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Companies, Groups Ask World Leaders To Support Strong Encryption
January 11, 2016
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined an open letter with experts, companies, and organizations in more than 35 countries that asks world leaders to support stron...
CCIA welcomes new senior EU appointments
December 15, 2015
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission announced today that Finnish civil servant Tiina Astola will be appointed Director-General for Justice and Consumers as of 1st February 2016. Astola will t...
CCIA Launches New Website for Consumer Video Choice Coalition
December 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. -- Consumers are being charged way to much on their cable bills and the Computer & Communications Industry Association wants to help the public understand why and what to do about...
CCIA Applauds Trade Facilitation Provisions to Promote Small Business Trade
December 11, 2015
Washington – On December 9, the House of Representatives and the Senate announced a final bipartisan Conference Report on the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 to modernize U.S....
CCIA, Associations Send Letter Opposing Senate Bill On Online Reporting Requirement
December 11, 2015
Washington -- In a joint letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, and eight other associations cau...
CCIA, Associations Ask Senate Judiciary Leaders To Expedite Judicial Redress Act
December 9, 2015
Washington - In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy, the leaders of a coalition of industry associations, including the Computer & Communications Indu...
European Commission Considers a Link and Snippet Tax: Ill-Founded, Controversial And Detrimental To All Players
December 9, 2015
Brussels - Today the European Commission released a non-legislative Communication “Towards a modern, more European copyright framework” -- the Communication on copyright. The Communication sets ou...
Judges Heard Arguments On FCCs Open Internet Rules
December 8, 2015
Washington - For the third time in five years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments on the FCC’s attempt to maintain an open Internet Friday. The panel was led by Ju...
House Subcommittee Moves Forward on Spectrum and Broadband Bills
December 2, 2015
Washington, D.C. — The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications & Technology passed, on voice votes and without amendments, two bipartisan bills aimed at speeding up broadband ...
The FCC Under the Congressional Microscope
November 24, 2015
Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology conducted an oversight hearing of the FCC last week. So far this year, the subcommittee has held several h...
Wide Stakeholder Coalition Sends Letters Pointing Out Bias, Problems With Online Platform Consultation Regarding Copyright
November 24, 2015
Brussels - In letters to First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Members of the European Parliament, a wide coalition of stakeholders representing civil society, news publishers, consumers and the d...