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Barry Lynn, who heads the Open Markets Institute (OMI), talked about his organization, which studies the size and power of companies that look like monopolies. He said the companies that concern him most are…

Jonathan Spalter talked about communications issues, including developing 5G, expansion of broadband through the U.S., and USTelecom’s view that government needs to help build out into…

Berin Szoka, Tech Freedom president, and Harold Feld, Public Knowledge senior vice president, talked about whether social media needs regulation and, if so, what type of regulation. They…

Thomas Hazlett talked about the history of wireless spectrum regulation and his book, The Political Spectrum. He suggested that regulation actually held back spectrum development and…

Louis Rossetto, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of WIRED Magazine, talked about founding the publication. Topics included the impact Wired as had, the early days of the internet, and his firing…

Mark Mills, co-founder of Digital Power Capital, talked about Work in the Age of Robots. In his new book he suggests that despite aritificial intelligence and automation, the job sector is…

Jonathan Adelstein, president of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA), talked about 5G and small-cell technology. WIA builds the cell towers and other technologies needed for the…

Victoria Espinel and and Nuala O’Connor, respectively the presidents and CEOs of BSA-The Software Alliance and the Center for Democracy and Technology, talked about the European Union’s…

Syed Kamall, a member of the European Parliament, talked about European Union (EU) technology policy issues. Topics included the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy regulations of…

GCI General Counsel Tina Pidgeon and Christopher Dietrich, of the Alaska Collaborative for Telemedicine Telehealth talked about about how telecommunications and medical services are…

App Association President Morgan Reed talked about concerns related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the ability of app developers to create apps. The App Association represents some 5,000 app…

Jeremy Bailenson, a Stanford University professor who runs the institution’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, talked about virtual reality and its potential impact on society. He also talked…

Politico reporters Cory Bennett and Bryan Bender discussed their investigation piece “How China Acquires ‘The Crown Jewels’ of U.S. Technology” and congressional efforts to tighten controls through…

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly (R) talked about communications issues in 2018, including how the internet will operate now that net neutrality rules have ended, efforts to rethink…

Diana Moss and Joshua Wright talked about the June 12, 2018, federal court ruling allowing AT&T to merge with Time Warner. The two antitrust analysts believe the ruling was narrowly written…

Former Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler (D) talked about the end of net neutrality, his signature achievement, June 11. Net neutrality refers to Obama administration…

American Cable Association CEO Matthew Polka and TDS Telecom Senior Vice President Andrew Petersen talked about the future of the cable and internet industries and issues facing small and…

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (R) talked about changes in regulating the internet slated for summer 2018. He also discussed efforts to move to 5G, for which he is the FCC’s point person, and media…

"The Communicators visited a Capitol Hill "hackathon"seminar in which congressional staffers and employees from government agencies and outside groups brainstorm about how to use technology to open up…

Gigi Sohn and Robert McDowell talked about the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint and what it means for the two companies, consumers, and the wider cellular and communications world.