Reports
The KFTC’s Uneven Hand
Korea’s competition authority fines U.S. companies several times more per dollar of Korean business than Korean companies and orders of magnitude more than Chinese companies. The evidence support...
Broadband Revenues Fund Universal Service at a Low, Stable Contribution Factor
The Universal Service Fund (USF) contribution base is shrinking, leading to a spiraling contribution factor assessed on the contribution base. Broadband revenues are roughly eight times the size of...
The Anti-Brussels Effect in Digital Competition Policy and the DMA’s Fading Appeal As a Global Model
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is losing appeal as a global model for digital competition policy, with governments increasingly pursuing narrower approaches. Of the 14 jurisdictio...
The $103,265 H-1B Fee Could Cost the U.S. Treasury More than $32 Billion over a Decade
DHS proposes a $103,265 fee on every cap-subject H-1B petition, 78 percent of median H-1B pay, and projects $8.8 billion a year by assuming employers keep filing 85,000 petitions. DHS's own docket ...
The Supply Chain Costs of the FCC’s 2026 Covered List Regime
The FCC's 2026 Covered List regime now bars routers, drones, inverters, and robots made anywhere abroad, yet no agency has estimated the cost. This study finds domestic-only production-location det...
Steering Fees and the Risks of Price Regulation
This report, prepared for CCIA by the economic consultancy S&W Group, examines the UK competition regulator's plan to let app developers point customers to payment options outside Apple's and Googl...
The EU Space Act Could Cost the U.S. Billions; Negotiating an Equivalence Decision Could Mitigate Those Costs
The EU Space Act could impose billions in incremental compliance costs on U.S. companies, which would lead to increased market prices, reduced U.S. exports, reduced U.S. tax revenues, harm to the U...
Consideraciones sobre el impacto de la interferencia en sistemas de compartición de espectro GEO-LEO
Considérations sur l’impact des interférences dans les systèmes de partage du spectre GEO-LEO
Considerations on Interference Impact in GEO-LEO Spectrum Sharing Systems
Modern Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems can safely coexist with Geostationary Orbit (GSO) networks under significantly relaxed interference limits, yet the ITU’s Equivalent Power ...
DMA Impacts Suggest California’s Proposed SB 1074 BASED Act Will Be a Costly Failure
California's SB 1074 would impose DMA-analogous obligations while adding several additional cost drivers, including a private right of action, treble damages, and class action exposure that could m...
