PolicyBlog’s own David Young appeared on a Brookings Instition panel immediately following FCC Chairman Genachowski’s remarks on “net neutrality.” These were among the comments David offered on behalf of Verizon immediately after the speech:“We share the chairman’s goal of preserving an open and robust Internet. Our concern is will it stifle innovation and growth.”“The Internet is a work in progress, and we really don't know what it's going to look like five years from now. We believe that...
Read More There has been lots of focus recently on the issue of innovation in the tech world. In fact, the Federal Communications Commission just issued a Notice of Inquiry to probe innovation in the wireless market. So what is innovation in the tech space? Experts like Clayton Christensen and Pip Coburn have done lots of research on how innovation evolves and how consumers adapt to new and innovative technology. To me, innovation is any advances or improvements in technology products or services...
Read MoreIn a letter today to key lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Verizon Wireless’ President and CEO Lowell McAdam announced “Effective immediately for small wireless carriers... any new exclusivity arrangement we enter with handset makers will last no longer than six months – for all manufacturers and all devices.” Read the full letter for yourself below. July 17, 2009 The Honorable Rick Boucher Chairman Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet House Committee on Energy and Commerce...
Read More Time magazine carries and intriguing story about the emergence of Twitter as a new communications tool. It lauds the service as providing more evidence of the innovativeness of the U. S. economy pointing to the emergence of a host of online services and applications such as Facebook, Google, Blogger and Wikipedia as evidence that the U. S. remains one of the most innovative countries in the world. I think an untold part of this story however is role broadband deployment and connectivity...
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