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In this edition of Views and News, ETI examines the FCC's recent (and contentious) "Open Internet" order. We also take a look at the possible industry impacts of Verizon Wireless gaining access to a CDMA version of the Apple iPhone.
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The FCC's "Open Internet" Order: Minimal regulation despite a spot-on assessment of access provider monopoly power.
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In its recent order on Net Neutrality (Preserving the Open Internet), the FCC demonstrates a keen and insightful understanding of the extraordinary incentives and unique opportunities that broadband Internet access providers have to limit Internet openness. Unfortunately, the Commission has failed to translate this fundamentally correct assessment into meaningful regulatory measures to address the numerous – and serious – policy issues that it had identified....
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Verizon to start offering iPhones: A big deal, or a big so what?
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According to the technology blogosphere, it has never been a question of if, so much as a question of when Verizon Wireless would offer the Apple iPhone. After much speculation, Apple and Verizon answered the “when” question last week, with an announcement that a CDMA 3G version of the iPhone would be available from Verizon on February 10, 2011. However, this ending to the exclusive relationship between AT&T and Apple raises more questions than it answers. Some very critical information has yet to be announced at Verizon (just how much will Verizon charge for iPhone data service) and industry outcomes are still unclear (how will the arrival of the iPhone at Verizon affect AT&T; will the Verizon network prove to be resilient enough to withstand the increased data usage associated with the iPhone?). While it seems straightforward that Apple will benefit tremendously from increased iPhone sales, the implications for Verizon, AT&T, Google, and other companies competing in the smartphone space are less than clear....
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About ETI. Founded in 1972, Economics and Technology, Inc. is a leading research and consulting firm specializing in telecommunications regulation and policy, litigation support, taxation, service procurement, and negotiation. ETI serves a wide range of telecom industry stakeholders in the US and abroad, including telecommunications carriers, attorneys and their clients, consumer advocates, state and local governments, regulatory agencies, and large corporate, institutional and government purchasers of telecom services. |
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