The first objective of collaboration between regulators and businesses is to enhance existing standards and procedures. Regulators also devote a substantial portion of their efforts to problem-solving ...

A recent analysis by Booz Allen Hamilton has determined that effective regulatory management is key to creating telecom markets that thrive. The success or failure of telecom sectors often hinges on ...

Regulatory uncertainty is inefficient, wasting resources and harming consumers. Businesses are deterred from investing in new technology when an action that seems legal today may be deemed illegal ...

Part 1 of this series discussed the history of communications and media regulation that led Congress to pass the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which turns 30 years old on February 8th. Part 2 ...

Much has been written over the past few months about the revolutionary potential of Internet telephony, or voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service. VoIP would let consumers make phone calls ...

Part 1 in this series discussed the troubling history of information and communications technology (ICT) regulation in America, which created monopolies, limited innovation, and diminished consumer ...

WASHINGTON – One of the major goals of a telecommunications reform bill in the U.S. Congress should be to ensure that all U.S. residents and businesses have access to at least three broadband Internet ...

The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecommunications infrastructure dramatically shaken up. At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest ...

BRUSSELS — European Union-wide regulations have failed to foster competition in some key sectors of the EU telecom market, the European Commission is expected to announce next week. The commission ...

The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecommunications infrastructure dramatically shaken up. At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest ...