Telecommunications & Internet

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch (C) arrives for a meeting with Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX2ZDC6

Why Judge Gorsuch is a regulatory skeptic

Stuart N. Brotman

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

A U.S. Air Force jet flies over flooded Iowa farm grounds east of Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska June 24, 2011. The Missouri River, swollen by heavy rains and melting snow, has been flooding areas from Montana through Missouri. Residents have been shoring up levees around towns as federal officials widen flood gates to allow record or near-record water releases to ease pressure on reservoirs. REUTERS/Lane Hickenbottom (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2O24Y

In infrastructure plan, a big opening for rural broadband

Blair Levin and Carol Mattey

Monday, February 13, 2017

Cities and broadband, next administration edition

Thursday, February 9, 2017

A sign advertises Wi-Fi service in the Times Square Subway station in New York, April 25, 2013. The New York MTA has expanded service to 30 additional stations, including Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Columbus Circle. AT&T and T-Mobile signed 10-year contracts to provide cell and Wi-Fi service through a network being built by Transit Wireless. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS TRANSPORT) - RTXYZS9

Implications of a Trump White House for broadband policy

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Optical fibre cables of Telecom Italia are seen in a telephone exchange in Rome, Italy

Make America great with great broadband

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Newly elected African Union Commission Chairman, Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat addresses to media during the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTX2YZJY

Africa in the news: Protests continue in English-speaking parts of Cameroon, AU summit concludes, and Liberian businesses strike

Friday, February 3, 2017

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) holds a hearing in Washington February 26, 2015. The FCC is expected Thursday to approve Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed "net neutrality" rules, regulating broadband providers more heavily than in the past and restricting their power to control download speeds on the web. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS) - RTR4RAMD

FTC and FCC commissioners outline agency agendas in new administration

Friday, February 3, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump, watched by (L-R) Vice President Mike Pence, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, head of the White House Trade Council Peter Navarro and senior advisor Jared Kushner, signs an executive order

Why President Trump should keep Obama’s digital privacy protections

Cameron F. Kerry and Alan Raul

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Michael O'Rielly (R) speaks at a FCC Net Neutrality hearing in Washington February 26, 2015

The need for a bipartisan strategy and consensus in the Trump administration’s FCC

Stuart N. Brotman and Nicol Turner Lee

Friday, December 23, 2016

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Alternative perspectives on technology policy in the Trump administration

Stuart N. Brotman, Robin J. Lewis, Nicol Turner Lee, and Niam Yaraghi

Wednesday, December 21, 2016