Competition in the Internet Ecosystem Thursday, June 30, 2011 – 12:00 to 1:30 PM Rayburn B-338 A distinguished panel of public policy experts will review competition and innovation in the information technology sector and its implications for policymakers, particularly in light of the FCC’s ongoing reviews of the wireless and broadband markets.  The audience is [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week released its 15th Wireless Competition Report. The following is a collection of responses from various organizations expressing concern that the report, once again, reached no conclusion about whether the wireless market is effectively competitive:   “Even though the FCC’s Wireless Competition Report clearly illustrates robust competition for consumers [...]

The National Journal article discusses news reports that the Federal Trade Commission will be opening an antitrust probe of Google.

The June 22, 2011 PC Magazine article by  Chloe Albanesius (“Congress, Google Clash Over Schmidt, Page Appearance”) includes the following excerpt: Several groups were all in favor of the subcommittee using a subpoena. “What are Page and Schmidt afraid of? What do they have to hide? Congress should use its subpoena power to determine whether [...]

Washington, DC, June 22, 2011 –– In response to news reports that U.S. Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Mike Lee (R-UT), the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee (respectively), requested that Google CEO Larry Page or Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt testify before their committee.  Steve Pociask, President of the American Consumer [...]

A ConsumerGram presented at a Congressional seminar by the late Dr. Larry Darby, Former FCC bureau chief and ACI board member, was quoted in today’s WSJ article “The Dealth of Duopoly.”  The article is written by the authors of a new book — “The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong.”

Each year, Medicaid pays about $7 million to doctors and hospitals for certain preventable mistakes such as operating on the wrong body part or accidentally leaving a foreign object in a patient after surgery. That’s supposed to stop under a new federal rule. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule June [...]

John Eggerton’s article in Broadcasting and Cable (“Markey, Conyers Team Up Against AT&T T-Mobile Merger,” may 26, 2011) quotes ACI on the need for a private US company to rescue T-Mobile, rather than waiting for a US bailout.  The article states: ACI said a declining T Mobile needs help, from AT&T or someone else. “T-Mobile’s [...]

TR Daily’s article “Conyers, Markey Express Concerns with AT&T Purchase of T-Mobile” (May 26, 2011) quotes ACI president Steve Pociask concern that if T-Mobile will soon require a bailout, if not acquired by someone.  The entire TR Daily quote reads: “The industry continues to exhibit tremendous growth and declining prices, as would be expected from a [...]

The most recent incident – as of this writing – on board a Boeing 737 took place on April 1, 2011. Southwest Flight 812 was climbing away from Phoenix en route to Sacramento when passengers heard a loud bang, and saw one of the ceiling tiles fall to the floor; they looked up to find [...]