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Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 20 2011

On June 15, 2011, Chairman Genachowski spoke at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association Cable (NCTA) Show in Chicago and discussed broadband adoption in the United States, which he characterized as “far from good enough.” The Chairman praised the cable companies for increasing broadband adoption, but called on them to step up their efforts “a few notches.” He also announced a Broadband Adoption Task Force which will bring together FCC, private, and public representatives to brainstorm strategies for increasing broadband adoption. More information on the Chairman’s remarks is available here

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 22 2011

On August 15, 2011, President Obama highlighted broadband deployment to rural America during a town hall in Cannon Falls, MN

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 4 2011

Microsoft filed a complaint against Google with the European Commission, alleging that Google has engaged in exclusionary conduct through its search engine

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 21 2011

On November 16, 2011, two companies filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ICM Registry, LLC (ICM) challenging the new system for increasing the number of Top-Level Domains (TLDs) under the antitrust and unfair competition laws

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • January 9 2012

On January 3, 2012, Lawrence Strickling of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) sent a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) urging it to take measures to ease concerns about the expansion of generic top-level domains (gTLDs

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • April 16 2012

Like AT&T and Verizon, Sprint is also facing a shareholder vote on imposing net neutrality principles on its wireless network

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 7 2011

On October 21, 2011, MetroPCS filed its petition for review challenging the Order for many of the same reasons as Verizon, arguing that the FCC exceeded its statutory authority in issuing the Order

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 29 2012

Last week it was reported that L2Networks Corp., a small Georgia telecommunications company, filed the first formal Open Internet complaint at the FCC

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 30 2012

On April 23, 2012, the parties to the Open Internet appeal filed a joint motion with a proposed briefing schedule

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 16 2012

On July 4, 2012, many of the organizations behind the protests against the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) legislation, including Free Press and the Center for Democracy & Technology, launched a new website displaying the Declaration of Internet Freedom