ISPs at Risk from Copyright Infringers
02.10.2016Online users that repeatedly steal copyrighted material could cause their Internet service providers to bear the brunt of their illegal activity, based on a recent lawsuit resulting in a $25...
View ArticleEnd Dominant Carrier Regulation for Voice
02.24.2016Nearly four years ago, USTelecom told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that “dominant carrier” rules designed for a monopoly-based telephone market no longer made sense in an age...
View ArticleMaking Progress on Copyright Enforcement
04.06.2016Summary: “Safe harbor” provisions under well-established components of copyright law are crucial to ensuring the continuing growth of the internet economy, USTelecom said in comments...
View ArticleWhy the Next National Infrastructure Push Must Include Broadband
01.11.2017America’s broadband networks are no longer merely the vital link binding our businesses, communities and families, they also have become the indispensable welding tool required to safeguard,...
View ArticleFive Things to Know About Congress' Rejection of FCC Privacy Rules
03.31.2017Summary: In an op-ed published recently in Axios, USTelecom President Jonathan Spalter focused on how consumers’ privacy will not be affected by the recent congressional decision to block the...
View ArticleResolutions Promote Broadband Deployment in Infrastructure Legislation
01.11.2018Background: Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced resolutions today that will promote broadband deployment in infrastructure legislation including preventing...
View ArticleDraft 2018 Broadband Deployment Report Recognizes Timely and Reasonable...
01.18.2018Background: Today FCC Chairman Pai circulated a draft 2018 Broadband Deployment Report as required by Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This statement can be attributed to...
View ArticleOn Pitchforks and Policy
01.23.2018Summary: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has a lot on his plate. On top of running a critical independent federal agency, he now must do so under a cloud of hate speech...
View ArticleFCC Moves One Step Closer to CAF II Auction
01.30.2018Background: The Federal Communications Commission today voted to address the remaining issues raised by parties challenging the Commission’s orders implementing the Connect America Phase II...
View ArticleHouse E&C Committee Moves to Reauthorize FCC
02.14.2018House E&C Committee Moves to Reauthorize FCC Background: The House E&C committee today advanced Ray Baum’s Act of 2018, legislation that reauthorizes the Federal Communications...
View ArticleUSTelecom Welcomes Elimination of Outdated Payphone Obligations
02.22.2018Background: The Federal Communications Commission today approved an order that eliminates and streamlines outdated payphone reporting obligations.This statement can be attributed to USTelecom...
View ArticleUSTelecom Statement on Passage of Ray Baum’s Act Reauthorizes the FCC
03.06.2018Background: The House of Representatives is expected to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation – RAY BAUM’S Act (H.R. 4986)– reauthorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and...
View ArticleFive Things You Will Not Hear from Net Neutrality CRA Proponents
05.09.2018It is said that ‘for every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.’ Nowhere is this more true than in an effort now underway in the United States Senate—known...
View ArticleUSTelecom Statement On CRA Petition
05.09.2018Background: Senate Democrats today are filing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) petition to force a vote on rolling back the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order.The following statement can...
View ArticleUSTelecom Statement on Senate Passage of the Restoring Internet Freedom CRA
05.16.2018Background: Today, the Senate voted to pass a resolution under the Congressional Review Act to roll back the Federal Communication Commission’s Order to Restore Internet Freedom.The following...
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