Curbing the FCC’s Ability to Impose “Voluntary” Merger Commitments…
Over my eighteen years in the telecommunications business, one of my biggest pet peeves has been the politicization of the Federal Communication Commission’s merger review process. As I noted in a...
View ArticleDoes Political “Kabuki Theater” Help or Hurt the Regulatory Review Process?
Recently, The Hill reported that Representatives Henry Waxman and Anna Eshoo—the ranking members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its Subcommittee on Communications and Technology,...
View ArticleJulius Genachowski’s Speech at CTIA…
In his recent keynote speech at the CTIA show in New Orleans, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski reiterated his (and the industry’s) concern that the “demand for mobile...
View ArticleSenator Kohl, Wireless Economics and the “Public Interest” Standard…
Last week, Senator Herb Kohl, the powerful Chairman of the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Sub-Committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleSpectrum Exhaust and the Monopolization Narrative…
In a recent speech, outgoing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski once again reiterated the critical importance of spectrum policy “breakthroughs” to address the “tremendous stress” on the capacity of the...
View ArticleIt’s Time for FCC/DOJ Inter-Agency Cooperation to Come into the Sunlight…
Over the past several years, there have been numerous efforts to improve the practices and procedures used at the Federal Commissions Commission. However, of all of the potential improvements bandied...
View ArticleA Fresh Analytical Start at the FCC…
The Federal Communications Commission is at a crossroads. Burdened with implementing laws designed for a market structure of a bygone era—and with little prospect of a comprehensive legislative...
View ArticleA Quick Primer on the FCC’s “Public Interest” Merger Review Authority…
As we all know by now, Comcast announced that it would be acquiring Time Warner in a deal worth about $45.2 billion. Given the high profile of this acquisition, I thought I would use this opportunity...
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Should the Government Allow Further Consolidation in the U.S. Mobile Market?
Late last year I had the pleasure of participating in an event on Spectrum Auctions put together by the New America Foundation. I’ve blogged about the event before, but when it was recently reported...
View ArticleTom Wheeler’s Recent Braggadocio…
Last month, the Phoenix Center released a paper entitled Eroding the Rule of Law: Regulation as Cooperative Bargaining at the FCC. Our paper reveals how the FCC exploits its power to grant or deny...
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