- 3/18/2010
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Ranking Member Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, released an updated draft of legislation yesterday that would strengthen the nation’s ability to respond effectively to cyber crime, espionage and attacks on online networks.
- 3/15/2010
USTelecom Statement on National Broadband Plan Executive Summary
- 3/12/2010
USTelecom welcomes Kathleen Abernathy, chief legal officer and executive vice president of Frontier Communications, as its newest member of the Board of Directors.
- 3/5/2010
The Federal Communications Commission outlined some of the details in its National Broadband Plan concerning reforming intercarrier compensation and the current Universal Service Fund.
- 2/17/2010
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Cal., and Subcommittee Chairmen Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., sent letters to 24 telecommunications companies asking for more information in the committee’s ongoing review of the access charge regime.
- 2/16/2010
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Telecommunications approved a resolution outlining NARUC’s support for an open Internet and encouraging the Federal Communications Commission or Congress to take certain steps to achieve that goal.
- 2/8/2010
Convention planner EXPOCOMM told USTelecom and TIA it will not manage the SUPERCOMM® trade show in 2010, due to financial projections for the show this year.
- 1/20/2010
Background: Today at its Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission approved an Order to address program access issues.
- 1/15/2010
USTelecom has joined scores of other broadband stakeholders in filing comments in the Federal Communications Commission’s rulemaking to safeguard an open Internet. The 50+ page filing lays out a wealth of economic and market data highlighting the value that today’s broadband networks are delivering to consumers under the current regulatory framework. The filing also describes some of the changes occurring on today’s dynamic broadband networks and cautions against imposing new rules on how those networks operate and innovate to meet the consumer demands of today and needs of tomorrow.
- 1/12/2010
Anne Veigle To Join Association as Media Affairs VP
- 12/22/2009
While the debate rages on about the merits and limitations of various international broadband rankings that attempt to examine network performance and other factors, USTelecom today released fresh insights into an often-overlooked aspect of the national broadband debate—actual usage by Internet consumers. The analysis, based on data from Cisco’s Visual Networking Index and Internet World Stats, shows that the United States is among the top nations in the world in volume of Internet consumption per online user.
- 12/22/2009
USTelecom Statement on FCC Order on Program Access
- 12/15/2009
Background: Today, AT&T filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission in its “Preserving the Open Internet” proceeding, GN Docket No. 09-191, in which it proposed that the Commission consider a consumer-focused approach to the issue of non-discrimination.
- 12/7/2009
As the Federal Communications Commission pursues its ambitious effort to develop a National Broadband Plan, USTelecom filed comments today highlighting the essential role that intercarrier compensation and universal service reform will play in the success of the FCC’s efforts. While acknowledging the complexity of these two issues, the association urged timely action in a number of specific areas that have attracted industry consensus and that can deliver tangible, near-term improvements to the climate for U.S. broadband investment.
- 12/7/2009
Background: Today, leading mid-sized U.S. broadband providers filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission in its ongoing proceeding aimed at forging a constructive, unified intercarrier compensation regime.
- 11/30/2009
Experienced Network Providers Offer Best Chance of Sustainable Broadband Deployment & Economic Growth.
- 11/16/2009
Today, USTelecom responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Notice seeking comments on the draft study by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
- 11/6/2009
Today, Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) released a discussion draft of legislation to reform the nation’s universal service system.