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Washington -- The FCC has released a Public Notice, inviting comments on a petition asking to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks and give cell phone users better, faster Internet access. It’s...

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined several tech industry associations in a joint open letter to the remaining presidential candidates with a few recommendation...

Washington -- Congress finally has an opportunity, though narrow, to block or limit a proposal to expand government and law enforcement’s power to search and manipulate computers. Last week the Supr...

Washington -- The FCC approved a proposal to consider new rules for the business broadband marketplace. These business data services, formerly known as “special access,” affect how businesses acce...

Washington - The House has unanimously approved legislation to enhance privacy protections to citizens’ email. The long overdue Email Privacy Act clearly gives Fourth Amendment protections to electr...

Washington - Tomorrow Congress is scheduled to take up the Email Privacy Act on the House floor. The Email Privacy Act, introduced by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Kevin Yoder (R-KS), is a bipartisan bi...

  Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed formal comments with the FCC Friday, pointing out the benefits of its proposal for empowering customers with more opt...

CCIA joined several tech groups in a letter to Senators Feinstein and Burr late Tuesday saying their draft encryption access bill is “unworkable” and would do more harm for security than good. T...

Brussels -- The European Commission’s Commissioner of Competition, Margrethe Vestager, issued a Statement of Objections against Google outlining alleged competition problems with Google’s contract...

Washington -- President Obama will weigh in on a policy to free TV customers from having to rent their cable providers’ set top boxes. He announced his support for thinking outside the cable box in ...

Bratislava, Slovakia -- Ahead of the Slovak Republic’s EU Presidency, SAPIE and CCIA met with political leaders and presented recommendations. CCIA Europe and SAPIE met with Slovak President Andrej...

Washington - The House Judiciary Committee has voted to favorably report long-awaited reforms to give improved privacy protections to individuals’ electronic communications. The Email Privacy Act (H...