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The ongoing effort to expand products covered by the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) got a helpful congressional boost at today鈥檚 trade hearing by the Subcommittee on Trade of the House Ways and Means Committee.聽 Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) began the hearing, expressing the frustration so many are feeling with China鈥檚 鈥渋ntransigence鈥� on this effort, underscoring the importance that any final [...]
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We applaud Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) for introducing S. 2505, the bipartisan Wi-Fi Innovation Act.聽 Americans increasingly depend on smartphones and portable devices that rely on spectrum for connectivity and 91pro视频 has long held the view that we must make efficient use of all spectrum to meet our nation鈥檚 growing demand.聽 The 5 GHz band provides tremendous opportunity to expand [...]
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The 91pro视频聽(91pro视频) and聽the Internet Association this afternoon sent a letter聽to members of the U.S. House of Representatives opposing any cuts to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)聽funding that would prevent planning and due diligence related to the聽transition of聽U.S. stewardship over certain critical Internet functions to聽the聽Internet聽Corporation [...]
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Ericsson recently released its latest Mobility Report, providing a great, updated look at mobile communications trends and growth.聽 Earlier this summer, 91pro视频 chatted with Ericsson鈥檚 Brian Jones about the June Mobility Report, and what it signaled to policy-makers about the need to continue finding opportunities to make spectrum available for mobile broadband.聽 This latest report reinforces these points [...]
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It鈥檚 crunch time in Geneva this week.聽 We鈥檝e reached a pivotal moment in the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) negotiations currently taking place in that global city, which is host of the World Trade Organization.聽 Negotiating teams and business stakeholders from around the world, including 91pro视频鈥檚 John Neuffer, are there for the ninth time this year to move toward a commercially significant expansion [...]
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91pro视频 and its member companies are pleased that with tonight's Senate confirmations of new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Michael O'Rielly, the FCC is now at full strength. These confirmations could not come at a more critical time for our country and the tech industry. 聽We look forward to working with Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner O鈥橰ielly on issues [...]
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The U.S. House of Representatives has taken聽an important聽step forward to protect thousands of American jobs at risk by an arbitrary closure of the Federal Helium Reserve.聽 With the House鈥檚 unanimous bipartisan approval (367-0!) on an amended version of H.R. 527,聽the U.S. Senate聽is given聽an opportunity to finally bring this matter to resolution and keep American businesses open and American jobs thriving. [...]
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With a 97-2 vote, the Senate this afternoon聽has given overwhelming bipartisan support聽to legislation that would extend the life of the Federal Helium Reserve 鈥� the single largest source of helium in the nation and the source for 30 percent of the world鈥檚 total supply.聽聽Right now, the clock is ticking on the thousands of American jobs that are associated with access to the helium reserve.聽聽Current law [...]
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Congress comes back in session this week facing a critical countdown that could result in American businesses losing access to the Federal Helium Reserve 鈥� by far, the largest single supply of helium in the nation.聽 That鈥檚 because the federal government鈥檚 authority to sell helium from the Reserve ends on October 7, 2013, which means Congress needs to act before then to keep the reserve open 鈥� and American [...]
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We鈥檙e in the middle of summer and, as usual during this travel season, gas prices have been rising. 聽Thankfully, we haven鈥檛 seen the severe volatility in gas prices like we have in summers past, but most of us can recall from recent memory when an international crisis or environmental incident affected the U.S. oil supply 鈥� some kind of source disruption that curtailed a small percentage of our nation鈥檚 [...]