News of the Week; October 14, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS The Guilbeault Internet Plan: Leave it to the CRTC and Copyright Board of Canada to Get Money from Web Giants (Michael Geist) AT&T plans thousands of layoffs at HBO, Warner Bros., rest of WarnerMedia AT&T Is Taking An Absolute Bath On Its DirecTV Merger With 42,000 Layoffs Since 2017, AT&T Plans Thousands More Layoffs […]
News of the Week; October 7, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS What Happened to Canada’s Innovation Agenda?: How Innovation Policy Has Been Sidelined By Cultural Policies and Misplaced Provincial Prioritization of Patents (Michael Geist) Guide to Doing Business in Canada: CASL Mississippi Says AT&T Took $283 Million For A Network It Never Fully Deployed AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber […]
News of the Week; September 30, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS An Anti-Digital Agenda: Forget the Digital Policy Reboot, the Government Just Hit Delete Instead (Michael Geist) “Get Money from Web Giants” Grows: Canadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault Says Government Working on a New Data Tax (Michael Geist) Guilbeault’s Bogus Billion Dollar Claim: What the Data Actually Says About Canadian Film and TV Production (Michael Geist) […]
News of the Week; September 23, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Why It’s Time to Reboot Canada’s Failed Digital Agenda (Michael Geist) “Get Money From Web Giants”: Why Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Top Legislative Priority is Risky Business (Michael Geist) Trump Nominates Guy Who Wants To Police Speech Online To Be The Next FCC Commissioner DOJ Continues Its Quest To Kill Net Neutrality (And […]
News of the Week; September 16, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Court rejects Bell, Rogers appeals of CRTC decision on internet wholesale rates Court rejects Bell, Rogers appeals of CRTC decision on wholesale internet rates: Big telecom companies ordered to pay court costs for smaller ISPs on other side of case Weakening Net Neutrality: How the Government’s Internet Regulation Plan Abandons the Principle of Equal […]
News of the Week; September 9, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Canadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault Says Social Media Sites Linking to News Content Without Payment is “Immoral” (Michael Geist) As Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Plans Link Taxes and Internet Content Regulation, Where Is Navdeep Bains? (Michael Geist) America Needs To Stop Pretending The Broadband ‘Digital Divide’ Isn’t The Direct Result Of Corruption AT&T’s current 5G […]
News of the Week; September 2, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS D.C. Circuit Casts Doubt on FCC’s Authority to Impose Merger Conditions Yet Another Study Shows U.S. 5G Is Far Slower Than Many Other Nations SpaceX seeks FCC broadband funds, must prove it can deliver sub-100ms latency U.S. Cable Broadband Monopolies Close In On 70% Broadband Market Share Small Satellite Operators’ C-Band Challenge Rejected by […]
News of the Week; August 26, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Bizarre Court Ruling Helps Cable Broadband Monopoly Charter Tap Dance Around Merger Conditions AT&T, T-Mobile fight speed tests that could prove their coverage maps wrong Commerce Department Further Restricts Huawei Access to U.S. Technology Abroad and Expands Reach of Entity List Zombie BlackBerrys! QWERTY BlackBerry Android phones are coming back Regulators Are Ignoring How […]
News of the Week; August 19, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Trump, Big Telecom Continue Quest To Ban States From Protecting Broadband Consumers Chip and phone supply chain shaken as Huawei faces mortal threat Verizon Forced To Back Off Charging Extra For 5G Want Verizon or AT&T 5G? You’ll have to buy an expensive unlimited plan FCC beats cities in court, helping carriers avoid $2 […]
News of the Week; August 12, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Trump admin shrugs off FCC court loss to fight Calif. net neutrality law FCC Focuses on Review of Broadcasters’ Online Political Files NTIA Section 230 Petition Raises Significant Legal and Policy Issues at FCC Safe Harbors and Erroneous Blocking Redress Measures Adopted by the FCC; Additional Rulemaking Proposed Charter tries to convince FCC that […]
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