FCC Lays Out Potential New Rules For The Open Internet; No Discrimination And Transparency Are Key

mocoNews (Sep 21 2009)

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Technologies: MMS, Mobile Applications, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Security, Mobile Social Networking, Mobile Spam, Operator Services, Smartphones, SMS
Regions: Americas, APAC, EMEA
Standards & Legislation: Congress & FCC, Distracted Driving, Handset Exclusivity
  1. FCC Lays Out Potential New Rules For The Open Internet; No Discrimination And Transparency Are Key As expected, the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski laid out the agency’s plans this morning for new rules that will prevent telecom companies from discriminating what kind of traffic or applications run over wired or wireless networks. In a lengthy speech at The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in DC, Genachowski detailed two new potential rules with the goal of “preserving the openness and freedom of the Internet.” The rules would join four principles that were adopted back in 2005. The fifth principle is about “non-discrimination,” meaning that networks can’t discriminate against particular internet content or applications. ... (Read Full Article)

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