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FCC: Broadband top issue in 2004

January 9, 2004 Michael Powell, the FCC's chairman, drops a few hints at CES that the commission will be taking a hands-off approach on broadband telephony. TAGS: Michael Powell, phone provider, broadband, Consumer Electronics Show, regulation, forum, telephone service, VoIP, telephony, telephone company, chairman, IP, California

FCC to form working group on VoIP regulation

December 2, 2003 The Federal Communications Commission takes the first step toward deciding whether to regulate Internet telephony, a move that could radically transform the fast-growing industry. TAGS: Michael Powell, VoIP, regulation, FCC Commissioner, Time Warner Inc., VoIP company, IP telephony, telephony, tax, IP

Time to regulate the software industry?

February 17, 2005 With flaws providing an open door to viruses and worms, industry observers debate imposing rules on software companies. TAGS: software industry, regulation, Michael Powell, guideline, innovation, virus, security, software company

Michael Powell's telecom epiphany

July 26, 2002 Randolph J. May, a senior fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation, says that government policy helped create the telecommunications mess and that FCC Chairman Powell knows only a change in pol... TAGS: Michael Powell, Bell company, telecommunications industry, telecommunications, broadband, policy, fiber, sector, regulation, broadband service, investment, resolution, health, chairman

VoIP still needs breathing room

December 11, 2003 Jeff Pulver says federal regulators are poised to play Scrooge this holiday season by slowing the spread of Internet phoning technology. TAGS: Reed Hundt, regulation, Michael Powell, VoIP, potential, commission, agency, chairman

FCC urged to keep VoIP regulation-free

April 7, 2004 Advocacy groups ask FCC Chairman Michael Powell to protect Net phone companies from weighty regulations that blanket traditional phone services. TAGS: VoIP, tax, Michael Powell, regulation, letter, Republican, phone network, Internet phone, Internet access, DSL, chairman, IP, IM

The brewing war over broadband

October 13, 2003 A legal decision striking down a key definition of cable broadband as an information service could signal tougher regulation for the high-speed Internet access industry. TAGS: cable broadband, information service, cable industry, broadband, FTTH, Michael Powell, high-speed Internet access, third party, regulation, Time Warner Inc., cable company, policy, broadband service, EarthLink Inc., decision, service provider

Handicapping Michael Powell's legacy year

June 25, 2003 Policy analyst Randolph J. May says FCC head Michael Powell faces a raft of issues in 2003 such as media ownership and broadband Net regulation that will affect tech and communications industries--... TAGS: narrowband, commission, broadband Internet, broadband, Michael Powell, regulation, facility, agency, direction, decision, TV, Microsoft Corp.