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FCC

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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December 17 2010

The FCC has released the final Agenda for its next Open Meeting to be held December 21, 2010, at 10:30 am Eastern

New markets: Smartgrid and e-health

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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January 23 2012

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an official European Standards Organization, has recently published two Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) specifications that it hopes will drive the development and deployment of open, interoperable smart grid technologies internationally

Broadband news

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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January 23 2012

On January 18, 2012, Chairman Genachowski participated in a discussion sponsored by the New Republic at George Washington University, along with FTC Chief Technologist Edward W. Felten, and Alec Ross, Senior Adviser for Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State

Legislative outlook

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 24 2010

On May 20, 2010, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John (“Jay”) Rockefeller, IV, D-W.Va., introduced S. 3386, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 17 2010

The FTC announced that the deadline for its decision on whether to oppose the merger of Google and AdMob Inc. has been extended by two weeks to May 24, 2010

In the courts

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 3 2010

On April 22, 2010, the FCC filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking the Supreme Court’s review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s order in AT&T, Inc. v. FCC (No. 08-4024), in which the court held that the FCC misinterpreted the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when it ruled that AT&T, as a corporate entity, did not qualify for FOIA’s “personal privacy” exemption

Telecom privacy news

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Germany, USA
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May 24 2010

Authorities in both the United States and Germany are poised to begin inquiries into Google's collection of Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars, which were deployed to take street-level photos and collect basic Wi-Fi information, such as the SSIDs and MAC addresses of WiFi routers

Developments in intercarrier compensation

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 17 2010

On May 11, 2010, the Iowa Utilities Board approved a settlement agreement ending the dispute between Verizon Communications of Iowa, Inc. and Frontier Communications of Iowa, Inc. that will have the effect of lowering Frontier’s intrastate access rates