Computer & Communication Industry Association

2025 Survey of Product Impact in the Connected Economy: Artificial Intelligence

The CCIA Research Center's 2025 Survey of Product Impact in the Connected Economy: Artificial Intelligence finds that generative AI is the most rapidly adopted general purpose technology in history – surpassing the car, the internet, and even the smartphone. Less than 3 years after initial release, 3 in 5 U.S. adults have used GenAI and 2 in 5 U.S. adults use GenAI for work. Personal use is consistently exceeding work use, but even so U.S. workers using GenAI report a 15% productivity improvement on average, and 77% of GenAI users report a favorable impression so far.

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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...

  • Digital Economy
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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 ...

  • Immigration
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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...

  • Digital Economy
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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...

  • Competition