New America
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2011 – In the past year, there has been an extensive push for universal access to Internet, seen as the ultimate democratizing tool enabling two-way communication between governors and the governed. But the reality of a ‘digital divide’ leaves the majority of the world’s populat
Mobile
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2011 – The U.S. State Department has acknowledged funding the establishment of independent “shadow” internet and cell-phone networks in countries with oppressive regimes, according to a Sunday New York Times article. The effort is part of a broader “liberation technology moveme
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON June 2, 2011 – Cisco predicted the next four years of global broadband consumption via virtual forum when it unveiled its annual visual networking index Wednesday. Each year Cisco produces a networking index that predicts internet use and broadband consumption for the next five years. Wh
Asia
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2011 – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual Special 301 report on Monday, outlining the effectiveness of trade partners in combating infringement of the rights of U.S. intellectual property holders. The U.S. claims 18 million American jobs dependent upo
china
WASHINGTON April 27, 2011 – James Pooley, Deputy Director General for Innovation and Technology at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), delivered the keynote address Tuesday at the sixth annual world intellectual property day forum, calling patents a “key driver for innovation”.
Asia
WASHINGTON April 13, 2011- Broadband Breakfast gathered key industry experts to discuss the costs of global piracy at its monthly Intellectual Property Breakfast Tuesday morning. “It’s quite difficult to accurately measure the true level of global piracy, and it’s even harder to determine what the
Asia
WASHINGTON, February 11, 2011 — Despite U.S. companies’ loud and frequent complaints about rampant intellectual property infringements in China, relatively few of them use China’s legal system to stop it, according to a group of legal experts who spoke on the subject of China and intellectual proper
Asia
WASHINGTON, February 11, 2011 — The Chinese government has undertaken unprecedented measures to boost intellectual property enforcement in recent months, according to the government’s attache in Washington, D.C.
Asia
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SteveBallmerMSFTSweden1.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SteveBallmerMSFTSweden1.jpg The CEOs of some of the largest and most influential U.S. technology companies made the guest list at a gala White House state
Calendar
WASHINGTON, December 7, 2010 – The internet and intellectual property policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com is postponing its December breakfast , “China & Intellectual Property with the Chinese Embassy IP Attache.” An unforeseen change in the schedule of Fuli Chen, the Chinese Emba
Justice
The Chinese government on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping intellectual property enforcement initiative that appears designed to reverse the culture of piracy that has so far been the norm in the country. The initiative was unveiled by China’s Deputy Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei at a Tuesday news con
china
WASHINGTON, November 10, 2010 – Foreign companies could lose the opportunity to bid for government contracts in China due to new Chinese homeland security rules, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Asia
Mainland Chinese authorities will begin a new round of crackdowns on digital piracy and against the traffickers of counterfeit goods at the end of October, according to a recent report in the Xinhua News Agency, China’s official newswire. The new campaign was announced early last week at a state co
Mobile
WASHINGTON August 13, 2010- Qatar Telecom enables 21Mbps wireless network.
Mobile
WASHINGTON August 13, 2010- Russian telecom firm Rostelecom has announced plans to build an LTE network.
Asia
WASHINGTON August 6, 2010- Lebanon’s Telecom Minister has announced plans to install a new nationwide fiber network.
