by Bartlett Cleland | Jun 28, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, IEI post, Telecommunications, Wireless
The IPI policy nerd holiday calendar may look a bit different than yours but days like World Wi-Fi Day, which is June 20th, and World IP Day, April 26th of every year, should be part of your awareness, too. Why? These two days celebrate two of the fundamental building...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jun 14, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation
The refrain that very little gets done in Washington is now common, likely because it is so observably true. Issues of importance to the country seem to be perpetuated rather than solved, and often not even addressed. Instead, Congress distracts itself with reality...
by Bartlett Cleland | Dec 15, 2022 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Online Speech, Telecommunications, Wireless
Tomorrow the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) auction authority will expire. Despite its obvious importance, for US global competitiveness and consumers, Congress extended the authority only a couple months when it was about to expireearly this fall. Instead...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Dec 8, 2022 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, IEI post, Privacy, Regulation, Security
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Jun 30, 2022 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Testimonies & Filings
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Jun 30, 2022 | Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Reports & Briefings
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Apr 1, 2022 | Competitiveness, IEI post, Testimonies & Filings
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by Bartlett Cleland | Oct 21, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, IEI post
This year 5G has become more “real” than it has been before. Devices enabled for 5G are on the market as service providers cover the country with their footprints. An exciting tomorrow seems closer than ever! While “5G” sounds very tech-opaque, it is a broadband...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Wireless
Across the country, states are considering versions of legislation broadly referred to as “right to repair.” Proponents tell, at best, half a story, demanding that consumers have the right to repair electronic devices, cars, and other products with a software...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, IEI post, Regulation
On Memorial Day the Texas legislature sent Governor Abbott bills to expand broadband in rural and urban areas. The combined legislation would make sensible expansion of broadband faster and easier throughout Texas. So far Abbott has not signed them into law. House...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Online Speech, Regulation, Wireless
While it took a couple months for clarity to replace idle speculation, the Biden administration’s tech and innovation public policy agenda is increasingly clear. The forecast? Government with little chance of free markets. At his recent address to Congress President...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation, Taxes & Budget, Wireless
In 1932, progressive U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis popularized a phrase regarding the importance of the U.S. system of federalism. As he wrote, “…a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and...
by Anna Parsons | Apr 22, 2021 | Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation, Testimonies & Filings, Wireless
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Mar 24, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Ecosystem
Businesses, or industry in general, can help the government help people outside of the traditional public-private partnership model. While some may dismiss this help or others may criticize efforts outside of the traditional models, businesses in certain scenarios can...
by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 23, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem, IEI post, Reports & Briefings
The broadband industry has invested billions of dollars in covering the country with ever faster, ever more ubiquitous broadband. From one generation of broadband to the next, the country continues to benefit from private industry best serving its customers with new...
by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 10, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation
Almost predictably, when Democrats take control of a legislature in a state, the governor’s mansion, a chamber of the U.S. Congress or the White House, the first volley of political rhetoric is that the party of big government is back. They will tax, grow regulation...
by Bartlett Cleland | Feb 12, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies
Less than two weeks before the release of “Wonder Woman 1984,” Roku Inc. and WarnerMedia had yet to reach a deal that would allow for the streaming of the movie or any other HBOMax content on Roku. Reportedly, Roku had set tough terms and WarnerMedia was refusing to...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Dec 23, 2020 | Competitiveness, IEI post, Online Speech, Regulation, Reports & Briefings
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by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 13, 2020 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation, Testimonies & Filings
FCC Chairman Pai has included an item on the November 18th meeting agenda to free up a slice of spectrum for public use. No longer will it continue to be hoarded by the federal government and left unused. The spectrum in question is the 5.9 band which has been held...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, IEI post, Privacy, Security
Because of the response to COVID, a variety of local and state governments have required many of the nation’s children to attend class online. To try to maintain some sort of social contact many of those same kids are increasingly using electronic devices of various...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Regulation, Workforce
Regulatory or legislative moves by federal, state, or local governments that presume to know the direction of invention and innovation often lead to any number of unintended consequences. This is regulatory hubris typically resulting in great disruptions to innovation...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Emerging Technologies, IT & Data Innovation, Regulation, Uncategorized
Frequent antitrust interventions into the economy have thankfully been out of fashion in recent years. However, about once a decade Washington uses government’s biggest hammer against industry, antitrust law, in an effort to smash a disfavored company. This is one of...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, Wireless
Earlier this week the Department of Defense concluded the time it allowed for people to submit information regarding the Department’s plan to own and operate a national 5G network. The DoD was seeking guidance on how it could support and develop 5G deployment for...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, Regulation, Telecommunications, Wireless
Internet access and broadband coverage across the country is one of the many great American success stories of the innovation economy. For the last decade broadband service providers have made major investments, typically ranking as the largest capital-expenditure...
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