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This week on "The Communicators," Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, is our guest. She discusses several telecommunications issues currently in front of Congress, including piracy, spectrum policy, and cybersecurity.

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On this week's "The Communicators," C-SPAN talks to the President and CEO of Ericsson, the world's largest provider of mobile networks and takes a look at the latest in ultrabooks and smartphones with a brand manager from Intel.

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This week on "The Communicators," C-SPAN interviews two car executives at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They explain how some new cars tap into the internet and respond to voice commands in new ways.

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On "The Communicators," C-SPAN interviews two members of Federal Communications Commission as they tour several exhibits and try out some of the latest tech products at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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This week, The Communicators begins a series on the newest developments in communications and consumer technology for 2012 and the policy issues flowing from them.  

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On "The Communicators," New York Times technology columnist and blogger Nick Bilton sits down with C-SPAN to share his thoughts about what the digital future looks like, the social impact of the web, and how technology is changing our lives.

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On "The Communicators," we take a look ahead to the major telecommunications issues of 2012. Juliana Gruenwald, Tech & Telecom Staff Writer for the National Journal, joins Gautham Nagesh, The Hill's Technology Reporter, along with Paul Kirby, Telecommunications Reports' Senior Editor, to discuss the upcoming legislative year.

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On "The Communicators," Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), discusses legislation to combat online piracy. Wyden says two proposals, including SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act, goes to far. He says SOPA would damage the domain name system - the basic architecture of the internet- would be compromised, it would harm efforts at cybersecurity and it would lead to censorship.

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On "The Communicators," Julia Angwin, Senior Technology Editor at the Wall Street Journal discusses privacy issues on the internet. Angwin talks about cookies and supercookies that track where internet users go on the web. Also, she looks at Congressional efforts to address this tracking.

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On The Communicators, former Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR), discusses the sale of broadcast spectrum to the wireless industry pending in Congress. Wireless communications are operating at near capacity and the release of unused broadcast spectrum is anticipated to free communications' congestion.

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