowed, and VoIP isn't even technically within the FAA or FCC's purview, as far as I can determine. The FAA could choose to regulate it as a safety issue. PFF generally tilts anti-Regulation, and has as what it calls its "supporters" a broad area of multiple system cable operators and telecom firms, including Comcast, which was singled out and fined by the FCC for its undisclosed network disruption of P2P connections. Espin references Joe Sharkey's excellent column on in-flight calling in Sunday's New York Times: Sharkey, a veteran travel writer, who survived a mid-air collision over the Brazilian Amazon a few years ago, looks at varying attitudes about calls made during flights. He quotes Aircell's Jack Blumenstein saying what I've telling folks for months: Aircell has a lot of techniques to block VoIP calls already, and "as we identify new ways that people are trying to do voice calls on the airplane, we just kind of zero in and knock those off." Many geeks have assumed Aircell is a bunch of unsavvy folks who wouldn't ...