News
Online Sales Tax Collection and Physical Presence
January 24, 2013
Last year, CCIA consistently opposed efforts to pass legislation that would force online retailers to collect sales and use taxes regardless of physical presence. Last month, we opposed an attempt i...
CCIA Europe To Host Media Conference Call Thursday On New “Sky is Rising” Study
January 23, 2013
After last year’s release of the study 'The Sky is Rising' looking at the global, economic state of the entertainment industry, the Computer & Communication Industry Association (CCIA) is conven...
CCIA Europe To Host Media Conference Call Thursday On New "Sky is Rising" Study
January 23, 2013
After last year’s release of the study 'The Sky is Rising' looking at the global, economic state of the entertainment industry, the Computer & Communication Industry Association (CCIA) is conven...
State of the Net Conference Opens; CCIA Speaks On Telecom Panel Today
January 22, 2013
Computer & Communications Industry Association Vice President Cathy Sloan will be part of a telecommunications panel discussion at 11:30am at the State of the Net conference sponsored by the Congr...
Celebrating Internet Freedom Day With An Eye On Battles Ahead
January 18, 2013
Many in Washington and around the country are celebrating a key battle in the war against Internet freedom today – the one year anniversary of the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA. The C...
WANTED: Spectrum for Open Wireless Innovation Lab
January 14, 2013
The FCC’s Incentive Auctions rulemaking docket is titled: “Expanding Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum…” With an increasing majority of the American TV audience choosing to...
Upcoming Anniversary of SOPA Blackouts; Looking Ahead at the 113th Congress
January 9, 2013
As the first anniversary of the January 18, 2012 SOPA blackouts approaches, and with a new session of Congress starting, there has been an increase in the usual pieces looking at the impact of the mon...
FTC Announces Outcome Of Google Antitrust Investigation
January 3, 2013
Today, the FTC announced the closure of its 19-month antitrust investigation of Google.
The following statement can be attributed to Ed Black, President & CEO of the Computer & Communicati...
CCIA Media Briefing Call with Antitrust Experts on The FTC’s Closure of the Google Case
January 3, 2013
With the news that the Federal Trade Commission has closed its antitrust investigations of Google, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is convening a panel of experts to disc...
CCIA Welcomes Senate Approval Of FCC Commissioner Clyburn
January 2, 2013
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is pleased the Senate has reconfirmed the nomination of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn for a full five-year term. She had been serving the remai...
CCIA Applauds FCC Vote on Special Access
December 18, 2012
The FCC has approved the mandatory data request for the carrier wholesale and broadband for business markets. This is a step towards addressing the market failure known as special access, which in...