The first objective of collaboration between regulators and businesses is to enhance existing standards and procedures. Regulators also devote a substantial portion of their efforts to problem-solving ...

A recent analysis by Booz Allen Hamilton has determined that effective regulatory management is key to creating telecom markets that thrive. The success or failure of telecom sectors often hinges on ...

Regulatory uncertainty is inefficient, wasting resources and harming consumers. Businesses are deterred from investing in new technology when an action that seems legal today may be deemed illegal ...

Much has been written over the past few months about the revolutionary potential of Internet telephony, or voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service. VoIP would let consumers make phone calls ...

There is a school of thought, prevalent in certain parts of Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, that says the only good regulation is no regulation. That may be true for some highly developed nations in ...

The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecommunications infrastructure dramatically shaken up. At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest ...

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WASHINGTON – One of the major goals of a telecommunications reform bill in the U.S. Congress should be to ensure that all U.S. residents and businesses have access to at least three broadband Internet ...

LONDON — National telecoms regulators in Europe have started flexing their muscles about plans by the European Commission to shake up the regulatory framework and setting up a pan-European watchdog.

The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecommunications infrastructure dramatically shaken up. At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest ...