National Cable and Telecommunications Association

Congress

Profiles of Prospective Candidates to be FCC Chairman: Mignon Clyburn and Tom Wheeler

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013 – This week BroadbandBreakfast.com will begin a series profiling many of the top prospective candidates that might be selected to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Julius Genachowski, the 29th chairman, on Friday announced that he would step down

FCC

Former FCC Chairman Powell Named as Cable Association Chief

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2011 – The National Cable and Telecommunications Association named former Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Michael Powell, as its new president and CEO Tuesday.

Broadband Calendar

BroadbandBreakfast.com Launches Free Monthly Intellectual Property Breakfast Club for 2010-2011

WASHINGTON, September 8, 2010 – The internet and intellectual property news service BroadbandBreakfast.com is offering free tickets to the first event in its Fall Intellectual Property Breakfast Club series, “Will the Obama Administration’s IP Czar Crush Internet Piracy?” The event, on Tuesday, Sep

Broadband Data

National Broadband Plan: A Look at Chapter 4 and FCC Recommendations

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2010 – Section Four of the plan focuses on broadband competition and innovation policy. It’s one of the most far-reaching sections in the entire 360-page document. This second article summarizing Chapter 4 looks at the FCC’s overall recommendations to enhance the nation’s broadb

Broadband Updates

Regulatory Experts Discuss States’ Broadband Goals

WASHINGTON, February 22, 2010 – A meeting of regulatory commissioners last weekend included much discussion of major telecommunications issues such as the state of the nation’s broadband.

Net Neutrality

Cable Industry: Proposed Net Neutrality Rules Threaten First Amendment

WASHINGTON, December 9, 2009 – A cable industry leader made the case Wednesday that proposed government rules to regulate internet access in support of so-called Net neutrality or open internet principles are not only unnecessary but would threaten First Amendment rights. “Net neutrality rules have

Broadband Calendar

Next Broadband Breakfast Club: Should Government Funding Be Part of a National Broadband Plan?

[http://www.eventbrite.com/img/button/register_blue.gif]http://broadbandbreakfast.eventbrite.comWASHINGTON, October 15 – BroadbandCensus.com announced that its second Broadband Breakfast Club forum, to be held on Tuesday, November 18, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Old Ebbitt Grill, will address this