Technology & Telecom

WPC's Technology & Telecom Project focuses on wireless regulations, access to broadband internet, wireline regulatory environment, open source issues, telecom regulations, video franchise reform, technology and privacy issues, and more.

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Do Local Climate Strategies Work?

April 19, 2012 in In the News
Washington Clean Technology Alliance
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Washington Clean Technology Alliance
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

We'll just get static from state broadband bill

February 10, 2012 in In the News
Puget Sound Business Journal
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Puget Sound Business Journal
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Eight Principles of Telecommunications Policy

December 2, 2011 in In the News
Insider Online (Heritage Foundation)
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Insider Online (Heritage Foundation)
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Eight Principles of Telecommunications Policy

November 29, 2011 in Publications

Introduction

Today’s economy relies on information and communication moving rapidly and seamlessly across a wide variety of devices and mediums. The technology landscape continues to evolve quickly, and government regulators — both at the federal and state level — are looking at extending the existing regulatory environment to technologies that emerged decades after the initial regulatory mandates were enacted.

The Emergence of the Digital Precautionary Principle

June 6, 2011 in In the News
Insider Online (Heritage Foundation)
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Insider Online (Heritage Foundation)
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

WHO Cell Phone-Cancer Report Skips Science

June 5, 2011 in Publications

RealClearScience published this column June 5, 2011.

WHO Cell Phone Report Skips Science, Raises Hysteria

June 1, 2011 in Blog

Yesterday's press release by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (part of the World Health Organization) is once again fanning the flames of an issue that had been fading away: do cell phones cause brain tumors?

The Emergence of the Digital Precautionary Principle

May 27, 2011 in Publications

Introduction: From Laws toward Codes

S.F. Backs Away from Cell Phone Radiation Regulations

May 10, 2011 in Blog

San Francisco, often the breeding ground for interesting public policy proposals, decided recently to back off its mandate that would have required retailers of cell phones to label them with radiation levels and pass out material explaining the level of SAR in each device (SAR= Specific Absorption Rate).

This has not been done anywhere else and faced stiff opposition from the wireless industry, which filed suit against the ordinance last year.