Internetnews.com reveals that “[t]wo Republican lawmakers have called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to drop the proposed conditions for a new spectrum auction that would require the winning bidder to provide free Internet access. In a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Joe Barton of Texas and Florida's Cliff [...]
We've fallen horribly behind on our blogging over the past couple weeks, but this week we're officially back from travel/ICANN meetings/vacation/etc. and are ready to go. Not a moment too soon, either. Not only do we have a metric ton of news to cover from the past couple weeks, but [...]
STATEMENT BY JONATHAN ZUCK, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGY At a conference today, the European Commission presented a revised European Interoperability Framework, which defines the general rules and principles for collaboration on interoperability between Member States and EU institutions. Jonathan Zuck, President of the Association for Competitive Technology, [...]
Reuters reports that “Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it planned to open a search technology center (STC) in Europe as part of its plan to accelerate investments in Live Search. The location of the STC has not yet been determined, the company said, with several cities being considered. The STC [...]
Successful technology standards are those created by the market, rather than those imposed on the market. Because markets are fluid and difficult to predict, often an entity will mandate a technology standard in an attempt to isolate itself from the detrimental effects of technology’s dynamic nature. An unfortunate [...]