Entries Categorized as 'Regulation'
by Phillip Redman | September 28, 2010 | Comments Off
I get asked a lot about taxes. Though I am not a CPA, and I don’t play one at work, many IT managers were worried and asked me about the tax implications of personal cell phone usage on a business-paid phone (see my blog entry last year from June 18, 2009). Leglislation to remove this [...]
Category: Enterprise IT Regulation cellular mobile phones Tags:
by Phillip Redman | June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
Think it’s going to be a cool, quiet summer? Think again! The FCC is turning up the heat early. The tentative agenda for its June 17 open meeting includes a formal Notice of Inquiry (NOI) related to the FCC’s authority over broadband services. Among the NOI’s questions: whether the current Title I (information service) classification [...]
Category: Networks Regulation Technology cellular Tags: FCC, Internet, Network, Regulation
by Phillip Redman | December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
“Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” It’s one of my favorite moments in Dickens’, “A Christmas Carol” from one of my favorite stories. It is a moment of sheer terror in the dread of what can come, but also one of [...]
Category: FCC Policy Regulation cellular mobile phones wireless carriers Tags:
by Phillip Redman | September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
Looks like the FCC, in the next month, is going to mandate net neutrality to all types of Internet access, including cellular networks. In his first major policy speech, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed new rules including that, “the Internet remains an unfettered platform. . . ” meaning service providers will soon be restricted in [...]
Category: Economy FCC Policy Regulation cellular wireless carriers Tags: cellular, FCC, net neutrality, wireless