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Addendum, from International Competitive Carrier to the WTO : A Survey of the Fcc's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998
Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2013
In its December 1998 issue, the Federal Communications Law Journal published a law review article surveying the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC or Commission) international policy initiatives between 1985 and 1998. As that article explained, one of the centerpieces of the FCC's...
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From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO : A Survey of the Fcc's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998
Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2004
With the creation and implementation of the February 1997 World Trade Organization Agreement on Basic …) promised ostensibly to move away from markets characterized by monopolies and toward a world of competition and deregulation …. Tragically, the only tangible achievement apparently has been the delay of effective World Trade Organization (WTO …
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What Ever Happened to Consumer Welfare? How the Fcc's International Spectrum Relocation Policies Deter -- Rather than Promote -- New Facilities-Based Entry for Advanced Satellite Telecoms Services
Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2014
This paper examines the FCC's ill-conceived notion that new entrants into international satellite markets should be forced to pay spectrum relocation fees just as new entrants had to pay in the U.S. domestic PCS context. This paper concludes that such a "cookie-cutter" approach to spectrum...
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Quantifying the Cost of Substandard Patents : Some Preliminary Evidence
Beard, Thomas Randolph - 2010
The purpose of patent policy is to balance the incentive to invent against the ability of the economy to utilize and incorporate new inventions and innovations. Substandard patents that upset this balance impose deadweight losses and other costs on the economy. In this paper, we examine some of...
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Quantifying the Cost of Substandard Patents : Some Preliminary Evidence
Ford, George S. - 2007
The purpose of patent policy is to balance the incentive to invent against the ability of the economy to utilize and incorporate new inventions and innovations. Substandard patents that upset this balance impose deadweight losses and other costs on the economy. In this Policy Paper, we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729149
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The Impossible Dream : Forbearance after the Phoenix Order
Ford, George S.; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2014
The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") recently announced a new "market power" test to analyze whether forbearance is appropriate under Section 10 of the Communications Act. As we explain, the standard for forbearance set forth by the FCC effectively renders, perhaps inadvertently,...
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Separating Politics from Policy in FCC Merger Reviews : A Basic Legal Primer of the 'Public Interest' Standard
Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2014
This Bulletin presents a brief primer of the FCC's merger review authority under the Communications Act. As outlined herein, precedent dictates that the FCC has independent (and indeed broader) authority to review communications industry mergers separate from the authority bestowed upon the...
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Competition After Unbundling : Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence
Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2007
In the last few years, U.S. telecoms policy has shifted from encouraging the sharing of existing networks to facilitating the deployment of advanced communications networks. Given the large capital expenditures required for these networks, there can be only a few of such networks. In light of...
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Network Neutrality and Industry Structure
Beard, Thomas Randolph; Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; … - 2007
One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...
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Wireless Net Neutrality : From Carterfone to Cable Boxes
Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2013
Over the past few months there have been calls to impose "wireless net neutrality" rules on the burgeoning United States wireless industry. These critics assert that certain practices by the wireless industry - such as handset "locking" practices, data bandwidth limitations, and control over...
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